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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County News focuses on Executive veto</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County News for the week of November 19 highlights:
- Executive veto
- Ferry technology upgrades 
- Medicare open enrollment
- Eat Local fo...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County airfields support search and rescue operations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County is fortunate to have not one, but two airfields capable of supporting emergency search and rescue operations. 

On Nov. 7,  the U.S. C...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County goes green with $4.3 million grant</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nov. 19, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
 Pierce County will reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that pollute our air ? and save taxpayers' money in t...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Fantasy Lights Walk is Sunday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kick off the holiday season this Sunday, Nov. 22  with a sneak, non-motorized preview of the 15th annual Fantasy Lights at Spanaway Park.

This is t...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Restored Anderson Cabin open for exhibit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The 121-year-old Anderson Homestead Cabin has been restored thanks to a matching grant from the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Comm...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Work crews fill 15,000 sandbags</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: Eleven crews totaling 99 workers stacked the sandbags on 285 pallets in just under five days.)


At the request of Pierce County's E...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New Pierce County Web site shows where the stormwater goes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When the rain lands on your roof or driveway, you can hear it run through the gutter or watch it run down the street.

You might be surprised to see...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Executive vetoes ordinance that would eliminate judicial position</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Executive Pat McCarthy vetoed an ordinance that would have eliminated one of Pierce County's Superior Court judge positions.

The veto, delivered to...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ribbon cutting officially opens 94th Avenue East</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CAPTION: Stevan Gorcester of the Transportation Improvement Board (left), District 3 County Councilmember Roger Bush, and Public Works and Utilities D...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Executive&apos;s statement about the 2010 budget</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nov. 11, 2009

Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy issued the following statement about the Council's approval of a 2010 budget:

These are very ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Council&apos;s 2010 budget cuts more, saves more</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With our local economy still gripped by recession, the Pierce County Council this evening adopted a 2010 county budget that cuts nearly $3 million and...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Final budget consideration begins</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The County Council is now considering the elements of its 2010 county budget. Final passage should happen later tonight.

Pierce County TV is carryi...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Open house to highlight water quality, habitat projects</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County, along with their partners - the City of Lakewood, Pierce Conservation District, and the Puyallup River and Chambers-Clover Creek Waters...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>District Court furloughed on Thursday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County District Court will implement a furlough for court employees on Thursday, Nov. 12.

It's the second of three furlough days in response...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Budget process in home stretch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One more day of hearings remains before the Pierce County Council adopts its final 2010 county budget tomorrow, Nov. 10.

Much work will be done bef...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hospice offers alternative for end of life care</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[What are the options for care at the end of life?  Hospice care rapidly became a commonplace option for patients and their family members.  Knowing ab...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Studies under way to merge departments, streamline permit system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 6, 2009

Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy is exploring a number of ways to maintain services while saving taxpayers'...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County road crews get ready for winter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: The county has 28 trucks ready to deal with winter weather.

Pierce County road crews know it's only a matter of time before they wil...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County opens H1N1 flu call center</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County leaders opened a call center today to help provide information about the H1N1 flu response to the public.

The H1N1 Hotline, which ope...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New drug court to help veterans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Military veterans with drug-dependency problems will benefit from a treatment program thanks to a federal grant that enables Pierce County Superior Co...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Six council budget presentations today</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today promises to be among the busiest days of Pierce County Council budget hearings when representatives of the parks, risk management, information t...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Council eliminates Superior Court seat</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In light of Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht's felony conviction and subsequent resignation, the County Council today unanimously pass...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Executive&apos;s statement re: Judge Hecht</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy issued the following statement regarding the resignation of Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht:

"I learned tod...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County, state sign new agreement for ferry use</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 2, 2009

Pierce County has agreed to let Washington State Ferries continue leasing the county ferry Steilacoom II while ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Judge Hecht announces resignation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The following is a statement from Bryan Chushcoff, presiding judge of Pierce County Superior Court:

"Through his counsel, Judge Michael A. Hecht to...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hearings: Assessor, prosecutor, communications</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Council's final full week of 2010 budget hearings begins today with the county assessor-treasurer, prosecuting attorney and communic...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Poll sites will be open in Pierce County on Nov. 3</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[People are calling the Elections Center to ask if polls will be open in Pierce County on Election Day, Nov. 3.

