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    Tacoma Fire Department
    Tacoma City Council OKs contract for fire station renovation
    Tacoma City Council OKs contract for fire station...
    By Todd Matthews • March 31, 2011 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council approved a purchase resolution Tuesday related to a $4.1 million renovation of the 30-year-old, weather-beaten Fire Station…

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    Tacoma Fire Dept. awarded $1.5M grant
    Tacoma Fire Dept. awarded $1.5M grant
    March 3, 2011 12:00 am

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $1,566,699 to the Tacoma Fire Department from the Staffing for Adequate Fire and…

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    (PHOTOS / IMAGES COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    Tacoma moves forward on $4.1M waterfront fire station...
    By Todd Matthews • March 1, 2011 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma has taken its first steps toward a $4.1 million renovation of a shuttered, 30-year-old, weather-beaten fire…

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    Inspector's report offers grim glimpse inside 'derelict' Old City Hall
    Inspector's report offers grim glimpse inside 'derelict' Old...
    By Todd Matthews • January 4, 2011 12:00 am

    A chimney with loose and missing bricks and mortar and in such disrepair it needs to be repointed. Creaky old…

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    Tacoma Fire: 13 fires, $85K in property damage related to illegal fireworks during Independence Day holiday
    Tacoma Fire: 13 fires, $85K in property damage...
    By Todd Matthews • July 9, 2010 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Fire Department responded to 13 calls for service related to fireworks activity between June 26 and July 6,…

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    Browns Point rescue exercises June 10
    Browns Point rescue exercises June 10
    June 8, 2010 12:00 am

    Nineteen agencies are scheduled to participate in a rescue and security response exercise in the waters around Browns Point on…

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    Last year, Crime Stoppers of Tacoma / Pierce County offered a $1,000 reward leading to the arrest of a serial arsonist at the Winthrop apartment building in downtown Tacoma. (IMAGE COURTESY CRIME STOPPERS TACOMA / PIERCE COUNTY)
    7-year prison sentence for Winthrop arsonist
    By Todd Matthews • April 23, 2010 12:00 am

    A man who pleaded guilty in January to intentionally setting a series of fires last year inside the Winthrop apartment…

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    According to Tacoma Police, the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, and Winthrop residents, between Aug. 16 and Sept. 2, eight fires were intentionally set in different areas of the Winthrop, an 85-year-old, 12-story former historic hotel downtown. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Accused Winthrop arsonist pleads guilty
    By Todd Matthews • February 2, 2010 12:00 am

    A man Tacoma police and Pierce County prosecutors allege intentionally set a series of fires last year inside the Winthrop…

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    The Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Living On Edge: Inside the Winthrop arson investigation
    By Todd Matthews • October 23, 2009 12:00 am

    For most residents of the Winthrop apartment building in downtown Tacoma, just living day-to-day is hard enough. The 12-story, 84-year-old…

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    The crumbling six-story, 1890s Luzon Building in downtown Tacoma. The City of Tacoma is concerned the building, located at the corner of South 13th Street and Pacific Avenue, will suddenly collapse due to decades of neglect. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Luzon will come down Saturday
    By Todd Matthews • September 22, 2009 12:00 am

    Tacoma’s city manager confirmed Tuesday the 1890s Luzon Building in downtown Tacoma will be razed Saturday. During City Council’s noon…

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    Tacoma Fire hosts remembrance ceremony Sept. 11
    Tacoma Fire hosts remembrance ceremony Sept. 11
    September 9, 2009 12:00 am

    On Sept. 11, the Tacoma Fire Department will honor the heroes and victims of 9/11 at a public remembrance ceremony…

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    Crime Stoppers offers $1,000 reward for Winthrop serial arsonist
    Crime Stoppers offers $1,000 reward for Winthrop serial...
    August 21, 2009 12:00 am

    Crime Stoppers of Tacoma and Pierce County is offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Fire tears through Hilltop building
    July 27, 2009 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Fire Department has reported firefighters are battling a blaze at a two-story building located at 1610 S. G…

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