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  • OLYMPIA New law has option to keep people detained

    A new law will make it easier to keep people detained after a court has found them incompetent to stand trial on felony charges. Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1114 into law Monday. Lawmakers pushing for the change invoked the name of Jonathan Meline, a Tacoma man accused of killing his father in October, 10 months after being released from Western State Hospital.The looser standard applies ...

  • Hospitals fight to limit reports on infections

    Consumers Union and the Washington State Hospital Association are still tangling over legislation approved unanimously by the Legislature to require more reporting by hospitals when patients develop infections during ...

  • TACOMA Plea deal settles carjacking again

    A Tacoma man whose previous conviction in a fatal carjacking was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals pleaded guilty Monday a reduced ...

  • Couple arrested in poolroom death

    Lakewood police arrested a couple Monday in connection with a poolroom assault that killed a 47-year-old Woodinville man last week. The slaying happened Wednesday at the Last Call bar in the 7300 block of Lakewood Drive. Police said the victim accidentally bumped into a man playing pool nearby. The man then punched the victim so hard he fell and struck his head on the floor, police said.The ...

  • Party lines blur at transportation rally

    At least three Republican state lawmakers rallied Monday on the Capitol steps with backers of a gas tax and fee increase that would pay for roads, ferries, mass transit and other transportation ...


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Movie Review

Silent House

Silent House

While the entirety of Silent House takes place in and around a summer lakehouse, the films twist is that the title is metaphorical rather than literal. Co-directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, who were previously responsible for the low-fi video thriller Open Water (2004), ... ...

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  • Puyallup rethinking rates paid by water users

    Thousands of utility customers receiving water service from the city of Puyallup - both inside and outside the city limits - could see changes to their bills if the Puyallup City Council takes action on an issue they’ve been debating for ...

  • Thoms misused office ethics board rules

    Newly appointed Tacoma City Councilman Robert Thoms improperly used his office to advocate for a school bond measure while his lobbying firm was under contract with Tacoma Public Schools, the city’s Board of Ethics has ...

  • Woman who stole from grandmother gets 2nd chance

    A Tacoma woman who participated in a widespread fraud that ensnared dozens of soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord and victimized her own grandmother was sentenced Monday to 10 years in ...

  • Broadway Center lists 2013-14 shows

    Musicals, dance, radio personalities. They all are part of the 40 shows The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts announced Monday for its 2013-14 season. The BCPA will celebrate its 30th anniversary season in Tacoma’s Theater District with a wide variety of acts. Green Day’s hit Broadway musical, "American Idiot," plays Nov. 20. Singer Judy Collins performs Jan. 31. And ...

  • Judge upholds ruling on mentally ill hospitals

    The rights of people with mental illness collided Monday with the state’s struggling mental health system. The state lost a round, but the fight is far from over. In a ruling that followed weeks of legal briefing, Pierce County Superior Court Judge Kathryn Nelson declared that parking the mentally ill in hospital emergency rooms without treatment violates state and federal law."This ...

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