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Mount St. Helens Visitor Center offers activities for all ages and interests

Washington State Parks  invites the public to join staff from Mount St. Helen’s Visitor Center and Seaquest State…

Show your forklift-driving skills at forklift rodeo regional tryouts

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Show your forklift-driving skills at forklift rodeo regional tryouts

Driving a forklift may look easy, but driving one safely requires the right training and experience. Professional forklift…

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Japanese Internment Day of Remembrance May 18

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index   Courage is when you face down your fears and do something…

Broadnax presents proposed $3.25 billion city budget

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Tacoma City Council selects our first female City Manager

  By Morf Morford   Tacoma Daily Index As I emphasized in a previous column, (April 10, 2017,…

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Clean Vessel Act Partnerships Prevents Sewage from Affecting State Waters

A New Record: 10 Million Gallons of Sewage Diverted from Washington Waters in 2016 In 2016, the Washington…

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Interior Department releases list of monuments under review, announces first-ever formal public comment period for Antiquities Act monuments

The Department of the Interior announced the first ever formal public comment period for members of the public…

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Region’s fastest growing cities

As the region grew by more than 86,000 people last year, two thirds of that growth occurred within…

Poor people in Tacoma? Who knew?

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Poor people in Tacoma? Who knew?

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index       Almost one in five people in Tacoma lives at…

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Tacoma becomes ‘Super Bowl City’ with Gridiron Glory at Washington State History Museum

From all-time greats to contemporary stars, football fans will score big when Gridiron Glory: The Best of the…

Port of Seattle recognizes 10 sustainability leaders

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Port of Seattle recognizes 10 sustainability leaders

Green Gateway Environmental Excellence Awards highlight Port’s commitment to sustainability by working closely with partners to be the…

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Environmental review completed for largest proposed coal export terminal in North America

Millennium project would impact local community, Columbia River, air quality, transportation and tribal resources Cowlitz County and the…

Few things are more constant in the Puget Sound area than aircraft overhead. Photo: Morf Morford

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Gov. Inslee signs into law two bills to strengthen state aviation investments

In early April, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law two bills aimed at improving the health and viability…

One of my favorite aspects of Tacoma is the preponderance of odd little corners, bays, gulches and unexpected views. This access to the unexpected is my definition of the character of Tacoma. The little white corner near the upper left corner is the town of Ruston. How many cities have another town within their borders?2009 NAIP Imagery and LiDAR OBIA-based Canopy Cover for Tacoma, WA courtesy: University of Washington

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The shape of Tacoma

By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index History defines every city, but Tacoma’s history and geography (and a few…