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Injured JBLM soldier wins two medals at Warrior Games

After suffering multi-dislocations of his right knee and traumatic brain injury related to his service in Afghanistan, Sgt. Joshua Andrew, a member of the Warrior Transition Battalion at JBLM, will compete in the 4th annual Department of Defense's annual Warrior Games competition in Colorado Springs, Colo. throwing the shot and the discus. Photos taken Monday April 29, 2013 during practice session .
Dean J. Koepfler / Staff Photographer

An injured soldier from Castle Rock met one of his last goals as he prepares to leave the Army when he cleaned up at the Warrior Games this month, earning two medals in the annual athletic competition for veterans.

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FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.
SEATTLE MARINERS

Walk-off woes continue, as Mariners fall in last at-bat to Indians again, 5-4

The walk-off miseries for the Seattle Mariners continue at Progressive Field. Less than 24 hours after watching the Cleveland Indians celebrate a winning homer in the 10th inning, the Mariners had to watch nearly the same thing again.
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Cloud cover dampens anniversary of Mount St. Helens eruption

Mount St. Helens wasn’t in the mood for visitors Saturday. The volcano remained shrouded in clouds throughout the day, disappointing several hundred visitors who made the trip up the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway on the 33rd anniversary of the mountain’s cataclysmic eruption on May ...

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Police Beat: A mother’s love, and wild punches

The deluded mother hugged her baby with desperate love. She treated Grandma like a stranger, called her “the babysitter,” and punched her with a free hand.

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SEATTLE MARINERS

Danny Farquhar’s second debut better than first

Danny Farquhar’s debut with the Seattle Mariners went slightly better than his major league debut in 2011 with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Day Island residents debate rezoning of marina

A proposed land-use change has Day Island residents turning out to city meetings en masse. The source of their anger is the City of University Place’s proposed rezone of the only commercial business on the island, the privately owned Day Island Yacht Harbor marina.

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Education, safe decisions have led to fewer traffic fatalities, officials say

Highway fatalities in Pierce and Thurston counties have dropped 50 percent so far this year, a trend authorities hope continues.
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Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs

Jennifer Phillippi's grandparents started producing lumber in this corner of Oregon timber country in 1922, when a man could set up a mill, log the trees within range of a team of horses and move the mill to a new stand when those trees ran out.
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‘Rogue crosswalk’ appears amid traffic concerns in Tacoma neighborhood

It appeared in the dead of night and then disappeared nearly as suddenly about two weeks later, but the symbolism of what residents and neighbors are calling the “rogue crosswalk” remains strong in Tacoma’s Triangle District, where lingering concerns over traffic and roadway...
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Cheney's legacy reunites former Studs players

Ben Cheney's generosity and support of amateur baseball will be celebrated Sunday in Lakewood as some 200 former Cheney Studs players meet for a reunion.