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Stan Blunt files to run against Sheriff Rick Scott
Local Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30amSheriff Rick Scott will have an opponent in the upcoming election, with Stan Blunt filing for candidacy only two hours before filing closed Friday.
Scott has been serving as sheriff since...
Groups appeal crude oil plan
Local Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30amWestway Terminal Company’s plan to build a crude oil storage and shipping terminal in Grays Harbor may hit a roadblock, with two groups filing appeals with the state to stop the project.
The...
Sports in Brief 5/18
Local Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30amDistrict 1A softball resumes today
The District IV Class 1A Softball Tournament is scheduled to conclude today at Centralia’s Fort Borst Park.
Elma faces Rochester and Hoquiam takes on...
‘Star Trek’ is expected to ‘boldly go’ to top of weekend box office
Entertainment Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30amLOS ANGELES — The “Star Trek” movie series has lived long at the box office. But is it time for Capt. Kirk and Spock to really prosper?
“Star Trek Into Darkness,” the second J.J. Abrams-...
Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30amLOS ANGELES — It’s 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global...
Last clam dig of the season on Memorial Day weekend
Local Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30amClam diggers will get one more chance to dig razor clams this season during a three-day opening at Twin Harbors over Memorial Day weekend.
The morning dig scheduled May 24 to May 26 got the...
Obama budget would cut deficits, report says
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama’s proposed mix of tax increases and spending cuts would reduce future budget deficits more quickly than under current laws, according to a report issued...
Saturday death notices
Obituaries Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30amPatricia A. VanVleet
TOKELAND — Patricia Ann VanVleet, a resident of Tokeland, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Tokeland. She was 69.
A private burial will...
Despite sequester, high-level federal executives slated to get bonuses
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — An elite group of federal employees is set to receive cash bonuses despite this year’s automatic budget cuts, according to a report that a Senate subcommittee issued Friday....
