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2,254 apartments, 433 houses part of smoke-free program
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has 122 reasons to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its Smoke-Free Housing Pierce County program. Thea’s Landing was the 122nd property to join the department’s registry…
Alexander: Schools-first budget plan would satisfy court ruling
GOP legislators say their plan would satisfy court’s ruling on full funding Legislation requiring a separate state budget for public schools has been introduced in response to a court ruling…
Settlement for judge left without a court
The town of Eatonville will pay $6,000 in a contract settlement with a former Municipal Court judge who was displaced when the court services were transferred to another town. Tom…
Voters’ choices for council on the job
Three new members have begun their work with the Pierce County Council. The council got its new look with the election last November of Jim McCune, Connie Ladenburg and Doug…
Wanted: More volunteer firefighters
More volunteer firefighters who live in or near Eatonville are needed for the town’s fire department. That close-in address, the right age (18 and up) and good health are what…
Fund-raiser for Gary Sokol
A spaghetti dinner and auction are scheduled for Feb. 9 in Eatonville as a fund-raiser benefitting Gary Sokol, a local resident suffering from a serious illness. The event will be…
Sheriff’s unit planning move into Eatonville
The Pierce County Sheriff Department plans to make Eatonville Town Hall the new base for its 20-officer unit that serves the southeast area of the county. Negotiations between the county…
Economists gaze into crystal ball
The Pierce County economy will grow this year, helped by growth in the military bases, at Boeing, in shipping and in the health industry Job growth in the county will…
School superintendent search subject of meeting
A community meeting for public input on the process for hiring a new superintendent of the Eatonville School District is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 6 in the Eatonville High…
Visitor association honors volunteer
The Mount Rainier Visitor Association presented its 2012 Community Service Award to Judy Scavone during the group’s annual dinner Jan. 22 at Whittaker’s Mountain Haus in Ashford. Scavone, a longtime…
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Community remembers 9/11 victims and rolls up sleeves
By Nancy Ardmore Contributing writer Last Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, while 178 people from the Eatonville area looked on, a special U.S. flag was raised on the Eatonville High School flag pole. What made this flag special was that the stripes on the flag contained all of the names of the victims who died [...]
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