Auditor Jan Shabro wants poll voters...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Transportation, utilities at today&apos;s budget hearings</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Roads, sewers and other public works topics get the spotlight when the Pierce County Council's hearings on the 2010 county budget continue today.

P...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County alleviates chronic flooding near Canyon Road</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For some Pierce County residents and businesses, annual flooding is nothing new. It's not from a raging river that threatens to sweep buildings off th...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hearings include courts, planning department</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Council will consider the budgets of the county's superior and juvenile courts and the Planning and Land Services Department when it...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Status of Judge Michael A. Hecht</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Media Advisory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FROM: Bryan Chushcoff, Presiding Judge, Pierce County Superior Court 
DATE: Oct. 28, 2009
RE: Status of J...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Public safety, criminal justice budget hearings today</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some of the officials in charge of public safety and criminal justice in Pierce County will testify today before the County Council on the 2010 budget...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Free stormwater workshop to assist homeowner associations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Many homeowner associations are responsible for a stormwater pond or other stormwater drainage system in their communities. These systems need ongoing...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>McCarthy joins Governor&apos;s bid for Boeing&apos;s second 787 line</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire today praised the more than 200 community, education and business leaders who signed letters sent to Boeing CEO Jim Alb...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Tails on the trails Saturday at Spanaway Park</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Parks and Recreation's third annual Woof Woof Walk will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24,  at Spanaway Park in S...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>PWU employee creates art and environmental awareness</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This fish tale has a happy ending. Pierce County heavy equipment operator Don Couture recently donated his time and talent to create a work of art for...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>USGS provides scientific foundation for &quot;Shake &apos;n Quake&quot; exercise</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When Pierce County holds its "Shake 'n Quake" earthquake exercise this week, the foundation participants will use is a scenario developed by U.S. Geol...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County Executive tours &apos;Bridge to the Beach&apos; project</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i>Photo caption: (L-R) Mike Gregoire, husband of Governor Chris Gregoire, Dana Miller, Public Works and Utilities civil engineer, and Executive Pat M...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Budget hearings begin Oct. 21</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two weeks of Pierce County Council hearings on the proposed 2010 county budget begin tomorrow, Oct. 21, at 9 a.m. in the Council Chambers (930 Tacoma ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County TV unveils new name, new look, new programming</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The cable television channel that offers gavel-to-gavel coverage of local governments in Pierce County has a new name, a new look and improved program...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Council office braces for &quot;earthquake&quot;</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[All hands will be on deck in the Pierce County Council office on Wednesday, Oct. 21, for the council's portion of a two-day countywide disaster drill ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County teams with cities on &quot;Puget Sound Starts Here&quot; campaign</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Every day, an estimated 140,000 pounds of toxic chemicals are carried by streams and rivers into Puget Sound. It's not coming from some illegal dumper...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County to &quot;Shake &apos;n Quake&quot;</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A countywide earthquake exercise is scheduled to 'Shake 'n Quake' in Pierce County next Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 21-22. 

The first day includes...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Human Resources Department one-day closure</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Human Resources Department will be closed on Wednesday, Oct. 21 for staff training. The office will resume regular hours at 8:30 a.m...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Program targets first-time homebuyers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qualified first-time homebuyers in Pierce County can apply for low-interest mortgages under a federal program designed to help distressed neighborhood...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Workshop makes understanding Social Security simple</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For over 70 years, Social Security has provided a foundation of support for workers and their families. This safety net remains in good times and bad....]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County TV station wins national awards</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[C-RCC TV 22, Pierce County's television station, received three awards from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATO...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Take the &apos;Drive Smarter Challenge&apos;</title>
			<link>http://www.piercecountywa.org/cfapps/internet/news.cfm?node_id=94909</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County is challenging its residents and employees to save money and drive smarter as part of the national Drive Smarter Challenge. Counties acr...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Thun Field runway closes two days</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County's <a href='http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/pwu/airport/index.htm'>Thun Field Airport<a/> runway will close for two days, Oct....]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>District Court furloughed on Monday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County District Court will implement a furlough for court employees on Monday, Oct. 12.

