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Explore the wilds of Washington

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Explore the wilds of Washington

Washington state is a stunningly beautiful state, filled with natural beauty ranging from the lush evergreens of Western Washington to stark deserts and booming agriculture in Eastern Washington. Driving from Tacoma to Sun Mountain Lodge, you'll get to see a bit of everything - and you receive an amazing vacation

Galloping Gertie's turns 64

Features

Galloping Gertie's turns 64

In this era of innovative chefs and exotic ingredients, it's nice to find a place where culinary time has stood still. Where you can still find the kind of home-cooked meals and generous portions families went out for back in the day. Where everybody knew you - and you knew

Sailing with Rangers

News Front

Sailing with Rangers

The Pointe du Hoc Foundation and the Tacoma Yacht Club are hosting The Ranger Regatta II, a dinner and sunset cruise on the Puget Sound with Special Operations Warriors, Aug. 11. "The goal of The Ranger Regatta II is to reach out to the community in an effort to bring awareness

Twin sisters serve together at JBLM

Military Life

Twin sisters serve together at JBLM

Twenty years ago on a lovely spring day in May, two baby girls came into the world 18 minutes apart. Jim and Karen English of Georgia welcomed their twin girls, Jordan and Michaela, into their family. Since they were in the womb, Jordan and Michaela have had an incredibly close

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War with Saturn

Most of what Bobble Tiki knows about Olympia he’s either gathered from the wild water cooler stories of Matt Driscoll or from his limited experience in our state capital. Bobble Tiki has devoured some Old School Pizza in his day, and gotten too drunk to stand at The Clipper on

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the everybodyfields

You would think, after living in Olympia for over four years, I would have managed to see a show at Plenty. Then again, after living in Olympia for more than four years you would think I would have managed to accomplish a lot of things. I really didn’t. I have eaten

Top 10 places to walk your dog in the South Sound

Outdoors

Top 10 places to walk your dog in the South Sound

With the rainy weeks behind us for another year, now is the perfect time to get out and explore with your favorite four-legged friends.  Here are 10 places in the South Sound to walk your dog. Explore new trails while enjoying the cool temperatures of a dense forest canopy or

Travel: American Alps

Travel

Travel: American Alps

There's something wonderfully freeing about "can't." North Cascades Lodge is a place where you can't make or receive a phone call. You can't watch TV in your room. You can't read the newspaper. You can't check email or catch up on Facebook. It's off the grid. It's hard to believe

Top 5 urban walks in Tacoma

Outdoors

Top 5 urban walks in Tacoma

The Northwest is known for many things, among them the fabulous hiking opportunities lurking around every corner - in forests, in parks or in the nearby mountains. And while Northwest nature is tough to top, Tacoma has more to offer walkers and trekkers than beautiful forest hikes (it has those,

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Wounded Warriors to challenge obstacles

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Wounded Warriors to challenge obstacles

Confronting obstacles leads to success. This is the theme of this year's upcoming Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) Care Event. Approximately 200 Air Force Wounded Warriors and the Army's Warrior Transition Battalion (WTB) soldiers, along with caregivers, coaches, mentors and support personnel, will converge at locations across Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The event begins

Applying pressure to improve health

Military Life

Applying pressure to improve health

For many business owners, a personal experience motivates them to start their company, and Catherine Redinbo and her husband Chad are no exception. Catherine, CEO of New Leaf Hyperbarics & Wellness, was first introduced to the positive effects of hyperbaric therapy when her daughter, Halle, began treatment at the age

Tee up for AFA

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Tee up for AFA

If you like to golf and you like to help someone in the military get a meal, or help a high school cadet go to college or help put a smile on an ill child's face, then Bill Striegel wants to talk to you. He'll sign you up for the Airmen

Call it a comeback

Music

Call it a comeback

Music history is littered with talented artists that never quite broke through the noise to capture the public's attention - not quite has-beens, more should-have-beens. It can be incredibly difficult to distinguish yourself from the rabble, no matter how deserving you might be to have your voice heard. In the

Pop with open heart

Music

Pop with open heart

The saying goes that you have your entire life to write your first album (or book or movie or play or really any creative project) and only a year to write your second. It's through this somewhat unfair algorithm that the phenomenon of the "sophomore slump" emerges: yeah, you were

It was once better

Reviews

It was once better

Announcer: There was a time in Lacey that the Lemon Grass reigned supreme. One of the first finely crafted Asian places in the area, Lemon Grass presented quality ingredients in lovely dishes - hard to beat in an area littered with fast food.  But on a few recent visits, things

Peacocks, houses and muses

Arts

Peacocks, houses and muses

Lynette Charters' paintings are unique, not just in her use of media - china marker over acrylic paint mixed with plaster - but in her way of painting. On wood panels, she creates fields of heavily textured globs of color that are almost if not completely non-objective, and then either

Practically perfect

Stage

Practically perfect

As an adult, I don't have much of an emotional connection to Mary Poppins. I had seen the film version once or twice as a child, but had largely forgotten the details, so color me pleasantly surprised at sitting down to watch Tacoma Musical Playhouse's production of Mary Poppins and

Young understanding

Military Life

Young understanding

Seven-year-old Isaiah Hansen looked sad. "I get to see where Mom and Dad work," he said, as he sat next to his father, Noah Hansen.   "But in doing this, I learn what to do and where to go, but I am a little sad." Military children and families help to maintain the

Gear up

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Gear up

In an ever-changing world and the challenges therein, the technology and equipment required must keep up. To assist the military, law enforcement, Homeland Security and other organizations dedicated to serving the country, Darley Defense exists to serve federal, state and local protectors and first responders by providing high-quality, safe and innovative

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