Starbucks laptop contains 97,000 employees' information stolen

25 November 2008, 9:09 am

Starbucks Corp.

Starbucks Corp. has issued a troubling e-mail to more than half of its workforce, alerting workers a stolen laptop could put the personal information of 97,000 employees in jeopardy. "We are writing to inform you of a recent incident that may have involved a breach of your private information... Read More »

Sea-Tac Airport to open Third Runway

19 November 2008, 11:11 am

Sea-Tac Airport will open its third runway on Thursday, November 20th, 2008 after 16 years of development and costs more than $1 billion. Sea-Tac's new third runway is designed to help decrease delays during low visibility conditions, which occur approximately 44% of the year. The third runway... Read More »

Tacoma Police added to 2 High Schools

19 November 2008, 12:12 am

Police

Police here have stepped up their presence at Lincoln and Mount Tahoma high schools after separate shootings last weekend in which teens were killed.On Tuesday the Tacoma School District announced two off-duty officers have been stationed on the campuses of the two schools and two traffic officers... Read More »

Tacoma wins Tall Ships award

18 November 2008, 11:11 am

Tall ship

Tacoma was named Port of the Year for the second time during Tacoma's 2008 Tall Ships Festival last saturday. Mike McLeod of Tall Ships Tacoma's Board of Directors accepted the award at a Tall Ships conference in Halifx, Nova Scotia, Canada. This is the 2nd time Tacoma has taken part in the... Read More »

Briefly Northwest - The Register-Guard

20 May 2012, 2:00 am

Briefly NorthwestThe Register-GuardHe was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one else was in the vehicle, police said. ALOHA — Washington County authorities say they found an Aloha man's dismembered body in a garage freezer at a home he had been sharing with another man.and more&nbs... Read More »

July calendar of events - The Seattle Times

19 May 2012, 7:01 pm

July calendar of eventsThe Seattle Times8, Lake Boren Park, Newcastle; free (425-649-4444 or www.ci.newcastle.wa.us). July 20 1800s-style games, music, dancing and more. 6 pm, Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, 5400 N. Pearl St., Tacoma; $4-$6 (253-591-5339 or www.fortnisqually.org).and more ... Read More »

Opponents Make Last Bid To Halt WA Liquor Law - KMAS

18 May 2012, 8:31 am

Opponents Make Last Bid To Halt WA Liquor LawKMASMaurice Clemmons gunned down four Lakewood, Wash., officers at a Tacoma-area coffee shop. He was killed two days later in a confrontation with a Seattle police officer. Accused of helping her brother's getaway driver, LaTanya Clemmons was convicte... Read More »

Sister of Washington cop killer to leave prison soon - Yakima Herald-Republic

18 May 2012, 7:41 am

CBS LocalSister of Washington cop killer to leave prison soonYakima Herald-RepublicAP TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Washington Corrections officials confirm that the sister of a man who killed four police officers in November 2009 will be freed in July after serving about half of the five-year sentence she ... Read More »

Boy, 3, missing from WA home; younger sibling hurt - The Seattle Times

17 May 2012, 9:15 pm

Boy, 3, missing from WA home; younger sibling hurtThe Seattle TimesPolice are searching for a 3-year-old Fircrest, Wash., boy after his 18-month-old brother was found severely beaten inside an apartment. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. Police are searching for a 3-... Read More »

Father of Washington's Josh Powell guilty of voyeurism | The Republic - The Republic

16 May 2012, 4:39 pm

CBS NewsFather of Washington's Josh Powell guilty of voyeurism | The RepublicThe RepublicA picture of Susan Powell is seen on a screen with her children Charles (R) and Braden Powell during funeral services for the boys in Tacoma, Washington February 11, 2012. REUTERS/Ted Warren/Pool It was the ... Read More »