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    Tacoma Police Department
    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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    City, TPD study noise ordinance effectiveness
    City, TPD study noise ordinance effectiveness
    By Todd Matthews • May 5, 2010 12:00 am

    An aggressive noise ordinance passed by Tacoma City Council two years ago appears to have had its biggest impact 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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    (PHOTOS COURTESY DAN FEAR / FIRST CREEK WATERSHED VOLUNTEERS)
    A Partnership Runs Through It: First Creek stewards...
    By Todd Matthews • April 8, 2010 12:00 am

    A partnership that began 16 months ago between the City of Tacoma, the Puyallup Tribe, and a citizens group to…

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    Pierce County Prosecutor: 32 charged in gang conspiracy
    Pierce County Prosecutor: 32 charged in gang conspiracy
    February 10, 2010 12:00 am

    Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Lindquist announced today that his office has charged 32 people as criminal conspirators in gang-related…

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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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    (IMAGE COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY)
    Memorial ceremony today for slain Pierce County deputy
    January 5, 2010 12:00 am

    The Memorial Ceremony for Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Kent Mundell will begin today at 1 p.m. at the Tacoma Dome….

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    (PHOTO COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT)
    Search continues for suspected Lakewood cop killer
    November 30, 2009 12:00 am

    Law enforcement officials continue to search for a man suspected of killing four Lakewood police officers in a Parkland coffee…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA BIA)
    BIA: More downtown TPD coverage in 2010
    November 6, 2009 12:00 am

    A Downtown Tacoma Business Improvement Area (BIA) official announced today the Tacoma Police Department (TPD) will replace two police officers…

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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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    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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    "I feel so blessed to be at the Winthrop because I can be with my daughter," says Winthrop resident Nanette Colby. She lives in a fifth-floor apartment with her daughter, Naphtali, and owns Re-Fine Clothier downtown. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Voice From the Winthrop: Nanette Colby
    By Todd Matthews • July 15, 2009 12:00 am

    Nanette Colby has a work schedule that most single, city-living parents would envy. She owns her own business, Re-Fine Clothier…

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    "There are a lot of people who want to return the Winthrop back to a hotel," says Winthrop resident Otha Adams. "But there are a lot of really nice hearts and souls in that building, I wouldn't like to see that go away." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Voice From the Winthrop: Otha Adams
    By Todd Matthews • June 26, 2009 12:00 am

    Otha Adams is just like a lot of other 20-year-olds in Tacoma. He is a student at Tacoma Community College,…

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