by Bruce A. Smith
A wave of highly edited video clips from several teachings of Ramtha the Enlightened One have ignited a firestorm in local political contests, especially the battles for Thurston County Council and the state senate race in the 2nd LD. Continue reading
by Josh Magill
The Graham-Kapowsin Football squad made a statement in Friday’s league match scoring a 42-7 victory over the Beamer Titans. The road win notched the Eagles their seventh win of the season. Continue reading
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Editor’s Note: The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department had issued the following press release, announcing their interest in receiving public commentary on the extraction of methane gas at the Graham landfill and its subsequent production into Compressed Natural Gas. In the past, LRI has told the Mountain News that they hope to produce up to 5,000 gallons per day of fuel from the Graham site. Continue reading
By Josh Magill
The Mountain New obtained more information from Pierce County Auditor, Julie Anderson, on Tuesday, Oct 23, regarding the announcement of misprinted ballots in two precincts of the 10th congressional district. Continue reading
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Editor’s Note: The Mountain News received the following press release from the Pierce County Auditor’s Office, the agency that administers our elections.
Pierce County is mailing corrected ballots to 1,422 voters in the new 10th Congressional District who received a faulty ballot due to a printing error. Continue reading
Editor’s Note:
Good news! – Max, the missing dog from Bellingham, has been found in the Clear Lake area. I had first met Max’s owner, Nicole, as she drove slowly down 78th St looking her lost pooch about five hours after she discovered Max missing. Below is the email I received from Nicole late Saturday evening. -BAS Continue reading
Editor’s Note:
A member of the Mountain community has asked for our help in locating her missing dog, named Max. Continue reading
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By Bruce A. Smith
Pierce County Animal Control has announced that Dr. John L Diller has filed a petition for the return of his 39 horses seized by the PCAC in late September. Continue reading
By Josh Magill
Just days after celebrating other building openings across town, such as the Bethel Learning Center and the remodel of Shining Mountain Elementary School, Bethel School District executives were at it again. The excitement of these many new or remodeled structures around the district was shown in the smile BSD’s top administrator displayed Tuesday afternoon inside the Pierce County Skills Center’s newest phase.
State Senator Randi Becker, center, led a distinguished group of dignitaries at Tuesday’s dedication of the Phase 2 construction of classrooms at the Pierce County Skills Center in Frederickson.
By Angela Magill
A bit of dread swelled up inside my chest as I battled the traffic outside Bethel High School early Saturday morning. Just more than a month ago I had volunteered to be president of the local community council in Frederickson, a job I had already been nervous about – but hoped the wonderful volunteers would help me through. They had, graciously, but this was the first event that I had a direct decision, so I feared it might not go as well as planned. Continue reading
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