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Naval tug gets heavy lift at Port of...
by Index Staff • 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
by Index Staff • 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
by Index Staff • 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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