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Tacoma Dome no more? Arena could receive a new name
What’s in a name? For an aging but highly visible city icon, potentially big dough. Or so hope city of Tacoma officials, who this week began soliciting bids to explore selling the naming rights to the 3-decades-old Tacoma Dome.
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Gray whale seen in Puget Sound
A gray whale has been spotted in Burley Lagoon in the south Puget Sound.
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As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention
As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.
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Some question possibility of a marijuana monopoly
One of the regulators guiding the development of a legal marijuana industry in Washington voiced concerns Wednesday that the industry might end up dominated by a wealthy few.
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Lynnwood, Wash., man fatally shot by officers
A law enforcement spokesman says a 46-year-old Lynnwood, Wash., man has been fatally shot by officers in south Snohomish County.
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Wilhelmsen looking for curve
If Tom Wilhelmsen is going to win back his job as the Seattle Mariners’ closer, one of the first things he needs to do is find command of his curveball.
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Wilson outduels Saunders; Angels edge Mariners, 1-0
C.J. Wilson pitched two-hit ball for seven innings, Mike Trout scored the only run on a wild pitch by Joe Saunders and the Los Angeles Angels edged the Seattle Mariners, 1-0, Wednesday night.
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Kennewick, Wash., soldier killed in Afghanistan
Relatives say a 21-year-old man who grew up in Kennewick, Wash., was one of the U.S. soldiers killed in an attack at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
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Small bronze statues vanish from Seattle park
Seattle parks officials say small bronze animal statues that have delighted children are being snatched from a local park.
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Protest calls for separate oversight of recreational, medicinal pot
The agency overseeing Washington’s new recreational marijuana market might also be tasked with crafting new regulations for medical cannabis in the state an idea that drew opposition Wednesday from demonstrators at the state Capitol.
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Pierce County executive team proposes new building
A study team for Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy recommends constructing a new county government building on the campus of the former Puget Sound Hospital in Tacoma.




