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    (PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF TACOMA)
    Naval tug gets heavy lift at Port of...
    February 29, 2012 12:00 am

    In perfect unison, two shipboard cranes slowly lifted a 410-ton Navy tugboat from the water onto the Palembang Tuesday at…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY TCC)
    TCC receives its largest private gift
    October 6, 2010 12:00 am

    Tacoma Community College (TCC) Foundation has received the largest single gift in the 45-year history of the college from Tacoma…

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    "It was kind of like my fate to live here," says Winthrop resident David Miller with a laugh. "Maybe when I die, I'll be a ghost in the hallways." Miller shares a studio on the eighth floor of the former historic hotel in downtown Tacoma with his cat 'Little Bit.' (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Voice From the Winthrop: David Miller
    By Todd Matthews • August 20, 2009 12:00 am

    David Miller’s past is intertwined with the former Winthrop Hotel. His late father Pat and 83-year-old mother Ailene were married…

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    Endangered Property: Sand Point
    June 11, 2009 12:00 am

    On May 26, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation announced its annual list of Washington State’s Most Endangered Historic Places….

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    "We want to encourage private collectors to not just leave their stuff at home but display them at our society," says Tacoma Historical Society member Tom Stenger, whose collection of maritime memorabilia comprises a new exhibit at the society's downtown exhibit center. "There are great public collections. But our philosophy here is that we want private collectors to show their stuff so people can see their exhibits." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Ahoy History Buffs!
    By Todd Matthews • October 23, 2008 12:00 am

    Of the 200-plus photographs and artifacts that comprise “Shore Leave — Above the Tall Ships,” a collection currently on display…

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    Tacoma native Marshall B. Skidmore, with his son Rob, in October of 1989, outside the Tacoma Daily Index's office on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma.  Skidmore, who owned the city's legal newspaper for 37 years, passed away on July 23. (PHOTO COURTESY SKIDMORE FAMILY)
    Tacoma's Record Keeper
    By Todd Matthews • August 23, 2007 12:00 am

    In late-1960, a 36-year-old Tacoma advertising salesman named Marshall B. Skidmore took a career risk: he decided to go into…

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    (Photo by Bobbie Bran)
    At the car wash: Turbulent airline industry lifts...
    By Todd Matthews • February 17, 2005 12:00 am

    Ted Clarke and Pat Easter are like most small-business entrepreneurs. They identified an opportunity, created a business plan, scouted commercial…

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    Washington state receives $165 million in military construction funding
    Washington state receives $165 million in military construction...
    September 22, 2004 12:00 am

    More than $165 million in construction projects in the Fiscal Year 2005 Military Construction Appropriations bill have been earmarked for…

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    My Two Cents: Vietnam becoming a quagmire for Kerry
    My Two Cents: Vietnam becoming a quagmire for...
    By Brett Davis • August 23, 2004 12:00 am

    Presidential wannabe John Kerry mentions his service in Vietnam every chance he gets, but now he’s indignant that some are…

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    My Two Cents: The high price of gas, bad PR in Iraq and Kerry's inconsistency
    My Two Cents: The high price of gas,...
    By Brett Davis • May 10, 2004 12:00 am

    I ramble on about having to pay more at the pump, the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal and John Kerry again…

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