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Tacoma, Washington is located in Pierce County. Zip codes in Tacoma, WA include 98416, 98443, and 98466. The median home price in Tacoma is $160,000 which is roughly $115/per square foot. More Tacoma information.

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2 hrs ago | The News Tribune

AAA: Average price of gasoline in Washington $4

The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $4, heading into the Memorial Day weekend.

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6 hrs ago | District Administration

Tacoma, Wash. school board puts charter schools on hold

Board members, who voted 4-0 with one member absent, said they might reconsider their decision in the fall.

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10 hrs ago | The News Tribune

A season of thrills, chills

Whether you prefer Zimbabwean folk or classical chamber music, whether you love wacky festivals or serious theater, whether you like being inside or outside or both, you'll find a summer full of fun in the South Sound.

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14 hrs ago | The Olympian

TACOMA: King County deputy dies after crash

A King County sheriff's deputy died Wednesday night at Tacoma General Hospital from injuries suffered in an off-duty motorcycle crash Monday near Frederickson, according to the Sheriff's Office.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Visalia Times-Delta

Missing Utah mom's father-in-law not getting out of prison

Steve Powell appears in a Pierce County Superior Court hearing on April 24, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash.

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Business Journal

Port of Tacoma to build terminal for crude oil trains

The Port of Tacoma has decided to invest at least $80 million in a terminal to receive crude oil brought by railroad from Montana, at a site where a container terminal was once planned.

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Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

From boyhood to the battlefield: Long war takes its toll

When the terrorists struck on 9/11, Barrett Austin was in Mrs. Spearman's second-grade class here.

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Slate Magazine

The Last of the World War I Vets Speak

William J. Lake, 107, one of several dozen American WWI veterans Richard Rubin interviewed in the last decade for his book The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War , discusses an encounter with a German sniper at the battle of Meuse-Argonne in 1918.

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The News Tribune

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 Wednesday.

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The News Tribune

When Tacoma's totem pole welcomed a president

Unlike some bigger cities, Tacoma isn't so jaded - or hyperpolitical - that it's afraid to treat a visit by a president of the United States as a big deal.

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Examiner.com

Tacoma Jazz and Blues Festival May 25

On May 25, the 11th annual Tacoma Jazz and Blues Festival will bring some of the best regional players to the Swiss Pub and Harmon Pub & Brewery in downtown Tacoma and Stonegate Pizza on South Tacoma Way.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Seattle Times

Cycle to adventure on five big bridges

Cyclists prepare to ride across the Interstate 90 Bridge over Lake Washington, where speeding traffic can put a buzz in your ears.

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The News Tribune

Tornado a portent of what could happen here

Viewing the swath of total destruction left by Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla., it's hard to believe anyone could have survived.

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KHQ-TV Spokane

New charges in Tacoma kidnap case

Pierce County prosecutors have re-filed kidnapping charges against a 36-year-old Tacoma man who was found incompetent to stand trial last October.

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The News Tribune

Proctor’s bike-rack bureaucracy tests patience of local Boy Scout

Zach Ouellette of Tacoma was 16 years old two summers ago, working at the Proctor District Farmers Market with his mother, a market regular known as Cheryl the Pig Lady.

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The News Tribune

4 teachers get layoff notices; 95 may move

Four Tacoma teachers have received layoff notices from Tacoma Public Schools, and 95 others may be displaced to other jobs and schools around the district.

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The News Tribune

Pierce County: Man convicted of killing relative at storage facility

A Pierce County jury on Tuesday convicted a man of second-degree murder for shooting a relative to death last year at a Tacoma storage facility.

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Tue May 21, 2013

The News Tribune

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.

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Seattle Weekly

USC Cannabis: Under-Selling the Competition?

It's not every day that a new marijuana dispensary opens with a $9 cap on top-shelf cannabis flowers.

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KEPR CBS 19

Photos: Colorful paint dance party in Tacoma

Thousands of dancers came to the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington for Seattle's Life in Color event.

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