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Pierce County road closed for two months for repairs to shifting concrete

An Edgewood street will be closed for two months. According to a Facebook post from the city of Edgewood, 48th Street will be closed to through traffic between 122nd Avenue East and 127th Avenue East starting on Monday, April 27. The post called it a “60-Day Road Closure.” Drivers will be able to use a detour route by using 127th Avenue East, going...
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Peninsula School District buys another property near aging high school

Peninsula School District has added another property to its growing inventory of recent real estate purchases near Peninsula High School. The school board on Tuesday, April 21, approved purchasing a 1.46-acre property at 6412 144th St. NW, west of and adjacent to the Peninsula High School campus. The property includes a 1,358-square-foot, single-story home. The district will pay $669,358.19 (including...
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Tacoma Internet Provider Commits $65K to Communities; Applications Open for Digital-Equity Program

Tacoma-based internet provider Lightcurve last week announced a several philanthropic investments supporting economic growth and downtown communities in Central and Western Washington. Lightcurve has pledged $25,000 to the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County, reinforcing efforts to drive regional economic growth, attract new business opportunities, and support workforce-development initiatives, the...
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Tuesday at 5 pm: A customer service bot said it filed his help...

A man in Pierce County was trying to get help because of an issue on Facebook. But instead of a solution, Daniel Fisk Bennett got stuck in a loop with an AI chatbot.
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Tacoma infant death upgraded to homicide investigation months after child died

An infant death in Tacoma has been upgraded to a homicide investigation months after the child died in the hospital. At approximately 6:50 p.m. on Feb. 10, the Tacoma Police Department (TPD) responded to the emergency department at Tacoma General Hospital for a report of an infant that died, TPD announced.
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New Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital set to open May 16 on original Tacoma site

TACOMA, Wash. — Step into Tacoma’s new Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, and COO Ben Whitworth said you enter a world where he hopes every child will see themselves represented. “You have patients who are 3, 7 and 8,” said Whitworth. “And you have patients who are 13,...
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WA man who shut down I-90 with explosive device gets 1.5 years in prison

Sokphana Soeung, 42, was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for possessing a "tennis ball bomb" during a slow-speed chase on I-90. The incident, which occurred Oct. 12, 2024, shut down the interstate for hours as the bomb squad investigated the device and a second explosive made of sparklers. Soeung...
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Armed man sentenced for string of violent attacks on women across Seattle area

A man was sentenced Friday for a series of escalating violent crimes targeting women at random across the Seattle area in 2023, including robbery, kidnapping, and rape, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said. The defendant was convicted of five felonies across three cases: two counts of robbery, one...
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Seattle’s Paramount Theatre Hosting Broadway Hits You Can’t Miss

Here's a list of Paramount Theatre shows worth the drive to Seattle this spring and summer: a SIFF film screening, 3 Broadway hits, and the Blue Man Group.
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Beer Lovers Rejoice As Seattle Shines At The World Beer Cup

The event has been happening for 30 years. This year in Philadelphia, The World Beer Cup is a truly global competition. 273 producers participated in the event this year. 352 medals were handed out. This year, Seattle managed to bring home the gold. Organizers of this event call it the...

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