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| 1 | At meeting, Obama vows to address deficiencies | Local News |
| More than 400 members of Indian tribes from across the country, including tribes from all parts of Washington state, met with President Obama on Thursday in a rare, daylong gathering of tribal nations in Washington, D.C. | ||
| 11/6/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 2 | State board adds Salish Sea to region's watery lexicon | Local News |
| OLYMPIA — Local tribes called it Whulge. George Vancouver named it for his buddy Peter. And now yet another name for Puget Sound is nearly official: the Salish Sea. | ||
| 10/31/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 3 | Sound Partnership gets funds to double budget | Local News |
| The Puget Sound Partnership will receive $50 million next year for implementation of the agency's Action Agenda, a 100 percent increase over the current year's budget. | ||
| 10/31/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 4 | State board adds Salish Sea to region's watery lexicon | Local News |
| The Washington State Board on Geographic Names today voted 5-1 in favor of adding Salish Sea as one of the approved names for the body of water encompassing Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Strait of Georgia. | ||
| 10/30/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 5 | Algae bloom killing seabirds mystifies researchers | Local News |
| HOBUCK BEACH, Neah Bay, Clallam County — They died in droves: common murres, scoters, loons and more, in the largest-ever-recorded kill of seabirds on Washington's coast. | ||
| 10/30/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 6 | Seattle Times daily circulation up sharply | Business |
| Seattle Times average daily circulation jumped more than 32 percent in the first full report of circulation figures without a print Seattle Post-Intelligencer, according to a report released Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. | ||
| 10/27/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 7 | Times daily circulation jumps in first report without print P-I | Business |
| Seattle Times average daily circulation jumped more than 32 percent in the first report of circulation figures without a print Post-Intelligencer, according to a report released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Times' average daily circulation reported for the six months ending Sept. | ||
| 10/26/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 8 | State investigating campaign-finance complaints against Hutchison | Politics |
| The state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) said Wednesday it is investigating two campaign-finance complaints against Susan Hutchison's campaign for King County executive. | ||
| 10/22/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 9 | King County executive candidates clash in TV debate | Politics |
| In an hourlong, freewheeling forum, the candidates for King County executive engaged in their sharpest exchanges yet Thursday night in their first live televised debate. | ||
| 10/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 10 | Constantine, Hutchison on environmental issues | Politics |
| She supports the expansion of a gravel mine on Maury Island; he opposes it. He says climate change is a top priority for the executive, connected to local policies from land use to transportation. She says global warming takes a back seat to public safety and budget issues. | ||
| 10/12/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 11 | Reunion concert brings back members of Franklin High choir | Education |
| They came from Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, the other Washington, and beyond, reliving for a brief weekend music that brought them together more than 40 years ago. | ||
| 10/12/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 12 | McChord airmen flying relief missions to American Samoa | Local News |
| McChord airmen have completed their second humanitarian airlift to American Samoa. The airmen landed their C-17 Globemaster III at Pago Pago International Airport on Saturday, delivering more than 42,000 pounds of relief supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. | ||
| 10/11/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 13 | Snoqualmie tribe votes to reinstate 9 members banished in election dispute | Local News |
| The nine, including several elders, waited five hours outside the longhouse in Monroe at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds wrapped in blankets, and sending in pizza for members deliberating their fate far into the night. Finally, after 10 p.m. | ||
| 9/27/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 14 | Big payoff eluding troubled tribe | Local News |
| The Snoqualmie tribe last November opened a showpiece casino a half-hour from downtown Seattle — and took on $375 million in debt — amid high hopes. The casino was supposed to launch the tribe's approximately 600 members into long-awaited prosperity. | ||
| 9/26/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 15 | Times reporter wins major national award | Local News |
| Armstrong, the recipient of the 2009 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, was selected for the depth and impact of his coverage of the criminal-justice system over his career, the journalism school at Columbia University announced Wednesday. The award includes a $25,000 prize. | ||
| 9/24/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 16 | Hiker helps turn dumping ground into scenic gem | Local News |
| After more than two decades working to polish this recreational jewel, for Boyar the valley along the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River has become his second home, even a member of his family. "It really is my oldest child, " he said. | ||
| 9/5/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 17 | First day of school canceled in Kent School District as strike continues | Education |
| The teachers began their strike on Thursday. At issue are class sizes, which teachers say are too large, and meetings before and after classes, which the teachers say cut into their time for preparation and work with students. | ||
| 8/30/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 18 | Sport fishermen's waste fouling shellfish harvest | Local News |
| Sport fishermen fouling the banks of the Skokomish River with human waste and garbage have prompted the state to close hundreds of acres of shellfish beds, shutting down clam and oyster harvests worth tens of thousands of dollars. | ||
| 8/28/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 19 | Feds review mountain-dwelling pika for threatened-species list | Local News |
| With brave squeaks, belted out from atop their rock piles, they defend their realm in the talus slopes way up here in the mountains, more than a mile in the sky, far from anyone, anywhere. | ||
| 8/21/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||
| 20 | High country in bloom | Travel and Recreation |
| It starts with drifts of lupine and fireweed, their vibrant blues and purples drawing bumblebees and other pollinating bugs to savor their sweet nectar. | ||
| 8/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results | ||