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Thousands of eggs filled with goodies wait to be placed into Easter baskets this weekend at more than a half dozen public egg hunts.

16 Things To Do in South Sound this weekend, April 18-20

OK, so half of the things to do are Easter Egg Hunts. But who doesn't love those? Still, if ...

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Parents and kids fill the under-3 field during Saturday's annual Easter Egg Hunt at Tumwater High School on April 3, 2010. About 9,000 plastic eggs filled with candy and prizes were separated into three fields for different age classes. One golden ticket in each field earned the child a new bicycle. (TONY OVERMAN/Staff Photographer)

Easter egg hunts galore on tap for the weekend

Here's a list of all the Easter egg hunts happening in Thurston County Saturday and Sunday.

Government

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Lisa L. Sutton

Thurston Judge Sutton kicks off campaign for Appeals Court on Monday

Lisa Sutton, a Thurston County Superior Court judge since 2010, is kicking off her campaign for a Court of Appeals position Monday with a 6:45 a.m. breakfast event at Red Lion Hotel in Olympia.

Sports

Olympia's Sofia Kane crosses the finish line to win the girls 3200 meter run to set a meet record with a time of 10:559.92 at the Mountain Track & Field Invitational at Yelm High School on Friday, Apr. 18. 2014.

Olympia's Kane raises top 3,200-meter meet time at Mountain Invitational

YELM — The annual Mountain Invitational tends to bring out the worst in the weather for mid-April’s annual track and field event in east Thurston County — rain, hail, severe winds and sometimes snow — but can still produce ... 3 hours ago

Business

The Boeing logo on a building in Huntington Beach, California. (AP File Photo)

Hundreds of Boeing workers to share in nearly $47 million in back pay

Nearly 500 present and former Boeing employees will receive back payments of up to $400,000 each and raises of up to 33 percent as a result of a union victory in a labor rights dispute Boeing has fought for some 13 years. Under an arbitrator's ruling... 3 hours ago

Opinion

Jack Ohman / Sacramento Bee (April 18, 2014)

McClatchy cartoons for the week of 4/13/14

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Thousands of eggs filled with goodies wait to be placed into Easter baskets this weekend at more than a half dozen public egg hunts.

16 Things To Do in South Sound this weekend, April 18-20

OK, so half of the things to do are Easter Egg Hunts. But who doesn't love those? Still, if you're looking for something more grownup, there is music aplenty, a brewfest, and an entire film festival dedicated to environmental education.

Nation & World

This Feb. 6, 2014 photo, provided by the office of the Iranian President, shows Hamid Aboutalebi, an Iranian diplomat, who was recently named as Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, speaking in his office in Tehran, Iran. President Barack Obama has signed legislation aimed at blocking Iran’s chosen ambassador to the United Nations but says he’s only treating it as guidance. The unusual legislation bars anyone from entering the U.S. as a U.N. representative if they’ve engaged in espionage or terrorist activity and still pose a threat to U.S. security. It’s aimed at blocking Hamid Aboutalebi, linked to the 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.

Obama signs bill aimed at blocking Iran's UN envoy

President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday aimed at blocking Iran's chosen ambassador to the United Nations because of his ties to the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. But the president says he's only treating the legislation as... 5 minutes ago