It's the first of three furlough days in response to...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Development Center closed on Monday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Planning and Land Services Department (PALS) will close its development center for the day on Monday, Oct. 12, due to an employee fu...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County solid waste plan supplement approved</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County just received the green light from Department of Ecology to pursue actions to reduce waste disposal from four pounds per person per day ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Executive&apos;s statement about worker eligibility ordinance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy said her administration is preparing to use the federal E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility among ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Council approves worker eligibility system</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the current recession forces job reductions and boosts demand for existing jobs, Pierce County will now have a tool to ensure that those who work f...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Tacoma Narrows Airport one-day closure</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County's Tacoma Narrows Airport will close for one day, Friday, Oct. 9, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to restripe a runway.

Since acquiring the airp...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Amnesty program targets structures without permits</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 6, 2009

Owners of properties that contain structures built without permits have the opportunity to get into compliance ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Orting to test sirens this week</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The City of Orting will conduct a lahar drill exercise sometime during the next three days - Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of this week. This year, i...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Grassoline - the next gasoline?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[(Photo caption-Michael and Sara from Tacoma discover biofuels in national 4-H experiment.)

Over 2,000 Pierce County youth will join millions across...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Up Up and Away - Superhero Party</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Action, adventure and fun waits youth of all ages at this party.  Come dressed as your favorite superhero or wear a black t-shirt to Pierce County Par...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County wins top communication award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: Collaborators on the winning ferry schedule redesign are (L-R) Gloria Van Spanckeren, Debi Ross-San Soucie, Sandra Pedigo-Marshall, and...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Free farm tours, fun for all ages Saturday, Oct. 3</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Now in its eleventh year, HarvestFest features 18 Pierce County farms with hands-on activities and lots of fresh, locally grown food.

Farms are thr...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Stallworth Awards highlight community involvement</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: (L-R) Terry Bouck, superintendent of the Peninsula School District, Jacque Crisman , principal, Evergreen Elementary School,  Jule Krei...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Work of 15 local artists added to Pierce County collection</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Oct. 1, the Pierce County Arts & Cultural Services Division and Pierce County Arts Commission will host a public reception for fifteen ar...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Workshop focuses on funeral planning, costs and options</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The worst time to plan anything is in the middle of emotional upheaval. Planning a funeral in the midst of family grief often proves to be an overwhel...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Executive focuses on priorities in &apos;very difficult&apos; budget</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 22, 2009

Facing the worst economic climate in decades, Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy submitted a 2010 budget to...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Council&apos;s 2010 budget process begins</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Council's scrutiny of the county's 2010 budget begins Tuesday, Sept. 22, when councilmembers receive the County Executive's budget p...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Advisory committees seeking applicants</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Applicants are needed to fill vacancies on two Pierce County committees administered by the Department of Community Services. 

The Lodging Tax Comm...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Stallworth Awards to be presented</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mr. and Mrs. Raul and Dorothy Espino of Buckley will be honored with Daisy Stallworth Achievement Awards for their community organizing efforts and fo...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County closely monitoring the Howard Hanson Dam situation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 15, 2009

Managers in two Pierce County agencies are closely following developments concerning the potential flood situ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Workshop for historic barn owners</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you own an old barn in Pierce County or the surrounding area, are you aware of the Heritage Barn Preservation Initiative? A program of the Washingt...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Mark Lindquist appointed prosecutor</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Sept. 1, the Pierce County Council unanimously voted to appoint Mark Lindquist as Pierce County Prosecutor.

