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Another summer of highway closure ahead
By Pat Jenkins The Dispatch The same part of State Route 7 that was closed for five months last year because of dirt and rock slides will be closed again…
Talk of closing school soft-peddled by district
Eatonville School District officials looking for ways to reduce expenses are studying options, including the possibility of closing a school. Columbia Crest Elementary School’s student enrollment is low enough to…
Story time with a princess
Daffodil Festival princesses spent Feb. 23 reading stories to children at Pierce County Library System branch libraries. The participating princesses at the branches in Eatonville, Graham and elswewhere included Annelise…
Addresses left off property tax envelopes
Pierce County property tax statements that were mailed earlier this month were missing the county’s return address on the payment stubs. Not to worry, though, according to officials. The envelopes…
Becker part of tourism and trade committee
State Sen. Randi Becker has been named to the Legislative Committee on Economic Development and International Relations, a 13-member state panel headed by Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen and promoting Washington…
Teachers succeeding in push for high professional marks
For the fourth consecutive year, Washington has the second-highest number of new National Board Certified teachers, thanks partly to eight teachers in the Bethel School District who reached the professional…
Bethel expanding all-day kindergarten
All-day kindergarten, described by officials as a key to early-childhood education that leads to better students in later years, is expanding in the Bethel School District. The program will be…
Moving sheriff unit makes money for town, saves some for county
The Dispatch The town of Eatonville is set to become a landlord for Pierce County’s Sheriff Department following the approval last week of a plan to lease part of Town…
Litter might pay for state parks
By Zoey Palmer WNPA Olympia News Bureau Officials at Washington State Parks are observing the system’s 100th birthday this year, but some have warned that, after over a decade of…
Event benefits Northwest Trek, conservation
Joel Sartore travels the world photographing rare and endangered animals in some of the planet’s most wild and pristine places. He’s an acclaimed National Geographic photographer who reportedly gives audiences…
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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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