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Stepped-up police recruiting efforts use ads, incentivesThey’re on billboards and on the backs of buses. They were at booths at the McChord Air Expo and the Tall Ships Tacoma festival.
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No new trial for ’88 killing, but no clean record, eitherCharles Ray Walters won’t be able to erase a past sin from his record, but his future is a bit more secure after a ruling by the state Court of Appeals for Division II.
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Lakewood to take lead on car theft task force for Pierce CountyThe state awarded the City of Lakewood more than a half-million dollars this week to establish a countywide automobile theft task force.
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Hanford nuclear reactor closer to landmark statusWASHINGTON – The world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor, the B Reactor at the Hanford reservation in Eastern Washington, took a step toward permanent preservation Tuesday as a key National Park Service board recommended its designation as a national historic landmark.
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Humans on display at Point Defiance Zoos OlympicsIt began with fanfare: An employee jogged past animals and visitors while carrying a faux torch – really, just white posterboard scribbled with orange marker and taped to a dowel.
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Bits of Federal Way history displayed on signsDiana Noble-Gulliford wanted to find a way to show the history of Federal Way – a history that is lost on many residents in a city that incorporated only 18 years ago.
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Judge to hear Patriots Landing appeal to build nursing facility in DuPontWhen his wife, Geraldine, grew ill two years ago and became unsteady on her feet, Ken Ward knew it was only a matter of time before she would be transferred from their home at Patriots Landing retirement community to a medical center.
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Attorney General McKenna service ads criticizedThe state Democratic Party says it has filed a campaign finance complaint against Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna, questioning his appearance in public service announcements during his re-election campaign.
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SEATTLE: ‘Spam king’ gets nearly four years for e-mail fraud, tax evasionA Seattle man once known as the “spam king” was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 11 months in prison for mail fraud, e-mail fraud and tax evasion.
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TACOMA: Police seek bank robber – who’s apparently an M’s fanInvestigators were searching Tuesday for the man who robbed a Tacoma bank last week.
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a call for a docent's resignationThis is a call for a docent vote on the continued role of OlyBlog founder Rick McKinnon.
My vote is that Rick step down from his duties as docent and turn OlyBlog over to the Olympia community currently invested in the space as per his initial plan. I've been thinking about this awhile due to the difficulties people have separating him from OlyBlog but it was his behavior on this thread ([link]) that made up my mind. Included with this e-mail is a private message conversation Rick and I have been involved in since last week. As much of the content involves OlyBlog administration I think it should have been on the docent list for all of us to talk about from the beginning (as previously agreed upon). Re: an articleHey Rob,
I'm not sure if you forgot a link for the article or if it just didn't make it through to me, but would you please send it again? - Jason ----- Original Message ---- To: olyblogdocents@googlegroups.co m Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:46:39 PM It's about allowing comments on blogs and news sites. Really good, and, I think, right on. an articleIt's about allowing comments on blogs and news sites. Really good, and, I
think, right on. 'We are bringing back the saltwater marsh'Bulldozers and other earth-moving machines began gouging into a beautiful green meadow near the entrance of the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday.
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Olympia aims to encourage carpoolingDowntown employees who carpool would qualify for reduced parking rates under a plan the Olympia City Council preliminarily approved Tuesday night.
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Patriots Landing tenants upset over application denialWhen his wife, Geraldine, grew ill two years ago and became unsteady on her feet, Ken Ward knew it was only a matter of time before she would be transferred from their home at Patriots Landing retirement community to a more intensive medical center.
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Judge hears Tumwater Wal-Mart appealThe 4-year legal fight over Wal-Mart's plans to build a 187,000-square-foot store in Tumwater arrived at a Thurston County courtroom Tuesday.
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Leaders meet on flooding coalitionCommissioners from Thurston, Lewis and Grays Harbor counties set in motion Tuesday a process aimed at asking voters next year to approve formation of a flood-control district.
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Complaint targets initiativeInitiative 1029 critics filed a complaint with the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking it to require that the long-term care measure be sent to the Legislature, rather than the Nov. 4 ballot.
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