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Not so long ago a question arose over whether the City can give preference to local firms in the awarding of contracts.

The second of three tiger cubs born at the Honolulu Zoo in 2009 is scheduled to leave Honolulu to be bred with a female Sumatran tiger in Tacoma, Washington.

On this week's study session agenda we see a presentation on the results of the economic impact study for housing in Tacoma.

In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, Josh Powell, husband of missing Utah woman Susan Cox Powell, walks to a court hearing in Tacoma, Wash.

Question: When you get stopped for speeding or something on the highway, it seems like police always start by asking “Do you know how fast you were going?” or “Do you know why I stopped you?”Why do they do this? And what’s the best way to answer? – Jeremy, Tacoma Question: When you get stopped for speeding or something ... (more)

The presidential candidate has been firing missiles lately which normally, my concern could be measured in Micro-Give-A-Shits! However, his latest target has not been Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney or even the President.

Even before Gov. Chris Gregoire signs same-sex marriage into law today, supporters are anticipating an effort to overturn it – and some religious groups are weighing how far they’ll go to help do so.

Where: Locations in Pacific Beach, Moclips, Aloha and Seabrook. Key venues are "Hall of Sweets" at Pacific Beach Elementary School, 11 Fourth St., Pacific Beach; and "Hot Cocoa Hall" at North Beach Community Center, 4576 State Route 109, Pacific Beach.

SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane firefighters were called to a house fire near the intersection of Elm & Augusta in west Spokane Sunday morning.

The skeleton is 40 feet long and weighs 1,400 pounds. It's surrounded by a wooden structure mimicking the exact structural space and framing of its eventual home at Highline Community College's MaST Center in Des Moines [ map ]. New kinds of riggings and connectors are being created to attach and hang it, and some of its bones are still laid out on ... (more)

The Olympic Flight Museum will hold a paper airplane flight school on Feb. 25. The workshop will be from 1-3:30 p.m. Participants will learn the skills needed to make paper aircraft from the simplest folded airplanes to "cutting edge" paper airplanes.

Feb. 7, 9 p.m.: The husband and wife from Joint Base Lewis-McChord had a novel approach to parenting.

Sara Bram, a student at Everest College in downtown Tacoma, wears her children's names as tattoos on her arms.

Karen Livolsi , upper left, walks with her daughter Katie, 16, center, and friend Alex Ramirez, 17, right, as they view a growing memorial to Charlie and Braden Powell, Tuesday, Feb.

Brad Paisley doesn't need to add much luster and flash to his live shows. He has the music , his longtime band, the personality and the guitar wizardry to pack a house and throw down a two-hour show filled with modern-country hooks and hard-rock licks.

Hundreds of mourners were expected to attend a memorial service in Tacoma, Washington, on Saturday for two young boys killed when their father burned their house to the ground with himself and his sons inside.

Northbound and southbound traffic will be stopped for up to a 30 minutes for the work.

The draft of a new Port of Tacoma strategic plan calls for creation of a common user container terminal, more cost-competitive rail service, development of Tacoma as a strategic military port and attraction of more break bulk business to its terminals.

An Olympia man serving nearly 12 years in prison for abusing his son faces additional charges because the boy since has died.

"I mean if religion is so great why did it start so many wars? Why does it build huge churches but fails to feed the poor?" asks Jeff Bethke in a spoken-word rant on YouTube.