Lindquist, formerly the Chi...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ryan Moore to help county with U.S. Amateur effort</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ryan Moore, the Pierce County native who is establishing himself among the best professional golfers in the world, has agreed to serve as Honorary Cha...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Popular Touch-A-Truck event returns Sept. 12</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's OK - Go ahead and touch it. Trucks, tractors, emergency vehicles, and even a Zamboni will roll into Sprinker Recreation Center's parking lot on S...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Development center closed on Friday and Monday</title>
			<link>http://www.piercecountywa.org/cfapps/internet/news.cfm?node_id=93539</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Planning and Land Services Department (PALS) will close its development center for the day on Friday, Sept. 4, due to an employee fu...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Historic property and document surveys seek to preserve local heritage</title>
			<link>http://www.piercecountywa.org/cfapps/internet/news.cfm?node_id=93500</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[For the first time in some 20 years, preservation experts are heading into the field to compile a comprehensive list of historic properties and docume...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Alzheimer&apos;s Caregiver Conference offers information and support</title>
			<link>http://www.piercecountywa.org/cfapps/internet/news.cfm?node_id=93464</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Caregivers living and coping with Alzheimer's can spend a day learning from the experts.

The Pierce County Healthcare Providers Council, in conjunc...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Workshop unravels paying for long term care with Medicaid</title>
			<link>http://www.piercecountywa.org/cfapps/internet/news.cfm?node_id=93461</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[A couple turning 65 has a 75 percent chance that one of them will need long term care. If you are planning on Medicaid serving as an option for paying...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Passport and Licensing Fair Saturday, Sept. 19</title>
			<link>http://www.piercecountywa.org/cfapps/internet/news.cfm?node_id=93440</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Auditor's Office will host a Passport and Licensing Fair Saturday, Sept. 19 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to accept passport applications, a...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>District Court limits public counter hours</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In response to continuing budget reductions, Pierce County District Court will be limiting the Civil/Infraction Division's public counter hours. 

S...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County Community Action awarded $3.9 million in stimulus funds</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: Weatherization Technicians Eric Seeman and Doug Means perform a blower door test to determine air leakage in the house.

The most vul...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Thun Field turns 65</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Celebrate Thun Field's 65th anniversary on Friday, Sept. 18 with live entertainment, refreshments, historical displays and antique aircraft. 

The f...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Weekend emphasis patrol nails 35, out again Saturday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[
Combined resources from 15 law enforcement agencies in Pierce and Kitsap Counties put over 50 extra officers on the road which led to 35 DUI arrests...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Flag lowering for Senator Kennedy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[President Obama has directed flags be lowered to half-staff until sunset Aug. 30 in memory of U. S. Senator Ted Kennedy who died Aug. 25.
  
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			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Flag lowering Aug. 27</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Governor Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington State agency facilities be lowered to half-staff Thursday, Aug. 27, in memory of U. ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County issues $9 million road contract</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Traffic will improve for 26,000 drivers daily in 2011 due to the single largest road construction contract in Pierce County's history.

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			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Firearms Advisory Commission seeks applicants</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Help make recommendations to the County Council and Executive on laws regarding county firearm use.

Applications are being accepted to fill two pos...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Fish-friendly car wash kits available</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With kids gearing up to head back to school, booster clubs and youth groups may take advantage of late summer days to hold car wash fund raisers. To h...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County District Court furlough dates announced</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In response to continuing budget reductions, and in agreement with AFSCME Local 120, the Court will be implementing three furlough days for court empl...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County, state agree on transfer of mental health crisis services</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some mental health services handled by Pierce County will soon be delivered through a private provider under a new system being set up by the state.
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			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Residents named to Charter committees</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fifteen Pierce County residents will represent their fellow citizens in formally supporting or opposing the proposed amendments to the Pierce County C...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Weekend Emphasis Patrol in Pierce and Kitsap counties dedicated to victims of DUI</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Law enforcement will deploy two impaired driving apprehension teams totaling over 40 officers, deputies and troopers  Saturday, Aug. 22,  to both side...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County begins updating flood management plan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County is preparing to update and expand the plan for addressing flooding on major rivers. 

