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23 hrs ago | The Peninsula Gateway

Charter amendment failure means no third term for Lee

There was a bittersweet feeling to the Nov. 3 general election for Pierce County Council member Terry Lee.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

NWCN.com

Doctors overwhelmed, frustrated by lack of H1N1 vaccine

Doctors across the Puget Sound region are frustrated with the slow distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine.

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The News Tribune - Homepage - News, S...

Top picks: Plant Walk, Monday at the Movies and PLU Artist Series

Plant Walk - Learn about and identify the many native plants of the Adriana Hess Wetland Park, noon-1 p.m. Nov.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Tacoma News Tribune

Basketball program revived

Kids will be playing basketball in University Place this winter after all, even as city officials and volunteers work to spare other youth recreation leagues and senior citizen programs from harsh budget cuts.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Kentucky.com

Bill would boost money for literacy programs

There are zero-book children, 1,000-book children, the summer slide, Early Readers, Reading First, Striving Readers and programs, methods and studies with names and acronyms that won't quit.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Business Examiner

Martin Firm gets silver 'egg' for Wilcox

The Martin Firm, of University Place, has been named a winner in the 2009 Davey Awards competition, sponsored by the International Academy of the Visual Arts for its video production work on behalf of Wilcox Farms.Their television commercial, recognizing the Northwest egg producer for their century of farming and business operations, garnered a ...

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Tacoma News Tribune

Library looks at $1 million in cuts

Pierce County Library System is facing at least $1 million in cuts over the next year.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

TheNewsTribune.com

Man robbed bank before, say deputies

University Place deputies were searching for a man who robbed a bank branch near Tacoma Community College on Thursday morning.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Tacoma News Tribune

UP extends policing contract with sheriff

Pierce County Sheriff's deputies will continue policing University Place through at least 2017 under an agreement unanimously approved by the City Council this week.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Tacoma News Tribune

Armed man claiming to be soldier arrested after roaming school

A 20-year-old man alleged to have a history of impersonating police officers and claiming to be a soldier was arrested Monday after he roamed hallways and visited classrooms at Drum Intermediate School in University Place.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

KING-TV Seattle

Police: Fake Iraqi vet arrested after talking to University Place students

A 20-year-old man spent several hours Monday lecturing students at a University Place middle school about his adventures fighting for the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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KIROTV

Man Arrested, Accused Of Impersonating Narcotics Officer

A man was arrested at a University Place middle school earlier this week for allegedly impersonating a narcotics officer.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

The News Tribune

Early morning vote rescinds University Place council pay raises

A divided University Place City Council voted early this morning to rescind a 2010 pay raise they adopted just two weeks ago for council members elected today.

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The News Tribune - Homepage - News, S...

Early morning vote rescinds University Place council pay raises

A divided University Place City Council voted early this morning to rescind a 2010 pay raise they adopted just two weeks ago for council members elected today.A proposal to cut council pay by 50 percent and increase their family health-insurance premiums failed when the six members present deadlocked 3-3.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

The News Tribune - Homepage - News, S...

UP parks cuts, council pay raises, come to a head before election

The mayor of University Place is urging coaches, parents and other boosters of the city parks and recreation department to attend the City Council meeting tonight to speak against cutting the department and to press council members to rescind a pay raise they gave themselves earlier this month.The regularly scheduled council meeting will start at 7 ...

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Tacoma News Tribune

McCarthy puts money in mayor race

Here are recent posts from The News Tribune's Political Buzz blog. For the inside scoop on government and politics, go online to blog.thenewstribune.com/politics . Among the campaign money streaming into the Tacoma mayor's race in the final weeks before Election Day are two intriguing donations recently made to candidate Marilyn Strickland.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

KCPQ

WMW Viewer Identifies Accused Tag Team Robbers

Seattle police say a Washington's Most Wanted viewer has identified two accused tag team robbers as: Samantha Chapman Kirk Sandifer.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Daily Weekly

Child Rapist Timothy Clinkscales Found Hiding in Secret Room

Timothy Clinkscales secret hiding room is no longer a secret. If you're going to hide, you might as well be well-prepared. That's what Timothy Clinkscales was thinking.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

'Washington's Most Wanted' helps capture child rapist

The convicted child rapist featured Friday and Saturday on "Washington's Most Wanted" was captured thanks to viewer tips, and police said the man had a secret room in a University Place apartment.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

KOMOradio

Wanted child rapist found hiding in secret room

A child rapist is back behind bars after a tip led police to his secret hideout.

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