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Reichert joins GOP lawmakers urging Trump to meet with China

“We are confident that you have China’s attention on these issues and that you have the ability to negotiate an ambitious and enforceable agreement,”
County council passes family-wage job credit

A new program meant to increase the number of high-paying jobs in Pierce County will start Jan. 1, after it was approved unanimously by the Pierce County Council last week.
Ballots mailed this week for August primary

Top two candidates will advance to November general election in House, Senate races
Hiker's body found in National Park
Nisqually Community Forest expands
Mount Rainier Institute gets state grant

Mount Rainier Institute is a popular, fun way to get schoolkids outside and learning about the environment. It also just so happens to be a recipient of state grant funds.
Community Day remains Eatonville tradition
Graham Historical Society faces changes

Wayne Cooke and Linda Mahler first met after a community meeting, after Cooke heard Mahler talk about her love of history.
Bethel School District at a crossroads for funding

The Bethel School District has a problem.

Already faced with overcrowded schools, the district is adding students at a rapid rate and has run into a budget issue as to where to house them.
Legislator moves on farmworker suicide epidemic
Tacoma man sentenced in revenge porn case

Michael Andrew Hart, 44, was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to four counts of violation of a domestic violence court order, stalking, cyberstalking, and six counts of disclosing intimate images, commonly called revenge porn.
Deputy's nose leads to major illegal marijuana stash near Eatonville

A married couple living near Eatonville have been arrested and booked into the Pierce County Jail for unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance after a deputy discovered their illegal marijuana grow operation. The suspects, both 46 years old, are awaiting trial.
Town council not in agreement to repeal juvenile curfew

The Eatonville Town Council could be taking a hard look at its youth curfew, with some councilmembers in favor of repealing the 1994 ordinance.
Jade Egan strove to be Daffodil Princess

A long Pierce County tradition nearly left out Eatonville this year.
But thanks to one Eatonville High School senior, the town's representation in the county-wide Daffodil Festival continued.
Council extends marijuana moratorium

The Eatonville Town Council voted unanimously March 12 to continue to place a moratorium on licensing any business involved in the growing, production and selling of marijuana.
Man sentenced to 23 years for second vehicular manslaughter charge
Woman killed in drive-by shooting on Webster Road

Multiple shots fired into home in what authorities believe is a targeted act
PCSO deputy kills man in Elk Plain area

A Pierce County Sheriff's Office Deputy was involved in a shooting in the Elk Plain area, leaving one man dead.
Snowshoer's body found near Paradise in Rainier National Park

Kevin Kim, 24, died from injuries suffered in a fall in the Nisqually drainage
EHS students walk out to pay silent respects to murdered teens

More than 100 Eatonville High School students stood in silence on March 14 as they paid their respects to the students and faculty murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14.