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Our time is brief but beautiful; so say the stars

May 17, 2019 02:00 PM

If joyfulness is an art, Mom was the Mona Lisa

Op-Ed

If joyfulness is an art, Mom was the Mona Lisa

May 10, 2019 01:00 PM

Washington plays ‘dine and dash’ games with county taxpayers over election IOUs

Opinion

Washington plays ‘dine and dash’ games with county taxpayers over election IOUs

May 04, 2019 12:33 PM

Teaching my son his heritage can’t compete with beetles

Opinion

Teaching my son his heritage can’t compete with beetles

May 03, 2019 01:35 PM

Religious extremism around the world has lesson for us in Tacoma

Opinion

Religious extremism around the world has lesson for us in Tacoma

May 02, 2019 12:42 PM

Restful Joe could be just what weary voters want

Opinion

Restful Joe could be just what weary voters want

April 27, 2019 03:55 PM

Puget Sound highway tolling goes from bad to worse

Opinion

Puget Sound highway tolling goes from bad to worse

April 27, 2019 12:25 PM

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They had sex and fell asleep. When he awoke, she was stabbing him, Lakewood police say

May 17, 2019 10:21 AM

Fire reported at Freighthouse Square building in Tacoma

May 17, 2019 11:11 AM

Three takeaways from the Mariners’ loss to the Twins

May 17, 2019 10:55 PM

Mariners allow season-high 18 runs in blowout loss to Twins, LeBlanc struggles in return

May 18, 2019 11:01 PM

Woman with silver tooth charged with robbing coffee stand at gunpoint

May 17, 2019 09:56 AM

Statewide school levy ‘fix’ has put Tacoma in a fix

Opinion

Statewide school levy ‘fix’ has put Tacoma in a fix

April 20, 2019 12:05 PM

Few things teach resilience like being a military child

Opinion

Few things teach resilience like being a military child

April 19, 2019 01:48 PM

Storage development bad for my neighborhood. Tacoma City Hall shouldn’t let this happen

Opinion

Storage development bad for my neighborhood. Tacoma City Hall shouldn’t let this happen

April 13, 2019 01:37 PM

Chasing redemption with a stranger’s golf bag on my shoulder

Opinion

Chasing redemption with a stranger’s golf bag on my shoulder

April 12, 2019 02:23 PM

Federal tax credit for working families doesn’t go far enough. Washington needs own version

Opinion

Federal tax credit for working families doesn’t go far enough. Washington needs own version

April 11, 2019 01:05 PM

How 93,000 more Washington students can thrive after high school

Opinion

How 93,000 more Washington students can thrive after high school

April 06, 2019 02:28 PM

Forward-thinkers agree: It’s time to unite behind year-round daylight saving in Washington and whole U.S.

Op-Ed

Forward-thinkers agree: It’s time to unite behind year-round daylight saving in Washington and whole U.S.

March 30, 2019 02:40 PM

Restoring school levy flexibility in Washington would be sweet music to our ears

Opinion

Restoring school levy flexibility in Washington would be sweet music to our ears

March 30, 2019 02:28 PM

My search for ‘Greeners’ and other unfamiliar Puget Sound people groups

Opinion

My search for ‘Greeners’ and other unfamiliar Puget Sound people groups

March 29, 2019 02:18 PM

Transportation fuels take a double toll: at the pump and with our lives

Opinion

Transportation fuels take a double toll: at the pump and with our lives

March 23, 2019 01:07 PM

My awkward encounters with mistaken identity

Opinion

My awkward encounters with mistaken identity

March 22, 2019 01:42 PM

Ethnic studies celebrates, doesn’t obliterate ‘E pluribus unum’

Op-Ed

Ethnic studies celebrates, doesn’t obliterate ‘E pluribus unum’

March 16, 2019 04:00 PM

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