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Legislators winning re-election
State Sen. Randi Becker and state Rep. Gary Alexander will remain in the Legislature after scoring comfortable victories in the general election Tuesday. Returns announced Tuesday night after voting ended…
Fire district levy passing
In a reversal of the first time it went before voters, Fire District 23′s levy is passing in the general election. Proposition 1, which supporters say is critical to paying…
Lonergan beating O’Brien for assessor-treasurer
Mike Lonergan apparently will be Pierce County’s next assessor-treasurer. In returns Tuesday from the general election, Lonergan, a former Tacoma City Council member, was the choice of 60 percent of…
No to Eatonville levy
A majority of Eatonville voters are saying no to boosting property taxes to help improve the town’s finances. With the first release Tuesday night of results from the general election,…
McCune winning County Council race
Jim McCune, removed from the Legislature via redistricting, seems to be on his way to winning a seat on the Pierce County Council. Approximately 54 percent of the votes counted…
Four more years for county executive
Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy is headed for a decisive re-election to her second four-year term, based on early returns from the general election that ended Tuesday. McCarthy, with 63.8…
Election coming down to the wire
The day of reckoning for candidates and issues in the general election arrives today, the final day of voting for president, state and local offices, and statewide and local ballot…
Math and science this way is a ‘dream’
By Pat Jenkins The Dispatch Ian Chow-Miller’s “dream job” puts him in charge of inspiring scientific and mathematic thinking by students through the use of LEGOS, those venerable childhood building…
Town getting power ‘insurance’
A federal-funded project could help keep the lights on for Eatonville residents, businesses and schools during storms this winter and any other time nature or man might disrupt the power…
Braves will be Braves despite state board concern
Bethel High School’s mascot is the Braves – one of the nicknames with Native American origins that the state Board of Education wants public schools in Washington to stop using.…
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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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