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Before Sound Transit’s light rail took people from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to downtown Seattle, there was the Tacoma Link.The 1.6-mile line…
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Tacoma has appeared on recent lists of the nation's fastest-rising rents and most-gentrified ZIP codes. It's a city in the throes of change. At the center…
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If you were in Tacoma in the early 1900s, you might have been able to score a ticket to hear opera singer Enrico Caruso. Or see a famous choreographer,…
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The Grand Cinema is more than a theater — it’s like Tacoma’s living room. It’s where people come together not only to watch and appreciate films, but also…
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Cities, by and large, want to grow. But with growth can come new challenges.Seattle and San Francisco, for example, saw a housing crisis emerge as the…
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Aaron Bender is a transplant, but he understands what lifelong Tacomans know to be true about their city — even if what they know to be true is hard to…
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“It’s so much like the days of yore, when the marketplace was a place for people to meet and greet.”That’s how food commentator Nancy Leson described…
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While the east side of the Cascades is no stranger to wildfires, communities in Western Washington are preparing for the possibility of bigger and more…
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Naaman Midyette has fought many fires in the past two decades. But fighting those fast-moving blazes that engulf wildlands is different.“It’s scary just…
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The men and women who fight wildland fires have to be prepared for everything. Many of the people who sign up as recruits have never been in a wildfire in…