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Hancock donates to school
A timber company has donated money to the Eatonville School District for middle school education. The School Board last month formally accepted the $1,070 donation from Hancock Forest Management for…
Graham business group meets at Skills Center
Graham Business Associastion’s monthly meeting in January will be held at the Pierce County Skills Center on Jan. 16, starting at 7:30 a.m. The breakfast meeting will include a presentation…
Mount Rainier will blaze a better trail
Mount Rainier National Park has been given the go-ahead to start rebuilding its Nisqually to Paradise road, perhaps as soon as this year. Chris Lehnertz, Pacific West Region director of…
Congressman backs legal protection for federal police
Legislation partially introduced by U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert to give federal law enforcement officers some legal protection for certain off-duty actions in a peacekeeping role has passed a hurdle to…
State salmon money headed for Ohop Valley
About a quarter of the $1.1 million awarded by the state for salmon habitat work in Pierce County will be spent in the Eatonville area. The money is coming from…
Kids reading and dogs go together
Four-legged friends might be just what a child needs to be a good reader. Children can build their reading fundamentals with the help of a dog during free events that…
McCarthy starting four more years as county executive
With her husband helping do the honors, Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy has taken the oath of office for her second term that officially begins this month. The oath was…
Bicyclist injured in alleged hit-and-run
An Eatonville man riding a bicycle was taken to a hospital after being struck by an automoblie in an apparent hit-and-run on State Route 7 on Thursday, the State Patrol…
Reichert votes for fiscal cliff bill
The federal “fiscal cliff” tax bill passed in Congress has the support of U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert. Reichert, whose 8th District constituency includes the Graham and Eatonville areas, voted with…
Volunteer’s work on trails ‘inspires the best in all of us’
By Pat Jenkins The Dispatch Tom Faubion isn’t the kind of guy to rest on his laurels. He received the state Department of Natural Resources’ Volunteer Hero award Dec. 6…
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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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