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Five members of the Democratic minority joined most Republicans to suspend class-size reduction Initiative 1351, but they couldn’t summon the two-thirds majority required to change an initiative. That left a…Click to Continue »

Crabbing has been good around the South Sound.Click to Continue »

Both remain hospitalized, and one lost an arm, after a boat crashed into them on Tacoma’s Commencement Bay.Click to Continue »

A man accused of knocking a Tacoma police sergeant unconscious will have a hearing this month to determine whether he is competent to stand trial.Click to Continue »

The father of killer Josh Powell is on trial for allegedly possessing child pornography, a count initially dismissed during his voyeurism trial.Click to Continue »

“Very unstable” conditions at the Big Four Ice Caves hampered efforts Tuesday to recover the body of a woman killed Monday when tons of ice and rock collapsed on a…Click to Continue »

A 17-year-old charged in the fatal drive-by shooting of another teen who ran to the corner store for candy was arrested Monday, officials said Tuesday.Click to Continue »

South Sound gasoline prices stagnant at about $3.20 a gallon…Click to Continue »

Inspired by a pile of copper roof tiles salvaged from the historic building, Jenny Aarde is making earrings, necklaces and bangles out of the blue-patinaed metal, fixing them to salvaged…Click to Continue »

It doesn’t look much like a chocolate factory from the outside, but in the newly refurbished maroon-and-black interior is something you won’t find anywhere else in Pierce County — a…Click to Continue »