News Team | November 28, 2010
TNT events | 11-28-2010 Dedication of a memorial to Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger and officers Tina Griswold, Ronald Owens and Greg Richards at the Parkland Forza Coffee Co. shop. WHEN: Today at 3 p.m. Also Memorial – a Remembrance and food drive tomorrow….Read More
News Team | November 28, 2010
Tonya Mosley, King 5 News | 11-27-2010 PARKLAND, Wash. – Forza Coffee Shop, once a pitstop near the highway, it is now a symbol of community and honor. “It was the community that wanted us to focus on that and it was really a lot of their ideas too,” says owner Brad Carpenter in reference [...]
Bob Lawrence | November 20, 2010
Dear Fellow Republican, We should all be encouraged by the gains Republicans made across the nation: In the House of Representatives the largest shift in representation since 1938. A 6 or 7- seat gain in the Senate (note in 2012, 33 senators will be up for election, 25 of whom are Democrats) Sweeping transformation in [...]
News Team | November 18, 2010
Drew Mikkelsen, King 5 News | 11-17-2010 TACOMA, Wash. — The candidates knew their election would be close, but not this close. At last count, Representative Dawn Morrell, D-Puyallup, trailed Republican challenger Hans Zeiger by 39 votes out of 50,000 cast. That’s a difference of 0.08 percent…..Read More
News Team | November 17, 2010
Stacey Mullick, The TNT | 11-17-2010 Here’s the latest on a fundraiser held earlier this month for two memorials that will honor four Lakewood police officers who were killed nearly a year ago. The following press release was sent out by the Behind the Badge Foundation, which helped organize the event…….Read More
News Team | November 17, 2010
Joran Schrader, The Politcal Buzz | 11-17-2010 At least 158 inscrutable ballots will go before the Pierce County Canvassing Board today. With the public invited to look on at projected images of the ballots, the board will pore over confusing marks and try to divine voters’ intent. In most races, today’s outcomes hardly matter. But [...]
News Team | November 12, 2010
Brad Shannon, The Olympian | 11-12-2010 The 25th district legislative race between Democratic Rep. Dawn Morrell and Republican Hans Zeiger moved to a razor close 18-vote margin after ballot counting this afternoon in Tacoma. That’s well within the range for a mandatory recount……Read More
News Team | November 9, 2010
John Henrikson, TNT | 11-09-2010 Map the Vote: Murray vs. Rossi in Pierce County Is Pierce a blue county or a red county? The real answer lies not in countywide votes, but at the neighborhood level, where the political polarity is as dramatic as anywhere in the state. It ranges from midnight blue central Tacoma [...]