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Make a special moment during this Easter season. Find a service to attend.

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 ...

South Sound

Nataliya Leovna Sharavska Burgdorf is described as a white female, 5 feet 4 inches and 135 lbs., with brown eyes and auburn hair.

Mason County Sheriff's searching for missing Shelton woman

Mason County Sheriff's deputies are searching for Nataliya Leovna Sharavska Burgdorf, a 62-year-old Shelton woman reported missing by her husband Tuesday evening, when she didn't return to her home in the 800 block of E. Burgundy Road. 1 hour ago

Government

Robert V. "Bob" Graham, former state auditor, in a 1984 photograph.

Former 7-term state auditor Bob Graham dies at 93

The Democrat served in 1965-93, served in the Army during World War II and oversaw the Auditor's Office as it transitioned into electronic and computer-aided audits. 54 minutes ago

Sports

Timberline third baseman Grace Utto-Galarneau goes horizontal in pursuit of a ground ball during the cross-town rivalry fastpitch game against North Thurston at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Timberline rallied from a 13-7 deficit in the fifth inning to win 18-17 on Megan Porche's RBI double in the bottom of the seventh.

Porche’s RBI ends Timberline, North Thurston slugfest

LACEY — It was clear early on this would be no pitchers’ duel. There has been no shortage of thrilling fastpitch battles between crosstown rivals Timberline and North Thurston the past few seasons, but this one might have been the best...

Business

In this 2013 file photo, Shirley Ritter, aka, "Fairy Godmother," works a busy Thursday morning filling orders for Mother's Day at her eFairies retail store in Tumwater.

Three Thurston County businesses close doors

A trio of Thurston County businesses have either moved or closed, including a longtime Tumwater business that sells fairies and fairy-themed products online. That business, known online as eFairies.com, had been based in Tumwater since 2000, but it...

Opinion

Registered Nurse Babette Richter, with the South Jersey AIDS Alliance, holds up a container of the heroin overdose antidote, naloxone, also known by its brand name Narcan, in Camden, N.J. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. An overdose of opiates essentially makes the body forget to breathe. Naloxone works by blocking the brain receptors that opiates latch onto and helping the body "remember" to take in air.

Make Narcan available to reverse heroin overdoses

The growing number of heroin-related deaths in the state of Washington reflects a disturbing nationwide trend. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that drug overdoses are now the nation’s leading cause of injury death, ...

Living & Entertainment

FILE - This June 17, 2003 file photo shows British rock band AC/DC, from left, Brian Johnson, Malcolm Young, Phil Rudd, Angus Young, and Cliff Williams performing on stage during a concert in Munich, southern Germany. Malcolm Young of AC/DC is taking a break from the band to focus on his health. The band posted on its Facebook page Wednesday, April 16, 2014, that the 61-year-old guitarist is halting from the band “due to ill health” after 40 years

Brian Johnson says AC/DC not disbanding, but illness taints future

AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson has told a British newspaper that rumors of the band's impending breakup are only that. "We are definitely getting together in May in Vancouver," Johnson told the U.K.'s Telegraph. "We're going to pick up some guitars...

Nation & World

AP10ThingsToSee - South Korean Coast Guard officers search for missing passengers aboard a sunken ferry in the waters off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea on Thursday, April 17, 2014. An immediate evacuation order was not issued for the ferry, likely with scores of people trapped inside, because officers on the bridge were trying to stabilize the vessel after it started to list amid confusion and chaos, a crew member said Thursday.

Confused, chaotic scene described on sinking ferry

There was chaos and confusion on the bridge of a sinking ferry, with the captain first trying to stabilize the listing vessel before ordering its evacuation, a crewman said Thursday. 8 minutes ago