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Wednesday May 16th, 2012 by Stacey Mulick | no comments
Slowdown Lowdown | Paving today on North 31st in Tacoma; detour in place
A detour will be in place today along North 31st Street as crews pave the roadway. The paving starts at 9 a.m. North 31st will be blocked from Proctor to Stevens street.
Read more »Tuesday May 15th, 2012 by letterwriter | 6 comments
Letters to the Editor | KALAKALA: Another option for ferry
There is no reason why Kalakala needs an expensive restoration. It can do without engines, hull repair and all the expense of protecting lives at sea that a ferry requires. It does not even require being afloat. What is needed is a place to set it: a park close to
Read more »Tuesday May 15th, 2012 by Sara Schilling | no comments
Word on the Street | Puyallup council approves red-light cameras, talks electronic dog leashes
Puyallup will keep its red-light cameras. The City Council on Tuesday approved a five-year extension of the city’s contract with its camera vendor, American Traffic Solutions. The vote was 4-3, with council members John Hopkins, John Knutsen and Tom Swanson against. Hopkins said he wanted to see the council agree
Read more »Tuesday May 15th, 2012 by Don Ruiz | no comments
Sounders Insider | Timbers play to scoreless draw at Houston
Update: The Portland Timbers played to a scoreless draw at Houston tonight. And a pretty dreary one at that. Details here. Pregame: There is some rare Tuesday action in MLS tonight, as the Portland Timbers visit Houston's new digs. Here's a preview from MLSsoccer.com. And below, more match preview highlights
Read more »Tuesday May 15th, 2012 by TNT Editorial Board | 2 comments
Inside Opinion | Postal Service options: Adapt to 21st century, or die
This editorial will appear in Wednesday's print edition. The world changes. Heaven forbid that the U.S. Postal Service should change with it. The USPS is supposed to operate like a business – which includes adapting to the real world – but the U.S. Senate has again made certain that it
Read more »Tuesday May 15th, 2012 by Sue Kidd | no comments
TNT Diner | More al fresco dining: Barrel No. 51, the barbecue truck, is back
The next few days, I'm going to write about restaurants with outdoor dining to enjoy our stretch of warm weather - because who knows when it will just poof, leaving us
Read more »Tuesday May 15th, 2012 by Matt Misterek | no comments
FOB Tacoma | Retiree fair will draw thousands to JBLM
More than 3,000 South Sound area military retirees or their beneficiaries are expected to attend Friday’s annual appreciation event at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. They are invited to get health services such as blood sugar and cholesterol testing; they can receive information about medical, dental and other benefits; they can update
Read more »Tuesday May 15th, 2012 by John Gillie | no comments
The Biz Buzz | Cherry Point refinery restart could cut gas prices
Washington's largest refinery, shut down since February, may soon be producing gasoline again, sources close to the business said today. That refinery, BP's Cherry Point facility near Bellingham, produces 3.5 million gallons of gasoline a day when it's running at full production. The refinery's fire-related shutdown is credited in part
Read more »Tuesday May 15th, 2012 by Brad Shannon | no comments
Political Buzz | Inslee first to file for governor
Democrat Jay Inslee made his run for governor official this morning. He filed paperwork and then held a low-key rally with about 45 supporters on the Capitol steps – built around a jobs and education theme. Republican Rob McKenna is expected to follow suit Wednesday in a race that is
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Video: Josh Powell planned deadly fire for some time
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Most-read stories for 2011 on thenewstribune.com
The internet is a big place and doesn’t care about geographic boundaries. When thenewstribune.com team looks at our daily lists of what’s popular online, we are often reminded of that fact. While the vast majority of our online audience comes from Puget Sound, sometimes individual stories on our website take on a life of their own and attract a much wider audience, especially when they are linked to by a big aggregator like Yahoo, Fark or MSN.
So while it may seem surprising that the two most clicked stories of 2011 on Pierce County’s leading news site had to do with a drought in California, we have a one-word explanation: Drudge. For some reason, The Drudge Report linked to our versions of Associated Press items and attracted hundreds of thousands of readers to our site. Another bit of click-candy was this 2009 piece about a Gig Harbor youth who advocated pot legalization. The two-year-old story found a new life through the social curation site stumbleupon.
So given that context, I give you the 10 most popular tnt.com stories of the year.
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Countdown: 2011′s Top News Stories
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