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Kate Iida

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Californian living in London Policy analyst @oxfordinsights Previously, I reported on news for @kpfa, @thenewstribune (she/her)
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Tacoma indie band finds new edge, releases new album

Tacoma indie band finds new edge, releases new album

Tacoma-based indie rock band The Whole Bolivian Army played its first public show nearly 30 years ago with th…

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Tacoma band 'The Whole Bolivian Army" plays its new song

Tacoma band 'The Whole Bolivian Army" plays its new song

Tacoma band The Whole Bolivian Army plays its new song, "Doom is a Flower." The 27-year-old band will host an…

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More than 100 Tacoma artists will open their studios to visitors this weekend

More than 100 Tacoma artists will open their studios to visitors this weekend

Tacoma-based letterpress printer Jessica Spring loves the excitement she sees when kids visit her house as pa…

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Get a preview of artists on annual Tacoma studio tour

Get a preview of artists on annual Tacoma studio tour

Tacoma-based artists Mauricio Robalino, Jessica Spring, and Reid Ozaki will open their studios to visitors th…

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The Puyallup is the 2nd most polluted river in the Puget Sound area. Salmon runs at stake

The Puyallup is the 2nd most polluted river in the Puget Sound area. Salmon runs at stake

The Puyallup is one of the most polluted rivers in the Puget Sound area, and the contaminants are hurting the…

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The Puyallup is the 2nd most polluted river in the Puget Sound area. Salmon runs at stake

The Puyallup is the 2nd most polluted river in the Puget Sound area. Salmon runs at stake

The Puyallup is one of the most polluted rivers in the Puget Sound area, and the contaminants are hurting the…

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Nazi resister, 96, to be guest of honor at PLU Conference on Holocaust Education

Nazi resister, 96, to be guest of honor at PLU Conference on Holocaust Education

PLU professor Beth Griech-Polelle talks about the university's upcoming Holocaust Education Conference. The c…

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A warming Puget Sound means dying kelp, researchers say. That hurts orcas and salmon

A warming Puget Sound means dying kelp, researchers say. That hurts orcas and salmon

Helen Berry, a lead researcher at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, explains the importan…

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A warming Puget Sound means dying kelp, researchers say. That hurts orcas and salmon

A warming Puget Sound means dying kelp, researchers say. That hurts orcas and salmon

Helen Berry, a lead researcher at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, explains the importan…

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Changes at Tacoma Montessori school

Changes at Tacoma Montessori school

Some parents are upset with changes this year at Bryant Montessori School in Tacoma.

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Changes at Bryant Montessori have parents worried about future of the Tacoma school

Changes at Bryant Montessori have parents worried about future of the Tacoma school

Some parents are upset with changes this year at Bryant Montessori in Tacoma. Kathy Unruh worries for the fut…

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Man who killed witness in Tacoma Trang Dai massacre trial gets new sentence

Man who killed witness in Tacoma Trang Dai massacre trial gets new sentence

If you're a print subscriber and need help logging in to your News Tribune account online, follow the steps i…

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A warming Puget Sound means dying kelp, researchers say. That hurts orcas and salmon

A warming Puget Sound means dying kelp, researchers say. That hurts orcas and salmon

kiida@thenewstribune.com As Puget Sound temperatures increase, bull kelp struggles to stay alive. Between 201…

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Kelp in the Tacoma Narrows

Kelp in the Tacoma Narrows

Helen Berry, a lead researcher at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, explains the importan…

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Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Brenda Troyer is seen here during her January 2018 arraignment in Pierce County Superior Court. She pleaded g…

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Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Brenda Troyer pleads guilty to driving two men to a house where Pierce County sheriff's deputy Daniel McCartn…

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Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Brenda Troyer pleads guilty to driving two men to a house where Pierce County sheriff's deputy Daniel McCartn…

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Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

TACOMA, Wash. - A woman accused of driving two men to a robbery in which a Pierce County sheriff's deputy was…

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Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Brenda Troyer pleads guilty to driving two men to a house where Pierce County sheriff's deputy Daniel McCartn…

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Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Brenda Troyer pleads guilty to driving two men to a house where Pierce County sheriff's deputy Daniel McCartn…

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Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Brenda Troyer pleads guilty to driving two men to a house where Pierce County sheriff's deputy Daniel McCartn…

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Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Woman pleads guilty for role in killing of Pierce County sheriff's deputy

Brenda Troyer pleads guilty to driving two men to a house where Pierce County sheriff's deputy Daniel McCartn…

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Siesta the sloth visited Tacoma's Mary Bridge Children's Hospital on Friday

Siesta the sloth visited Tacoma's Mary Bridge Children's Hospital on Friday

Siesta, a 17-year-old sloth from Point Defiance Zoo, visited children at Tacoma's Mary Bridge Children's Hosp…

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New Pierce County school buildings being designed as hardened targets against violence

New Pierce County school buildings being designed as hardened targets against violence

Mary Lyon Elementary School students got a look at their new classrooms and building as the new building open…

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