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2 Pierce County town hall meetings scheduled to discuss Seaport Alliance

The Port of Tacoma and the Port of Seattle will host two town hall meetings in Pierce County…

Half-acre Kids' Zone planned for Northwest Trek Wildlife Park

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Northwest Trek: 7 contractors bid on half-acre Kids' Zone project

Seven contractors have bid on a project to create a children's play area at Metro Parks Tacoma's Northwest…

Metro Parks Tacoma earns industry accreditation

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Metro Parks Tacoma earns industry accreditation

Metro Parks Tacoma officials announced the organization has received recognition for national accreditation at the National Recreation and…

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Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — October 2014

Here are the top five stories read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index's Web site during the…

Bates Tech to unveil revamped Veterans Resource Center

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Bates Tech to unveil revamped Veterans Resource Center

Bates Technical College will celebrate Veterans Day this year by hosting notable advocate Dr. Peter Schmidt, who will…

Sound Transit schedules open house for Tacoma Trestle replacement project

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Key Tacoma, Pierce County transportation projects awarded regional grants

More than three-dozen transportation projects in Tacoma and Pierce County will receive millions of dollars in grant funding,…

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Port of Tacoma Commission to consider 2015 budget

The Port of Tacoma Commission has scheduled two public meetings in November to consider the Port's 2015 budget.

For more than 45 years, Stanley T. Shaw, the late Tacoma architect, lived in this two-story, 2,200-square-foot home anchored at the corner of North Lawrence Street and North 25th Street. Along with his wife, Clara, Stanley raised four children in the home, which wasn't originally built by Shaw but served as a sort of laboratory for some of his architectural ideas. (PHOTO COURTESY SUSAN JOHNSON / ARTIFACTS CONSULTING)

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Shaw House: Late architect's home now Tacoma landmark

Tacoma City Council approved a resolution Tuesday placing Tacoma's so-called Shaw House on the City of Tacoma's Register…

Sound Transit: New route would link Lakewood, Puyallup Sounder Stations

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Sound Transit: New route would link Lakewood, Puyallup Sounder Stations

Sound Transit is seeking input on a proposed new express bus route to connect several park-and-ride lots with…

Oakland Elementary School ca. now. (IMAGE COURTESY TACOMA LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION)

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Historic Preservation: 3 school buildings now Tacoma landmarks

Tacoma City Council approved a resolution Tuesday placing three local public school buildings on the City of Tacoma's…

GGLO Architecture, MDC earn affordable housing awards

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GGLO Architecture, MDC earn affordable housing awards

The Tacoma Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium has announced this year's recipients of its annual Excellence in Affordable…

Historians to celebrate Wash. 125th Anniversary statehood

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Historians to celebrate Wash. 125th Anniversary statehood

The Washington State Historical Society and the Office of the Secretary of State will host a celebration next…

Tacoma Art Museum staff working alongside Heritage Distilling Co.'s crew in Gig Harbor to bottle the final cases of the signature Tacoma New West Bourbon Whiskey, a joint-creation between Heritage Distilling Co. and the Tacoma Art Museum in honor of the November 15 grand opening of the Tacoma Art Museum's Haub Family Collection of Western American Art and museum expansion. (PHOTO BY MYLES LASCO / COURTESY TACOMA ART MUSEUM)

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Bourbon, Beer, and Western American Art at Tacoma Art Museum

The Tacoma Art Museum is celebrating the largest gift in the museum's 79-year-old history with a limited edition…