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State lawmakers get $200M worth of good news 02/10

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2A District IV girls tournament begins tonight; Updated District IV 2A, 1A, 2B, 1B basketball schedules/matchups 02/10

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Timberland Bancorp earns $1.28 million profit in fiscal first quarter 02/10

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Tacoma homeowner shoots burglars in garage, kills one

A homeowner shot two men who broke into his detached garage in Tacoma’s South End early Monday, killing one and wounding the other.
County to hire consultant to study satellite jail options

County officials want to know what it will take to fill the county’s new but empty $45 million satellite jail. The Thurston County Commission is expected to award a $160,800 contract to MGT of America Inc. today for a comprehensive study of the Accountability and Restitution Center.
Workers’ comp bill passes

A major reform of the insurance system for injured Washington workers passed the state House on a 69-26 bipartisan vote Monday and was on its way to quick passage in the Senate on Monday evening.
Will 30 days be enough?

Republicans in the state Senate checked one major item off their to-do list Monday as an overhaul of the workers’ compensation system headed to the governor. But that’s not enough to guarantee their votes on a budget deal, scheduled for unveiling Tuesday morning.
Banding brothers duck angry mom, tag falcon chicks

OLYMPIA – Four newly hatched peregrine falcons had some unusual-looking visitors Monday. Four men, some wielding umbrellas to guard themselves from the chicks’ divebombing mom, stormed their nest atop the taller of two cranes overlooking West Bay at the Port of Olympia.

• GALLERY: View more photos of the mother peregrine falcon and her chicks.
'Turn the Budget Around' event puts thoughts outside the boxes

OLYMPIA – Cardboard boxes took on a whole new purpose Sunday at Heritage Park, creating a makeshift wall and serving as a message board for those condemning military spending and supporting social and environmental programs.
New GI workouts mimic stress of battlefield

Halfway through an hour of workout “agony,” Army I Corps Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell let loose a shout to lift the spirits of the soldiers around him.
State Patrol seeks witnesses to fatal hit and run in Chehalis

The Washington State Patrol is looking for witnesses to a fatal hit and run that occurred Saturday night on Interstate 5 near Labree Road in Chehalis.
Packing for home no small task for JBLM officer

For eight years, the Army sent all the trappings of modern war to Kirkuk Regional Air Base in northern Iraq. Air Force Maj. Tony Edwards gets to spend the next six months sending it back home.
Growing food, growing themselves

Ask youths what they’ve learned after a year of hard work on the GRuB (Garden-Raised Bounty) farm in Olympia, and you probably won’t hear an answer about agriculture or plant science.

• GALLERY: View more photos from the GRuB Cultivating Youth Program
Workers’ compensation settled

Even in a year of unusual bipartisanship at the Legislative Building, this stood out: Republicans and Democrats standing together to announce a deal on one of Olympia’s thorniest issues, workers’ compensation.
Number of horses possibly infected by potentially deadly virus rises to five

Two more horses in Washington have a potentially deadly virus, bringing the total to five, according to state Department of Agriculture spokesman Jason Kelly.
The new women of burlesque

A lanky redhead dripping with glamour ambles onto the stage at the Capitol Theater in Olympia. The audience, which looks to be filled with more women than men, shows approval not by throwing cash onto the stage, but by hooting and calling out her stage name, Bettie Beelzebub. . . . This is burlesque in 2011.
Level 3 sex offender registers in Thurston County

Level 3 sex offender Shawn Tanzy has registered indicating that he plans to live in the 900 block of Capitol Way South, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
Washington National Guard units told to be ready

About 3,000 soldiers in the Washington National Guard are available for deployments overseas, the Army announced Monday.