The existing flood management plan, written in 1...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Chip seal to improve Canyon Road</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Weather permitting, Pierce County will apply rubberized chip seal coating to three miles of Canyon Road from Pioneer Road to 103rd St. E. on Aug. 17 a...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Crystal Judson Family Justice Center earns national award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The National Criminal Justice Association is honoring the Crystal Judson Family Justice Center with its Outstanding Criminal Justice Program Award, ci...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Illegal sign enforcement begins</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[County road crews are set to begin removing illegally-placed signs in the right of way following the recent agreement involving Pierce County Executiv...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Thun Field to host car show</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The 18th annual Rogers High School car show and aircraft fly-in will be held at Pierce County's Thun Field on Sunday, Aug. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Opinions wanted on ballot measures</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Council is seeking those who support or oppose the three propositions headed for the November ballot.

The council's Rules and Ope...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Development center closed on Friday due to furlough</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Planning and Land Services Department (PALS) will close its development center for the day on Friday, Aug. 7, due to an employee fur...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Vaughn Bay bridge to be replaced</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A 9-month road closure will begin Aug. 10 on the Key Peninsula's South Vaughn Road to allow Pierce County to demolish the Vaughn Bay bridge and build ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County seeks efficiences with combined code enforcement programs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County is consolidating code enforcement functions in a pilot project to increase service, eliminate redundancy and achieve budget efficiencies...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County may get &quot;discounted&quot; road projects</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Low construction costs and rock-bottom interest rates will mean deep discounts on badly needed roadway improvements for Pierce County.

The County C...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>UPDATE: Pierce County cooling station locations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For a complete, updated list of locations and times facilities are open, please <A HREF="http://co.pierce.wa.us/xml/abtus/ourorg/communications/coolin...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Applicants needed for Land Use Advisory Commission</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Applicants are needed for vacancies on the Pierce County Land Use Advisory Commissions in the Frederickson, Gig Harbor, Graham, South Hill, Spanaway, ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County receives third highway safety grant</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For the third time this year, Pierce County has been awarded a U.S. Department of Transportation highway safety program grant. The grant will contribu...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Cooling stations open around county</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cooling stations are open this week throughout Pierce County so citizens can come in and cool off from the region's excessive heat. With temperatures ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Free long-term care workshop makes decisions easier</title>
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			<description><![CDATA["Options, Choices and Family Matters" will help individuals understand the many alternatives they will encounter and how to make level-headed decision...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County celebrates completion of Tacoma Narrows Airport project</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Members of the public are invited to join Pierce County in celebrating completion of the Tacoma Narrows Airport Runway Safety Area project, which incl...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>State/county partnership serves incarcerated veterans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i>Provided by the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs</i>

The <a href='http://www.dva.wa.gov/'>Washington State Department of Veterans Affai...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Creative levee repair may overlap fishing season</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Public Works and Utilities is set to begin 30 days of construction on a Puyallup River levee stabilization project on July 27. The proje...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Task force targets speeding and impaired motorcyclists</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, July 20

Law enforcement officers are hitting the streets of Pierce County this summer with a series of patrols aimed...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Military Rd closure planned at Reservoir Rd</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County will close a portion of Military Road East for three weeks for a road-widening project, beginning Monday, July 20. 

The closure will ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Project to ease flooding near 90th Street East and Canyon Road</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Starting the week of July 20, Pierce County will begin realigning a portion of Canyon Creek and adding a detention pond in order to ease frequent floo...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>District Court observes Probation, Parole &amp; Community Supervision Week</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[During the week of July 19 through the 25, people across the United States and its territories will join together to recognize the work that probation...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Property value cards are in the mail</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County residents will receive notification of the 2009 assessed value of their property beginning on July 18.  

The Pierce County Assessor-T...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Thun Field hosts Young Eagles aviation rally</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A crowd of smiling and slightly nervous kids between the ages of eight and seventeen gathered at Pierce County's Thun Field recently for a free airpla...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission seeks to fill vacancies</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Applications are being accepted to fill two vacant positions on the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission.  Appointments are ma...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Sewer permit deadlines extended due to economy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Due to the downturn in the building industry, some developers need to delay projects until market conditions improve. Pierce County is taking steps to...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Family forests conserved via transfer of development rights program</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i>Provided by the Cascade Land Conservancy</i>

In one of the most far reaching uses of Transfer of Development Rights in the state, the Cascade La...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County leaders reach agreement on sign removal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Council and Executive Pat McCarthy have agreed on a plan for removing illegal signs placed in the county right of way.

