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    Port of Tacoma
    The former Kaiser Aluminum site has a long history in Tacoma. After the company went bankrupt, the Port of Tacoma purchased the property in 2003 for an initial cash payment of $12.1 million. At the time, the 740,000-square-foot site had 70 buildings and a 500-foot-tall smokestack. The Port of Tacoma has sapiently nearly $33 million to clear the site. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Port of Tacoma Commission OKs lease agreement for...
    May 1, 2014 2:33 pm

    The Port of Tacoma Commission Thursday authorized a lease agreement with Northwest Innovation Works to build a two-phase, $1.8 billion…

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    Wash. grants available for railroad safety improvements
    Port of Tacoma awarded $600K EPA clean-air grant
    April 14, 2014 3:42 pm

    Port of Tacoma officials announced Monday the organization has been awarded a $600,000 grant to improve air quality on Tacoma’s…

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    RSVP for Port of Tacoma Summit Awards, Annual Breakfast
    Port of Tacoma picks 2014 Summit Award recipients
    April 9, 2014 8:31 am

    The Port of Tacoma recognized the 2014 Summit Award recipients during the organization’s annual breakfast Wednesday morning in downtown Tacoma.

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    Port of Tacoma continues clean-up work on former Arkema manufacturing site
    Port of Tacoma continues clean-up work on former...
    March 26, 2014 11:23 am

    Port of Tacoma Commissioners are expected to vote this week on whether direct a little more than $1 million in…

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    RSVP for Port of Tacoma Summit Awards, Annual Breakfast
    RSVP for Port of Tacoma Summit Awards, Annual...
    March 19, 2014 3:20 pm

    The Port of Tacoma will recognize the 2014 Summit Award winners during the organization’s annual breakfast in downtown Tacoma. The…

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    Book your Port of Tacoma tour today
    Port of Tacoma seeks bids for HQ roof...
    March 18, 2014 3:11 pm

    The Port of Tacoma is accepting bids for a project that would complete roof improvements to the organization’s headquarters building…

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    The Port of Tacoma has proposed developing a higher-quality habitat restoration to include forested wetlands and stream enhancements at Upper Clear Creek, a salmon-bearing stream in the Puyallup River watershed, as part of a tentative agreement it has reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over alleged wetlands violations. (PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF TACOMA)
    Port Commission vote could further Upper Clear Creek...
    March 10, 2014 2:57 pm

    The Port of Tacoma is poised to move closer this week to completing an environmental project that will create a…

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    Tacoma City Hall. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    City Hall News: City Manager contract, streamlined permitting...
    February 7, 2014 3:23 pm

    Tacoma residents will have plenty of opportunities next week to learn more about what’s happening in city government. Here is…

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    Port of Tacoma releases winter Pacific Gateway magazine
    Port of Tacoma releases winter Pacific Gateway magazine
    January 28, 2014 1:53 pm

    The Port of Tacoma has released its winter issue of Pacific Gateway magazine, the twice-yearly publication that highlights Port of…

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    Crews to conduct preliminary work on Port of Tacoma Road rehab project
    Open house planned for major Port of Tacoma...
    January 27, 2014 12:41 pm

    Port of Tacoma Road property owners and businesses are invited to meet with City of Tacoma project managers and consultants…

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    The Port Early Warning System (PEWS) is designed to provide an area-wide audible alert with emergency instructions to those working outside or in loud industrial environments, such as the Port of Tacoma tide flats, in the event of emergencies such as lahars, tsunamis, chemical spills, and floods. (PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA FIRE DEPARTMENT)
    A new tool for safety on Port of...
    January 23, 2014 3:01 pm

    The Tacoma Fire Department is poised to begin implementing a new system designed to provide an area-wide audible alert with…

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    The former Brown & Haley Warehouse. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Brown & Haley Warehouse Demolition
    By Todd Matthews • December 24, 2013 8:28 am

    It’s hard to imagine it today, but the sprawling, abandoned and boarded up warehouse near the corner of East 11th…

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    Port of Tacoma Commissioner Clare Petrich. (PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF TACOMA)
    Petrich to lead Tacoma Port Commission
    December 19, 2013 3:12 pm

    Port of Tacoma commissioners have named Clare Petrich to lead the 2014 Commission. Petrich, who was first elected to the…

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