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Tacoma is seeking to improve connections across the city with repairs to sidewalks, pedestrian crossings and other improvements to arterials.
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Mitch Borden/KNKXIn 2025 state officials suddenly closed the bridge after finding structural damage, leaving aging Pierce County residents to the south without easy access to basic amenities. -
Nate Sanford/KNKXElected leaders say they are committed to the completion of Sound Transit's Everett light rail extension, despite the agency's $34.5 billion budget shortfall.
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Justus Sanchez/KNKXSaxophonists Lou Donaldson and organist Jack McDuff, both born in 1926, championed memorable melodies and grooves rooted in the blues, and eventually became part of the fabric of a hip hop. -
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Samantha J PhotographyAfter years spent as the go-to guy for a cross-pollinating L.A. music scene, the multi-hyphenate follows his spiritual mission inward for the sprawling series Love Is Louder Than Algorithms.
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