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MEDICAL PATIENTS URGED TO ATTEND HEARING
On Jan. 6 starting at 5 p.m. Tacoma City Council will hold a special public hearing concerning the Council’s proposal to shut down all medical marijuana establishments in the city. With the passages of...
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Coming Up in 2015
Last year, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Fleetwood Mac were among the big names to drop in on Tacoma in 2014; but already the New Year seems poised to eclipse the old with big events coming up featuring...
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Culture Corner, A field guide to the Museums of Tacoma
A field guide to the museums of Tacoma Buffalo Soldier Museum1940 S. Wilkeson St.Wed. and Sat., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Info: http://www.buffalosoldierstacoma.orgThe 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Buffalo...
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Nightlife
Friday, Jan. 2MAXWELL'S: Lance Buller Trio (jazz) 7 p.m., NCGREAT AMERICAN CASINO: Notorious 253 (dance) 9 p.m., NCKEYS ON MAIN: Dueling pianos, 9 p.m., NCLOUIE G'S: Sea of Misinformation (rock, folk,...
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The Things We Like
NO SUN FUN RUNOn Jan. 17 come rain, hail, sleet, or snow, the 5K No Sun Fun Run will take place no matter what weather our South Sound winter provides. The Nathan Chapman Trail provides a flat, paved,...
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Make a Scene: Hip Hop Activist and Green Party VP Candidate to speak at UPS
Rosa Clemente, black Puerto Rican community organizer, journalist and former Green Party vice presidential candidate, will speak at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at University of Puget...
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Arts & Entertainment: Rod Man: A Super Hero Of Comedy
First things first: It’s “Rod Man,” not Rodman, as some mispronounce comedian Rod Thompson’s alias. “It’s Rod Man, first and last name,” he joked last week, speaking in a laid back Atlanta drawl that...
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Narrows league hoops looking strong at the midpoint
The Narrows basketball landscape is starting to take shape as the teams close in on the halfway mark of the regular season. Tacoma is well represented with several boys and girls teams doing well,...
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Eastside set to be government hub
Pierce County’s decision to give a boost to the Eastside by replacing the shuddered Puget Sound Hospital with a consolidated administrative complex could be just the thing for the neighborhood.Pierce...
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Billboards will return to the news
The City of Tacoma’s community working group that is tasked with drafting recommendations regarding the size and location of billboards within the city is methodically gathering information in...
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Pot rules set to change
City officials are working on a plan that would shut down medical marijuana operations that do not have the required licenses or fail to get the city and state licenses within three months of their...
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Warhol’s Tacoma Dome flower
Tacoma City Council is set to start looking for ways to put an enormous flower designed by Andy Warhol on the roof of the Tacoma Dome now that a test strip to see how well the design would weather...
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Race relations in Tacoma
While the grand jury decision last fall to not indict Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson following the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown sparked often hostile protests around the...
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State budget will be big news
Washington lawmakers have some big decisions in the works, considering they have to come up with billions of added dollars just to get out from under the contempt of court order a judge issued for...
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Tacoma schools on the move
Tacoma’s graduation rate for 2014 reached 78 percent – the highest since the state began officially tracking the statistic in 2003, according to data submitted to the state by Tacoma Public...
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Risk, trust and restraint
When we raise our right hand to swear our oath of office as a peace officer, we enter a realm of risk. Two risks are the most serious. The first risk is that we will have force used against us and will...
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Eastside Community Center funding
Metro Parks Tacoma officials started a feasibility study in 2013 to find ways to build and run an Eastside community center in response to neighborhood residents who wanted a way to provide healthy,...
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South Sound celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
The year 2015 kicks off fittingly with several local celebrations of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While the official Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 19, there are several events...
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