The agreem...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>White River spared polluted stormwater</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Surface Water Management Division, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and a commercial property owner in the Lake Tapps area tea...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Extra patrols target speeding in Pierce County</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Speed-related collisions involving motorists in Pierce County resulting in injury or death are increasing.  Newly released data for the county indicat...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County Arts Commission calls for award nominations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Arts Commission is calling for nominations for its 22nd Annual Margaret K. Williams Arts Awards.

Awards are made annually to indi...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Council prepares for 2010 budget</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Halfway through a 2009 that has already seen two rounds of recession-related cuts to the Pierce County budget, the County Council is planning for 2010...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>PALS development center closed Friday and Monday</title>
			<link>http://www.piercecountywa.org/cfapps/internet/news.cfm?node_id=90861</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Planning and Land Services Department (PALS) will close its development center for the day on Monday, July 6, due to an employee fur...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Protect your pets during 4th of July holiday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Auditor Jan Shabro and her Animal Control Division want to ensure a safe Independence Day weekend for your pets. You can take the follow...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Public demonstration of emergency communications this weekend</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: George Golda contacts one of the 1,800 stations nationwide that participated in last year's Field Day.

Pierce County hams will join ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Property value cards mailing earlier than expected</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer Dale Washam has announced that, through the hard work of the office staff, "Notice of Value" cards stating the assess...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Solid Waste Division receives international award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Public Works and Utilities Solid Waste Division was recently named the winner of a platinum award in The Hermes Creative Awards competition. The winni...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New liquid asphalt tanks keep road maintenance on schedule</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The recent addition of three 15,000-gallon liquid asphalt tanks gives Pierce County more control over the management and supply of liquid asphalt need...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ellison receives Outstanding Service Award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: Jim Ellison, P.E.  receives top award.

House lights went to purple as Pierce County Traffic Engineer and former University of Washin...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>One-day closure of Melroy Bridge</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Melroy Bridge over the Puyallup River will close June 23 from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to allow crews to perform a detailed structural inspection. T...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Boy Scouts paint 350 storm drains to raise awareness</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Photo Caption: Water Quality Manager Dan Wrye congratulates Eric Mitchell on successfully completing his community service project.

Several scouts ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>DUI and party intervention patrols arrest 48</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Several high school seniors, beer in hand, were spotted by police last Saturday night as they were making their way from their cars to a graduation dr...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Traffic Division receives achievement award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Public Works and Utilities' Traffic Division was notified by the National Association of Counties that the Traffic Sign Retroreflectivity Maintenance ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Council approves further budget cuts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Council today further adjusted the county's 2009 budget due to lower-than-expected tax collections caused by the ongoing economic re...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>County ready to support 2010 Census</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Pierce County Council and Executive Pat McCarthy are partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to encourage residents to par...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Stone Drive tunnel opens</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Issues surrounding the Stone Drive tunnel opening have been addressed, allowing Pierce County to open the tunnel to traffic as of 11 a.m. today.  

...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Stone Drive tunnel opening delayed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thursday's anticipated opening of the Stone Drive tunnel beneath the Tacoma Narrows Airport was delayed to address issues associated with the tunnel's...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Mentoring group honors Judge Cuthbertson</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A message from Pierce County Superior Court Presiding Judge Bryan Chushcoff:

"I am proud to say that congratulations are in order for one of our ow...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Weekend party patrol dedicated to teen DUI victim</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fair warning to drivers and teens celebrating graduation this weekend: More than 40 law enforcement officers from police departments across Pierce Cou...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Stone Drive tunnel set to open</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Contractors are paving and striping the portion of Stone Drive that passes through a new tunnel beneath the Tacoma Narrows Airport property, prior to ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Emergency preparedness video wins award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA["When the Unexpected Happens" was a winner in the 18th annual National Media Awards Program, presented by the Mature Market Resource Center, a nationa...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Spotlight on preventing elder abuse</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County's Aging and Long Term Care division and County Executive Pat McCarthy are raising the awareness of elder abuse.   

