7 February 2012, 6:59 am
Harrison Prep Gains Official Status As International Baccalaureate SchoolPatch.comPlans are under way to begin the process of bringing the IB Diploma Program to Harrison Prep for high-school juniors and seniors. Foss High School in Tacoma is the only area school to offer the Diploma Program; there a... Read More »
7 February 2012, 4:54 am
ABC NewsDad who killed self, sons in blaze left voicemailAlbany Times Union23, 2011 file photo, Josh Powell is surrounded by reporters as he leaves a Pierce County courtroom in Tacoma, Wash. An explosion at a Washington state home has killed Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, an... Read More »
7 February 2012, 4:22 am
msnbc.comUS job market: Here's how employers, job seekers & analysts think of itEconomic TimesYet that same work used to be done at a company plant in Tacoma, Washington state, that once employed 160 but has since closed. A government report on Friday that employers added a surprising 243000 job... Read More »
7 February 2012, 12:28 am
TheNewsTribune.comEnrollment surge eases in countyTheNewsTribune.comSchool enrollment numbers are leveling out in Pierce County's largest suburban districts, slowing a trend that saw these districts explode with new housing and kids in the 1990s and early 2000s while urban Tacoma's student p... Read More »
6 February 2012, 10:02 pm
Deaf swim coach teaching lessons beyond the poolThe Seattle TimesBoth attended Downing Elementary School in Tacoma, where deaf children are taught orally rather than with sign language, then entered Edgemont Junior High. "Once they're out of school, they're going to be mainstreamed whether t... Read More »
6 February 2012, 7:27 pm
Autopsies: Powell boys suffered 'chop injuries'Albany Times Union23, 2011 file photo, Josh Powell is surrounded by reporters as he leaves a Pierce County courtroom in Tacoma, Wash. An explosion at a Washington state home has killed Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, and ... Read More »
6 February 2012, 3:02 pm
Authorities: Powell planned deadly fire for some timeSeattle Post IntelligencerMike Casper embraces his son Brenden Casper, 12, at Carson Elementary School in Puyallup after Brenden's friends Charlie and Braden were killed when their dad Josh Powell reportedly burned down his house, killing the ... Read More »
6 February 2012, 12:35 pm
TheNewsTribune.com (blog)In a campaign surprise, Tacoma Councilwoman Lauren Walker announces for open ...TheNewsTribune.com (blog)And until today we thought it would be a battle between Tacoma City Councilman Jake Fey and Tacoma architect Jim Merritt. But second-term councilman Lauren Walker jumped ... Read More »
6 February 2012, 7:32 am
Chuck E. Cheese's Supports Mary Bridge Children's Foundation with Fundraising ...MarketWatch (press release)TACOMA, Wash., Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- As part of its ongoing efforts to taking an active role in supporting education and children's organizations, family entertainment le... Read More »
5 February 2012, 12:40 am
Tacoma aims to spread innovation districtwideTheNewsTribune.comTacoma wants to capitalize on what school officials say is a growing reputation for originality by becoming Washington state's first district-wide Innovative School Zone. Tacoma wants to capitalize on what school officials say is a g... Read More »
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