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FORT LEE, Va. - Between COVID-19 and Army efforts to improve the system for household goods shipments, permanent change of station moves have been increasingly challenging over the past few years. The 2022 peak moving season, happening now, is proving to be equally stressful with nearly 40,000 shipping to new duty
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For 30 years K Records in Olympia has been an integral part of the music scene here in the Pacific Northwest and around the world. From the people that released Beat Happening, Kimya Dawson, Karp, Fitz of Depression and so many others, K records presents the seventh annual Helsing Junction Sleepover
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Get ready to swig pints and "jump around," people! Everyone's favorite hip-hop hooligan turned bluesy troubadour, Everlast, will headline Jazzbones Saturday night, the latest old-school M.C. to visit the venue that's brought Tacoma Tone Loc, Coolio and KRS-One in recent years. But how rowdy and how old school will Everlast get this
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Washington state is known for its diversity of fruits and vegetables. And there is no better time than summertime to get out, enjoy the weather, and pick up some fresh fruits and vegetables. Here in Pierce and Thurston Counties, there is an abundance of farms and markets to consider visiting. A
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For the first time in over a decade, the 62d Airlift Wing hosted 14 teams of aerial port professionals during the Port Dawg Rodeo at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, June 22-24, 2022. The rodeo is an annual tradition amongst aerial port squadrons, where airmen showcase their skills, enhance their job proficiency and
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The military has not yet put into effect a federal law designed to protect service members who experience mental health emergencies and to reduce the stigma of reporting them. The Brandon Act is included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022. The act is named after Navy
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Thor is a joke. That's as much fact as opinion, because Thor: Love and Thunder is one of the goofiest and least consequential sagas in MCU history - an allegedly wild and wacky but ultimately disappointing and weirdly disjointed chapter in the ongoing story of the God of Thunder, who seems
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For the first time since COVD-19 became a reality, a full brigade Change of Command ceremony was conducted June 24 on Watkins Field. Hosted by Maj. Gen. Stephen Smith, commander, 7th Infantry Division, Col. Jared Bordwell relinquished command of the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team to Col. Kwenton Kuhlman on a
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On the front page of her website, retired Army Reserve Colonel Margarethe "Grethe" Cammermeyer encourages people to "Live their Truth." For 80 years, Cammermeyer has lived her truth courageously, paving the way for LGBTQ+ rights within the military and while serving as a VA nurse. Inheriting a fearless spirit from her
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The Defense Department has implemented an early childhood education curriculum called, Early Learning Matters. This is the first early childhood education curriculum developed for DOD's child development program. The department created this curriculum in collaboration with early childhood experts at Purdue University. Several military child development centers pilot-tested the curriculum. Service
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Hipster Boutique Tour Adding exercise, Link rides and shopping to the docket, Love Tacoma’s latest event will tour Tacoma’s hipster boutiques today starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Tacoma Steps on the University of Washington campus. Tacoma hipster fashionistas will visit Junior Bizarre, Rocky & Coco’s, Dame Lola, and urbanXchange at 40-minute
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Because you have to love a hair place that uses the word “Lounge” in its name, because you love a fashion/hair show, and because you love altruistic work, you need to go to the Hair Lounge in Federal Way on Saturday, July 14, from noon to 5 for “Show and
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Home, clean home I guess I’ve rediscovered my inner domestic goddess, or I’ve just got past my dust denial, and I have to admit it’s made me a bit nuts. Maybe it has something to do with the Tacoma Health Department’s “Dirt Alert” campaign and the thought that little particles of
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ANNOUNCER: It’s easy to look at Tacoma Szechuan and laugh. Outside the Lakewood restaurant is a banner over the name of the former smoothie restaurant the Chinese restaurant replaced in the strip mall. Inside, there’s a smoothie counter, a glass display with crystallized rock formations, reviews of the restaurant matted
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub. Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies. Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub. Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and
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BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill. Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill. Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill. Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside. Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Acoustic Couch Jam. 8:30 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill. Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss. Tacoma - Downtown. Palmer Junction. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge. Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Harmon Tap Room. Tacoma - Stadium District. Tap Room Trivia. $50 cash
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC South Tacoma Farmers Market. Tacoma - South. Ron Fowler. All Ages. 12 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill. Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Chicago Blues Jam. 8:30 pm. NC. City Hall Saloon and Eatery. Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues Jam Session. Hosted by Max
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tahoma Tea and Co. Tacoma - Downtown. Fleur Jack, Jill Cohn. All Ages. 7 pm. Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown. Gig Harbor. Spare Thyme. All Ages. 11 am. NC. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge. Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar. Vashon. One Nite
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTICMatrix Coffee House. Lewis County. Elizabeth Salix. All Ages. 8 pm. $6.STAR Center. Tacoma. Family-Friendly Outdoor Concerts, with Nancy Stewart. All Ages. 12 pm. NC.Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar. Gig Harbor. Organic Sol. 7 pm.BLUESBuffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge. Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm.Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma -
