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Earlier this year, the City of Tacoma invited local artists to participate in a program to create artwork for traffic signal boxes located throughout the city. Similar programs exist in Seattle (pictured) and Olympia. (PHOTO BY MAGGIE LEE)

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Top Stories 2015 | #7 — Tacoma seeks artists to design wraps for traffic boxes

The Tacoma Daily Index is looking back at the 10 most read articles among visitors to our Web…

Spaceworks Tacoma Marketing and Artscapes Coordinator Gabriel Brown inside 1120 Creative House. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Top Stories 2015 | #8 — 1120 Creative House opens in downtown Tacoma

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Sound Transit seeks input on long-range transportation expansion options

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Sound Transit 2016 budget includes funding for Tacoma Trestle, Link light rail expansion

Sound Transit officials announced Thursday the transportation agency's Board of Directors approved a $1.2 billion 2016 budget that…

Tacoma artist Lynn Di Nino at Tacoma Public Library's Handforth Gallery. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Top Stories 2015 | #9 — Artist Lynn Di Nino's creative commute

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John Hathaway ca. 2007. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Top Stories 2015 | #10 — John Hathaway: A Tacoma gadfly's voice goes silent

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Public comments sought on naming state's next car ferry

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Public comments sought on naming state's next car ferry

Now that funding for the fourth Olympic-Class ferry has been secured under the Connecting Washington transportation revenue package…

Metro Parks Tacoma seeks public input on W. W. Seymour Conservatory improvements

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Metro Parks Tacoma seeks public input on W. W. Seymour Conservatory improvements

Metro Parks Tacoma officials would like your input as it embarks on improvements to the W.W. Seymour Botanical…

Grand opening Jan. 7 for $23M Advanced Technology Center at Bates Technical College

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Grand opening Jan. 7 for $23M Advanced Technology Center at Bates Technical College

Bates Technical College officials will celebrate the grand opening of the $23 million Advanced Technology Center in Tacoma…

Photographer Elmer Ogawa in Seattle circa 1950s. (ELMER OGAWA PHOTOGRAPH / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS)

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Elmer Ogawa: After hours with Seattle's forgotten photographer

Between the late-1940s and the early-1960s, the Japanese American photojournalist Elmer Ogawa captured a period in Seattle’s history…

Welcome To Tacoma: Gateway signs proposed near city entrance points

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Welcome To Tacoma: City could soon install entrance gateway signs

Gateway signs could soon be installed near four entrance points into Tacoma's city limits.

LED street lights coming to Tacoma's Lincoln International Business District

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Apply today for 2016 Tacoma Community Cleanup Program

The City of Tacoma is accepting applications from Tacoma residents for the 2016 Community Cleanup program.

3 local organizations awarded $1.7M for salmon recovery projects

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5 local organizations awarded nearly $4.7M for Pierce County salmon recovery projects

Five local organizations will share nearly $4.7 million in state grants for nine Pierce County projects that aim…

Historic preservation grant recipients to be announced at Washington Trust open house

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Coastal Heritage Alliance awarded Washington Trust historic preservation grant

The Coastal Heritage Alliance will receive a $1,250 grant from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's 2016 Valerie…