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  • History lesson blooming in Steilacoom

    Two centuries ago, a small pink flower framed the hills and prairie around the main village of the Steilacoom Indian tribe in what is now west Pierce ...

  • Roadwork will delay Mount Rainier park-goers

    Crews will resume work Friday on 10 miles of Stevens Canyon Road, the major east-west road in Mount Rainier National Park.This will be the second and final season of road rehabilitation that began last summer by Tucci and Sons, Inc. of Tacoma, which was awarded the $8.9 million contract.Work this spring and summer will focus on drainage improvements; repair, stabilization and reconstruction of ...

  • Falcon more aggressive chicks bigger in Olympia this year

    Four screeching peregrine falcon chicks squirmed in a cardboard box as a small crowd gathered around, cameras at the ready.Weighing in at approximately 3 1/2 pounds, the estimated 22-day-old balls of white fluff were banded and sexed.The difference was obvious to volunteer Glenn Phillips."Three are female," Phillips said, pointing to the particularly vocal chicks. "The males are ...

  • Anti-Connelly group fined $200 for late disclosure

    A Tacoma political group that distributed mailers attacking state senate candidate Jack Connelly last year violated campaign finance law by failing to report its donations and spending in a timely manner, the Public Disclosure Commission ruled ...

  • House arrest community service prescribed for double embezzler

    A Bonney Lake woman was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days’ community service and 15 days’ house arrest after being convicted of embezzling money from her homeowners association and her former ...


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Movie Review

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Right from the start, Indian director Shekhar Kapur lets us know that his first English-language film, "Elizabeth," is no Masterpiece Theater or Merchant-Ivory costume production. The film opens in a grisly, dank, rat-infested dungeon where several guards are shaving the heads of three Protestant "heretics," taking bits and pieces of their scalps along with the hair. The camera then follows them o ... ...

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  • Flemming’s move may hint at 2014 plans

    Pierce County Council member Stan Flemming says he has moved from University Place to Gig Harbor so that he has the option of running for re-election in ...

  • 37-year-old man charged in Wash. state ricin scare

    SPOKANE, Wash. — A man was arrested Wednesday in a case involving last week's discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. A grand jury indictment accuses Matthew Ryan Buquet, 37, of mailing a death threat to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle in Spokane on May 14. A search of federal court records turned up no indication that Buquet had ever appeared before ...

  • Steve Powell wont leave prison Thursday

    The Washington Corrections Department says the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell won't be released from prison Thursday. He's been serving time for recording images of two neighbor girls in their ...

  • Orioles hit 3 HRs in 6-3 win over Yankees

    Chris Davis went 4 for 4, including his AL-leading 14th homer, and the Baltimore Orioles got a three-run shot from Matt Wieters in a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday ...

  • Careers carved at wood-tech center

    Seattle Central Community College has opened a new facility for its wood-construction center just as the market for woodworking jobs is starting to ...

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