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Tacoma City Hall. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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City Hall News: Historic building nominations, charter review town hall, and Pierce County campus plan

Tacoma residents will have plenty of opportunities next week to learn more about what's happening in city government.…

Historic WWI posters on display at Tacoma Public Library

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Historic WWI posters on display at Tacoma Public Library

History buffs may want to visit Tacoma Public Library's main branch to view a collection of U.S. propaganda…

Downtown Tacoma BIA bike patrol officers Sarah Kirkman and John Leitheiser carefully make their way beneath I-705. They regularly inspect the area for homeless encampments. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Tacoma BIA: Contract renewed, boundary expanded

Tacoma City Council adopted two ordinances this week related to the downtown Tacoma Business Improvement Area (BIA).

Tacoma's Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. (PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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Tacoma City Council OKs $6M flood protection project

Tacoma's Central Wastewater Treatment Plant could soon be better protected against the Puyallup River's seasonal rising floodwaters.

Metro Parks Tacoma seeks public's help to rename McKinley Playfield

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Tacoma park to be renamed Verlo Playfield

Metro Parks Tacoma officials have announced they will rename McKinley Playfield in honor of a Tacoma couple instrumental…

Pierce County Flood. (PHOTO COURTES PIERCE COUNTY)

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$3.2M grant could purchase 27 flood-prone Pierce County homes

A Washington State grant could allow Pierce County to purchase as many as 27 homes in flood zones…

Pierce Transit to resume Washington State Fair express bus service

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Pierce Transit to resume Washington State Fair express bus service

Pierce Transit officials announced Monday they will resume express bus service for Washington State Fair visitors.

Prosecutor Sorensen to join Pierce County bench Thursday

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Prosecutor Sorensen to join Pierce County bench Thursday

An attorney who has spent more than two decades working in the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office will…

City of Tacoma Public Works Department crews work to repair damage resulting from streetlight copper wire thefts. (PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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Tacoma City Hall asks residents to help fight streetlight copper wire thefts

The City of Tacoma is asking residents for help to curb an ongoing and expensive rash of streetlight…

Tacoma's 'Sun King,' a three-ton, 15-foot-tall, 22-foot-wide steel frame sculpture by Corvallis, Ore., artist Tom Morandi is being stored at the City of Tacoma's Fleet Operations Headquarters. It sat near the corner of Broadway and South 13th Street for three decades before it was placed in storage seven years ago to make way for a new piece of public art. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Record Tacoma rainfall stalls Sun King's return

Record rainfall last month has delayed a project to move Tacoma's Sun King sculpture out of storage and…

Public meeting April 15 to discuss Browns Point Lighthouse Park improvements

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Public meeting April 15 to discuss Browns Point Lighthouse Park improvements

Metro Parks Tacoma will hold a public meeting this month to discuss improvements to Browns Point Lighthouse Park.

Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — November 2013

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Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — March 2014

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

Tacoma City Hall. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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City Hall News: $300K strategic plan contract, bike/pedestrian safety improvements, and BIA renewal/expansion

Tacoma residents will have plenty of opportunities next week to learn more about what's happening in city government.…