Recently added articles from The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA):
BRIEF: Princeton Review plans practice SAT with realistic experience, results.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Students can take a practice SAT test Saturday offered by Princeton Review. The session will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Building A of Thomas Jefferson High School, 4248 S. 288th St. in Auburn. (Enter through the theater.) The test will be conducted in a ...
Playoff bids at stake in next three weeks.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Ryan Divish Oct. 10--You know that saying, "If the season ended today ..."? Well, the season doesn't end today, and things can change, albeit sometimes moderately. With the high school football season winding down and most teams having just three games ...
Durant tests waters; Kings test Sonics.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Eric D. Williams Oct. 10--SACRAMENTO -- He played respectably, but knows he can do better. Kevin Durant said he'll chalk up his first performance in a Seattle SuperSonics uniform as a learning experience, a reminder of the improvement the 19-year-old rookie ...
PLU, UPS soccer fight for playoff positioning.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Wendy Carpenter Oct. 10--The Pacific Lutheran University men's soccer team broke a 17-game winless streak against Linfield last weekend with a 2-0 victory against the Wildcats. Meanwhile, the University of Puget Sound saw its undefeated season end with a 2-1 ...
Tacoma council backs Proposition 1.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Hagey Oct. 10--A majority of the Tacoma City Council voted Tuesday to support Proposition 1, the regional roads and transit package going before voters in November. Though an imperfect package, it's a start at addressing the Puget Sound region's serious ...
HOW NEW FLOOD MAPS MIGHT AFFECT YOU.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Eijiro Kawada Oct. 10--Your government leaders have waited for new federal flood maps to come out for years. Pierce County and Fife already changed their rules because of them. And thousands of you will be affected by them. Now the Federal Emergency Management ...
BRIEF: Fire official resigned too late to take his name off Nov. 6 ballot.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--An East Pierce County fire commissioner's name will remain on the Nov. 6 ballot even though he resigned from the board Monday, Pierce County Auditor Pat McCarthy said Tuesday. And if the candidate, Roger E. Coleman, wins the election, he will be declared the winner, she ...
Council hopeful will stay on ballot: Challenge fails on time limits.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Hagey Oct. 10--thenewstribune.com Posted online at 11:52 a.m. Tuesday Ronnie Allen Warren will remain a candidate for the Tacoma City Council despite questions about his residency in District 3. Pierce County Superior Court Judge Lisa ...
BRIEF: Area schools locked down after report of home burglary.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--thenewstribune.com Posted online at 1:27 p.m. Tuesday Five Auburn-area schools on Lea Hill were locked down Tuesday afternoon as Kent police searched for burglars who might have been armed. The lockdowns ended at 2:20 p.m., the Auburn School ...
Get answers on transit.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Will the road and transit projects in Proposition 1, if approved, be built on time and on budget? Is there enough in the proposal for Pierce County residents to justify the tax increases? Is it the right mix of roads and transit? You can get answers to these ...
National competition ahead Young scientist gets attention.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Brent Champaco Oct. 10--From a young age, Christopher Mowers' fascination with science prompted the Gig Harbor boy to test and retest the workings of the world. The 12-year-old's family recognized his scientific curiosity on occasions such as taking him ...
Trade center's director resigns: Desire for change mutual, says outgoing leader of Tacoma nonprofit.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Kelly Kearsley Oct. 10--The World Trade Center Tacoma will get a new director and chart a new direction in the coming months. After six years in the position, Andreas Udbye has resigned as the nonprofit organization's executive director. "It's one ...
EDITORIAL: Basalt + CO2 = clean coal? Let's hope so.(Editorial)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Coal-burning power plants would not seem to have a bright future in a world worried about global warming. In terms of climate change, they are a horror story, each plant dumping millions of tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each. But if coal could ...
Korum sentence for robberies cut again.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Adam Lynn Oct. 10--JACOB KORUM'S PRISON SENTENCE -- once set at 100 years -- keeps getting shorter, thanks to appellate judges. A state appeals court has ruled that Pierce County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Arend made a mistake last year when she sentenced ...
A student boom at Peninsula?: School Board to start planning new schools to handle projected growth.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Brent Champaco Oct. 10--The Peninsula School District will ask taxpayers for money to build more schools. It just doesn't know when. Despite stagnant enrollment numbers this year, the district is preparing for a wave of students projected to arrive as the area ...
BRIEF: Authors of nine books will speak about how to finance college.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Families can learn how to pay for college at a free event Oct. 17 in Federal Way. Sallie Mae's annual "Get Into and Pay for College" National Tour will feature authors Gen and Kelly Tanabe at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Decatur High School, 2800 S.W. 320th St., Federal Way. ...
Rare critters get a helping hand Bringing back the bushy-tails.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Susan Gordon Oct. 10--The seven newest subjects in a Fort Lewis survival test hightailed it into the post's oak woodlands Tuesday without looking back. After a night trapped in a truck bed lined with oak leaves, they fled into the wild to gather seeds, nuts ...
Two soldiers with state ties killed in Iraq.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Gilbert Oct. 10--A Texan who lived in Tacoma before he enlisted in the Marine Corps has died in Iraq, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Lance Cpl. Jeremy W. Burris, 22, of Liberty, Texas, died Monday "while conducting combat operations in Al ...
Beaten man's family seeks $45 million.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Adam Lynn Oct. 10--The wife and children of a retired man who was stomped to death on Tacoma's East Side in 2005 believe the state Department of Corrections is partly responsible for his death. And they want the department to pay. Darrel Johnson's ...
BRIEF: Public asked to help in slaying case.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Tacoma police detectives want the public's help finding out who killed two men inside a South End apartment last month and why. Investigators want to talk to anyone who saw Ruben Doria Jr. or Abraham "Warren" Abrazado shortly before their deaths. They also want to talk ...