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Going green

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Going green

Eligh used to take more prescription pain medication than you can imagine. Like hundreds per month - Percocet, Oxycodone, Morphine - you name it. Eligh looks old and young at the same time. He walks gingerly and staggers a bit into the room. We're at North End Club 420, where

Partners In Crhyme

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Partners In Crhyme

It all started with some “ill rhymes and a hand-me-down keyboard” and evolved into a hardcore hip-hop act that sounds like maybe they incorporated an 808, a guitarist, and a better herbal jazz cigarette hookup. Partners in Crhyme has been around since 2001, sporting the names “Mr. Penetration” and “Johnny

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LeMay Car Show

Come see how many cars one solid waste mogul can collect as the LeMay Museum presents The LeMay Car Show this weekend. The car show will showcase an amazing assortment of 1,000 vintage collector cars spread out over 80-plus acres, as well as collections of dolls, antiques, and nostalgic memorabilia

Art market still hungry

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Art market still hungry

Two Vaults Gallery owner Paula Tutmarc-Johnson had her first good month in a year. Art sales in July were so strong, in fact, that she actually drew a paycheck. Tutmarc-Johnson, like so many other business owners, has weathered an economic storm, or lull perhaps, as widespread unemployment and a general

Art market still hungry

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Art market still hungry

Two Vaults Gallery owner Paula Tutmarc-Johnson had her first good month in a year. Art sales in July were so strong, in fact, that she actually drew a paycheck. Tutmarc-Johnson, like so many other business owners, has weathered an economic storm, or lull perhaps, as widespread unemployment and a general

Doin’ it by hand

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Doin’ it by hand

Sometimes the themes that clamor for our artistic attention are overwhelming. The old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” takes on a special significance for artists. Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring know this, and chooses to focus at least one series of print creations on the mystery and

Doin’ it by hand

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Doin’ it by hand

Sometimes the themes that clamor for our artistic attention are overwhelming. The old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” takes on a special significance for artists. Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring know this, and chooses to focus at least one series of print creations on the mystery and

Revolving jail door

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Revolving jail door

Pierce County auditors released a report this week that held one surprising bit of news, and another bit that should surprise no one. The study was conducted to examine a long-held assumption in Tacoma — that people being released under a program designed to thin out an often over-crowded Pierce County

Revolving jail door

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Revolving jail door

Pierce County auditors released a report this week that held one surprising bit of news, and another bit that should surprise no one. The study was conducted to examine a long-held assumption in Tacoma — that people being released under a program designed to thin out an often over-crowded Pierce County

Finding your way

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Finding your way

This week, local community organizers and public officials will take a big step toward making it hard to get lost in Tacoma. Even better, Tacoma’s wayfinding sign project may help visitors and residents find some of the cool stuff. Truth is, Tacoma already has a few wayfinding signs. But so

Finding your way

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Finding your way

This week, local community organizers and public officials will take a big step toward making it hard to get lost in Tacoma. Even better, Tacoma’s wayfinding sign project may help visitors and residents find some of the cool stuff. Truth is, Tacoma already has a few wayfinding signs. But so

Locked and loaded

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Locked and loaded

Tacoma officials have confirmed that Florida-based private prison corporation the GEO Group has plans to expand a prison for immigrants on the Tacoma tide flats by 50 percent, providing capacity for more than 1,500 prisoners. With capacity for 1,000 prisoners, the Northwest Detention Center is already the largest GEO private

Locked and loaded

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Locked and loaded

Tacoma officials have confirmed that Florida-based private prison corporation the GEO Group has plans to expand a prison for immigrants on the Tacoma tide flats by 50 percent, providing capacity for more than 1,500 prisoners. With capacity for 1,000 prisoners, the Northwest Detention Center is already the largest GEO private

Crack Alley stories

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Crack Alley stories

The sub-street known fondly as “Crack Alley” is strewn with a couple of dozen people by 6 p.m. Most are there to get in line for an overnight stay at the Martin Luther King Center, a so-called house of last resort for more than 100 regulars. You can read about

Crack Alley stories

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Crack Alley stories

The sub-street known fondly as “Crack Alley” is strewn with a couple of dozen people by 6 p.m. Most are there to get in line for an overnight stay at the Martin Luther King Center, a so-called house of last resort for more than 100 regulars. You can read about

School super squabble

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School super squabble

Clover Park school district officials recently celebrated the designation of new superintendent, Debbie LeBeau, recently chosen to replace Dr. Al Cohen, who served as interim superintendent during the past school year. But not everyone is celebrating. Just days after district officials trumpeted their decision, a group of concerned teachers, parents

School super squabble

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School super squabble

Clover Park school district officials recently celebrated the designation of new superintendent, Debbie LeBeau, recently chosen to replace Dr. Al Cohen, who served as interim superintendent during the past school year. But not everyone is celebrating. Just days after district officials trumpeted their decision, a group of concerned teachers, parents

House of the rising stunned

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House of the rising stunned

Tacoma area developer Ken Miller learned this week that Sound Transit has demolished the historic Hansen House at 5820 S. Hood St. Built around the turn of the 20th century, it was named after the family of Northern Pacific Railroad worker Daniel Hansen. Miller contends that the home has substantial

House of the rising stunned

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House of the rising stunned

Tacoma area developer Ken Miller learned this week that Sound Transit has demolished the historic Hansen House at 5820 S. Hood St. Built around the turn of the 20th century, it was named after the family of Northern Pacific Railroad worker Daniel Hansen. Miller contends that the home has substantial

Frank tax talk

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Frank tax talk

We don’t understand all this Russell Investments economic development mumbo jumbo. But Paul Guppy sure does. Guppy is vice president for research at Seattle-based think tank the Washington Policy Center, and has made a career out of analyzing the economic movements of institutions that are so big and complex that

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