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Special send-off sets stage for special day of track and field in Puyallup
Kids high-fived each other. The school band played Great Balls of Fire. And the entire Kalles Junior High School student body gave an enthusiastic send-off to their team of special athletes headed for competition at Puyallups Sparks ...
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Pierce County candidates file for 2013 elections
Several Pierce County cities will see a leadership shakeup at the end of this year, as many cities are losing their mayors and others have attracted ...
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Major construction on Mercer begins adding to mess until 2015
SEATTLE -- This weekend and for the next couple years the drive through Seattle's Mercer Mess - will get even messier.A slew of changes will begin Friday night and the effects will likely stretch all the way onto I-5.It'll be a lot of brake lights, tested patience and changes that will last until 2015.A little bit of pain now will help in the long run. Right?Seattle Dept. of ...
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Live game thread Tulsa at Seattle in Storm exhibition finale
Thompson nailed a three-pointer, so the WNBA inching the line back this season is no biggie to her. The Shock are 0-for-10 from three-point range, however. The defensive three-seconds rule takes some adjusting as a viewer and with all of the bricks this quarter, it’s obviously not generating more offense as the league hoped. Seattle is up 24-21 with 3:29 remaining in the half. Hawkins has ...
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Coast Guard rescues teen from Ore. surf
WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a teenage girl from the surf on the northwest Oregon coast. Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn says his agency responded Friday afternoon to a call from help from Sunset Beach near Warrenton. He says a man had entered the surf to help the girl and was holding her head above water and pulling her closer to shore. Littlejohn says ...
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Washington state releases draft rules for legal marijuana
SEATTLE -- Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, May 16, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults. Among the preliminary regulations: They want to track marijuana from "seed to store." They'd put a cap on the number of retail outlets in each county, but not on the number of ...
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Amid crime wave North Bend mulls public surveillance cameras
NORTH BEND, Wash. -- After a wave of bizarre and scary crimes in North Bend, city leaders are considering installing surveillance cameras on the streets.As you might imagine, the idea is already stirring up a lot of controversy."If you can look into people's houses and things like that, that would be invading people's privacy," said resident Chris Hammond.But we found many ...
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Do you recognize these Tacoma armed robbers
TACOMA, Wash. -- Detectives are searching for the two men who allegedly robbed a Tacoma convenience store at gunpoint May 6. According to Crime Stoppers Tacoma/Pierce County, the two men walked into the 7-Eleven in the 3100 block of South Tyler Street around 3:10 a.m., pulled out a gun and demanded cash. The men reportedly made off with money, cigarettes and scratch ...
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A very special first birthday for a girl who has beaten all odds
EVERETT, Wash. -- May 17th was a very special day Hannah Mae Campbell and her family as they celebrated Hannah's first birthday.The fact that she even made it to her first birthday is borderline miraculous. Hannah has a tiny heart with a tumor inside that required 59 blood transfusions in four months. Her heart grew uncontrollably and she was on full body life support.It meant 169 days at ...
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Rapists victims meet see him sentenced to 30-plus years in prison
Nancy Faliski, right, found solace in meeting another of John Alan Carter's rape victims from decades ago, Cathy Porter, left, Friday, in King County Superior ...
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County council positions attract many candidates
candidate filing week 2013 closed at 5 p.m. Friday, the faces of those competing for the open seats came into clearer focus. Incumbent County Councilman Dave Somers, the Democrat who represents east Snohomish County, also is running for re-election. He's drawn a challenge from Republican Chris Vallo of Lake Stevens. The primary is Aug. 6. Once the primary results are finalized, the top ...
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Who filed to run to public positions in county
Voters in Monroe, Granite Falls and Stanwood will be choosing new mayors this fall after their incumbent leaders did not file for re-election by a Friday deadline.The well known mayors of Lynnwood and Mukilteo must each defeat multiple challengers if they want to keep serving.Gold Bar is in line for a new mayor but who it might be is a mystery after no one signed up to run, including the current ...
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Suspicious fire damages Monroe house
MONROE -- Monroe police are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged a house Friday.The fire broke out around 3 p.m. in the 100 block of N. Kelsey Street. When firefighters arrived, they could see smoke and flames coming from the two-story house.No one was inside and no injuries were reported.Monroe firefighters were assisted by crews from Sultan, Clearview, Gold Bar, Duvall and Snohomish. ...
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Seahawks Sounders license plates on sale in Jan.
