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    Pierce County
    9 groups set to receive $3M for human services programs in Tacoma
    Tacoma City Council to discuss community colleges, Link...
    February 22, 2013 9:14 am

    Tacoma City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday at City Hall to be briefed on legislative issues related to Pierce…

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    $2.75M grant allows innovative 3-D technology at Tacoma cancer center
    $2.75M grant allows innovative 3-D technology at Tacoma...
    February 21, 2013 10:56 am

    The Gary E. Milgard Family Foundation has awarded a $2.75 million grant to the Carol Milgard Breast Center in Tacoma…

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    Pierce Transit begins campaign for Prop. 1 voter approval
    Pierce Transit scales back proposed service cuts
    February 12, 2013 1:41 pm

    Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners approved a resolution Monday directing staff to revise service reduction plans in September that will…

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    Ledena and Antonio Mendiola, Jr. stand in front of their flood-prone Tacoma home that was purchased last year by Pierce County as part of a flood buyout program. On Friday, the home was used for a Tacoma Police Department SWAT team training exercise before it will be ultimately demolished by county crews and returned to a natural floodplain. (PHOTO COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY)
    Flood-prone Tacoma house used for SWAT training
    February 11, 2013 11:14 am

    A flood-prone house owned by Pierce County was used for a Tacoma Police Department SWAT team training exercise Friday before…

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    The 95-acre Sturgeon Farm located in Orting and the Puyallup River Valley. (PHOTOS COURTESY PCC FARMLAND TRUST)
    Land stewardship group to sell 95-acre Pierce County...
    February 5, 2013 3:39 pm

    PCC Farmland Trust, a non-profit organize that aims to secure, preserve and steward threatened farmland in the Pacific Northwest, has…

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    The historic Pantages Theater in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Downtown Tacoma's Pantages Theater awarded historic preservation grant
    January 29, 2013 2:28 pm

    The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has announced the recipients of the 2013 Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund grant awards.

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    Pierce County will soon begin construction on the $353 million expansion of the Chambers Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. (IMAGE COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY)
    Open house Jan. 31 for Pierce County's $353M...
    January 23, 2013 2:04 pm

    Pierce County residents are invited to attend an open house next week to learn more about the $353 million expansion…

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    Pierce County's historic McMillin Bridge. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
    Public hearing scheduled for McMillin Bridge historic landmark...
    By Todd Matthews • January 15, 2013 10:49 am

    The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission is scheduled next month to review a nomination to place the 79-year-old…

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    Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy officially took the oath of office on Dec. 20 for her second term that begins next month. (PHOTO COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY)
    McCarthy takes oath of office on eve of...
    December 27, 2012 2:45 pm

    Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy officially took the oath of office on Dec. 20 for her second term that begins…

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    Downtown Tacoma's Pantages Theater. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Pierce County Historic Preservation Funding
    By Todd Matthews • December 24, 2012 10:00 am

    Eleven local organizations with stakes in historic preservation received a financial boost in October when Pierce County Council approved nearly…

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    The McMillin Bridge's concrete trusses are monumental in scale and allow pedestrians to walk through them. "There's almost a cathedral-like experience when you walk through those trusses," says Chis Moore of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. "There is an architectural element to the McMillin Bridge that is missing in other bridges. It doesn't have the ‘Erector Set' look that steel bridges have. It has this cloistered effect when you walk under those sculptured trusses." (PHOTOS COURTESY HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
    Year In Review: Saving McMillin Bridge
    By Todd Matthews • December 17, 2012 10:00 am

    In November, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation submitted a nomination to the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission…

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    3 finalists picked to lead South Sound 911
    3 finalists picked to lead South Sound 911
    December 10, 2012 3:14 pm

    Three managers have been selected as finalists to serve as executive director of South Sound 911, a consortium of public…

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    Tracy Guerin. (COURTESY PHOTO)
    Pierce County picks deputy budget director
    December 3, 2012 12:20 pm

    Tracy Guerin has been selected as the deputy director of the Pierce County Budget and Finance Department.

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