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04/15/2018

Tomorrow is a big day for 71 South Sound runners.

The Super Bowl of marathons is Monday morning on the streets of Boston and the South Sound will be well represented. Seventy runners from the South Sound qualified for this year's race, which can be streamed live on NBC Sports Network. Tacoma is sending 13 runners and Olympia is sending 11.

03/23/2018

“With new birds coming in and familiar birds heading out, the stewards of America’s public lands will need to prepare for substantial changes in the near future.”

Climate change could dramatically change bird populations at Mount Rainier, Olympic, North Cascade and other national parks by 2050, according to a study by National Audubon Society and National Park Service scientists.

03/21/2018

Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic Hall of Fame notifications went out earlier this month. And the names of inductees are now posted on the Cascade Bicycle Club website.

The Cascade Bicycle Club announced recently that it is about to unveil a Hall of Fame for the Northwest’s largest and most famous ride: The Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic.

02/25/2018

About 80 percent of Mount St. Helens climbing permits are still available. But they're not expected to last long when sales begin again tomorrow.

Nearly a month after an avalanche of interest overwhelmed the Mount St. Helens climbing permit system, the Mount St. Helens Institute will start sales again with a new processing vendor —RecAccess — on Monday morning.

02/16/2018

The Seattle station spent $12,000 to purchase and forgive $1.3 million in medical debt for 1,000 Western Washington residents.

KIRO journalist and Tacoma native Jesse Jones’ coverage of the medical debt crisis has snowballed into a community effort that has eliminated $3.3 million in debt for more than 2,600 people.

02/07/2018

Amazing what this guy can do with a whiteboard and dry erase markers.

Brandon Doak, a sophomore at Western Washington University, is bringing a new medium to a century-old art form. Call it, Dry Erase Pointillism.

01/25/2018

Getting a summer weekend permit might be more challenging than climbing the mountain.

01/06/2018

NFL Hall of Famers = Gold jackets.
STP Hall of Famers = Tyvek jackets.

The Cascade Bicycle Club announced recently that it is about to unveil a Hall of Fame for the Northwest’s largest and most famous ride: The Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic.

01/01/2018

It was 100 years ago today that a team from Tacoma played in the Rose Bowl.

When military teams were asked to replace college teams for the 1918 Rose Bowl, Tacoma’s Camp Lewis got the call.

12/08/2017

"An article detailing the arrival of the team trains got front-page treatment in the Dec. 5 issue of The News Tribune, overshadowing a smaller story about a break in relations between the United States and Japan."

The day before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor the Washington State and Texas A&M football teams — both loaded with young men who’d soon be pressed into military service — played in the Evergreen Bowl, one of the biggest sporting events in Tacoma history.

11/29/2017

If he pulls this off it will be one of the biggest stories for at the .

Tacoma skating icon KC Boutiette is trying to make his fifth Olympics at the age of 47.

11/26/2017

Who knew 4-H training would come in handy in a situation like this?

Coriana Kretschmer was watching a sitcom Wednesday afternoon when a real-life Police drama spilled into her living room.