RENTON, Wash. — Three nonprofit groups will benefit from sales of new Seahawks and Sounders FC license plates that will be available starting in January. The teams unveiled the preliminary license plate designs after Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Friday to make them available. Net income from the Seahawks plate will got to InvestED, a Seattle-based nonprofit that partners with schools to ...
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Seahawks Irvin suspended four games for PEDs
Bruce Irvin was suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season on Friday after the league announced he violated the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances. Irvin will be eligible to participate in all offseason activities and preseason practices and games, but will be suspended without pay for the opening four games at Carolina, home for San Francisco and Jacksonville and ...
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Applebees restaurant planned for University Place
Where others have failed in University Place, Applebees will build. The national restaurant chain has sealed a transaction to lease space on the site of a former Chinese buffet and an erstwhile Blockbuster video store at the University Village shopping ...
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Women sound alarm over treatments for common urinary issue
SEATTLE -- Three months ago, simple movements were impossible for Robin Swenson. Excruciating pain prevented almost all normal movement."Any movement at all hurt," she said. "I mean, like on a scale of one to 10, it was like an eight all the time."Swenson was an athletic woman with an active outdoor lifestyle. Then a year ago, Swenson says her gynecologist recommended surgery ...
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Burglary suspect in standoff with Everett police
Heavily armed Everett police have surrounded a house in the 3800 block of Wetmore Avenue. People are advised to avoid the area. The drama began unfolding around 1:45 p.m. when a person called 911 to report someone breaking into a neighbor's house. Once officers arrived they saw a man standing outside. The suspect walked back into house and officers followed. That's when he told ...
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Arlington woman allegedly runs over boyfriend
ARLINGTON -- An Arlington area woman was arrested for investigation of vehicular assault Thursday night after allegedly running over her boyfriend with an ...
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Lynnwood mayor files for re-election faces crowded field
He will face three challengers in the August primary, Councilman Loren Simmonds, Councilman Mark Smith and political newcomer Nicola Smith, dean for student life and development at Edmonds Community College. The top two vote-getters in the primary advance to the November general election. Gough is seeking a third four-year term. Lynnwood also has 10 candidates for three City Council ...
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Pilot blames Lynden biplane crash on bright sunset firefighters say
A plane lies crumpled along Depot Road after it overshot the runway on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at a small airfield in Lynden. The pilot, who was the only person in the plane, walked away from the crash, but was taken to the hospital, according to KGMI. The extent of his injuries was unknown late Thursday ...
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2 Spokane-area officers placed on leave
SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities say two Spokane-area law enforcement officers have been placed on leave after being accused of misconduct in separate cases. The Spokesman-Review says ( http://is.gd/nTU13y) a Spokane city police officer has been accused of stalking a woman and making aggressive sexual advances. The Spokane County sheriff's office says a detective is being investigated ...
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Former Lakewood police officer Skeeter Manos pleads guilty to ID theft forgery
Skeeter Manos fell a little farther into the pit of infamy Friday by pleading guilty to identity theft and forgery in Pierce County Superior ...
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Seattles Tableau goes from bedroom startup to Wall Street darling
The data-visualization company burst onto the public markets Friday with a steller public offering, jumping 64 percent to close at $50.75, up from its initial $31 price. Nearly 100 employees were in New York to celebrate while parties were held at its offices, including its headquarters in Fremont. Ten years earlier the future wasn't so clear, though Chief Executive Christian Chabot ...
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Man pleads guilty to selling hundreds of counterfeit airbags
TACOMA, Wash. -- A 25-year-old Washington man has pleaded guilty to selling nearly 1,000 counterfeit airbags from China through eBay. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Vitaliy Yaremkiv, who ran Vital Auto Parts and Sales out of his Vancouver home, earned more than $137,000 from the online sales of counterfeit Honda, Subaru and Toyota airbags. Investigators believe many of the ...
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Seattle fixing Mercer Mess
Seattle’s Department of Transport has plans to improve the Mercer Corridor or Mercer Mess as it is known to many residents of the city, Seattle news media have been reporting on the plans for some time, but a groundbreaking ceremony now marks the beginning of the major project.
The Mercer Corridor was built over forty years ago when the city’s transportation needs and traffic volumes were entirely different to present day. Mercer Street is a primary artery for the city of Seattle and over 80,000 people drive along it every day, but because of increased traffic and inefficient infrastructure, major bottlenecks occur at peak rush hour and limit access to the South Lake Union area, the Seattle Waterfront, the port, major highways and the Seattle Center. Read more
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