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Intermittent Closures on Sleater Kinney Rd NE for Utility Work
Commuters driving along Sleater Kinney Rd NE can expect lane closures this month, the City of Olympia announced on Wednesday. According to city officials, the northbound lanes will be closed intermittently starting Wednesday, Oct. 16, through Wednesday Oct. 30.
Redwoods, rabbits, rare apples and more: Visitors explore during Onalaska Apple Harvest Festival Farm and Homestead Tour
With fall in full swing, Onalaska held its annual Apple Harvest Festival last weekend, with the theme this year being “show your roots.” Visitors flocked to the unincorporated
Pierce County official: Milton prompts largest deployment of urban search and rescue specialists since 9/11
A team of 80 first responders, police, engineers and other urban search and rescue specialists from Western Washington have deployed to Florida in preparation for destruction from Hurricane Milton, a spokesperson with Pierce County Emergency Management (PCEM) told KIRO Newsradio on Wednesday. The team, Washington Task Force One, is comprised...
95 Years Later: Washington State Patrol Honors Trooper’s Legacy
Today the Washington State Patrol honors a Trooper lost in the line of duty 95 years ago to the date. Remembering Trooper Henry D. Cossmann on the Anniversary of His Death. Today marks the 95th anniversary of the tragic death of Washington State Patrol Officer Henry Douglas Cossmann, who lost his life in the line of duty on October 9, 1929. Just two weeks prior, on September 23, Cossmann was involved in a motorcycle collision in Tacoma that left him with severe head injuries. He succumbed to those injuries at the age of 29, leaving behind a grieving widow and a newly formed agency grappling with the loss of one of its own.
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