June 15 is Elder A...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Trailhead to grow from Fennel Creek deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i>(Press release provided by the Cascade Land Conservancy)</i>

Nearly 10 acres of lush natural growth along Fennel Creek in the City of Bonney Lak...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Tillicum sewer project benefits from Pierce County/Lakewood partnership</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Old septic systems in the Woodbrook and Tillicum neighborhoods of Lakewood will soon be replaced with connections to Pierce County's sanitary sewer sy...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Championship prep continues at Chambers Bay</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Representatives from the United States Golf Association, golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr., KemperSports and Pierce County met recently at ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Passport/Licensing Fair set for June 13</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Auditor Jan Shabro's office will host a Passport and Licensing Fair on Saturday, June 13. The Auditor's Office, located at the Pierce Co...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Watershed forum focuses on awareness, science</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Puyallup River Watershed Council (PRWC) will hold its monthly Forum on Wednesday, May 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Sumner City Hall Council Chamber...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Public Works receives communication awards</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pierce County Public Works and Utilities learned recently that four of its entries won recognition in the National Association of County Information O...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>PALS development center to close Tuesday</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Planning and Land Services Department (PALS) will close its development center for the day on Tuesday, May 26, due to an employee fu...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Support Pierce County farmers markets</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Pierce County Council passed a resolution (R2009-60) recognizing the beginning of the Farmers Market season. Residents are encouraged to visit the...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Lahar warning siren testing</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Beginning Friday, May 22 through Thursday, May 28, work will begin on 13 of the Puyallup Valley's lahar warning sirens, requiring intermittent tests u...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>EMS Week honors frontline lifesavers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is National Emergency Medical Services Week, and Pierce County is joining the thousands of organizations and jurisdictions in honoring these men ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New Web site offers volunteer opportunities for U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay</title>
			<link>http://www.piercecountywa.org/cfapps/internet/news.cfm?node_id=89033</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[When the best amateur golfers in the world come to Chambers Bay next year for the 110th U.S. Amateur Championship, you could:

-- Work "inside the r...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>PCN focuses on transportation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[C-RCC's Pierce County News for the week of May 14 highlights:
- Transportation Budget signed
- 911 lacks call takers
- Orting inattentive driving
...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Budget Presentation Award announced</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For the 22nd year in a row, Pierce County Budget and Finance received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Auditor Shabro concerned about state fee increase</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Legislature and Gov. Chris Gregoire have dramatically increased the cost of recording fees for certain legal documents, a practice that Pierce Cou...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Brian Tollefson among judges honored on Law Day</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE - The Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ) presented its 2009 Judge of the Year Award to Skagit County Superior Court Judge John M....]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Public Works employee to lead regional group</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jeff Rudolph of the Pierce County Road Operations Maintenance Engineering section has been selected to lead a regional group that focuses on best mana...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Financial workshop focuses on long-term care</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A significant portion of rising health-care costs involve our long-term care ? care that may be required for six months or longer. An impartial look a...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Test confirms county&apos;s first case of H1N1 influenza</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i>This release was prepared by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department</i>

(Tacoma-Pierce County, WA) -- Public Health officials have confirmed...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Lori Augino receives state elections award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed honored Lori Augino of the Pierce County Auditor's Office as the County Election Employee of the Year during a ...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Get ready for road work near Fox Island bridge</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i>NOTE: An earlier version erroneously reported the days of operation during the four-week closure.</i>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

People who travel...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Superior Court honors Jury Appreciation Week</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson considered trial by jury as the only imaginable anchor by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution. For m...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Pierce County Joint Information Center Opens</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Tacoma Pierce County Joint Information Center is open to support the 
Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department.

Questions and information regard...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Overview: Pierce County Human Swine Flu H1N1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: Emergency Operations Center Manager Ken Parrish briefs over 200 community partners at 8 a.m. meeting today at Pierce County Emergency M...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Coast Guard commends life-saving ferry crew</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The United States Coast Guard will present official commendations to the crew of the Pierce County ferry during today's in-district meeting of the Cou...]]></description>
	
			<category>Front Page News</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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