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First Presidency releases Tacoma Washington Temple site

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September 16, 2024

First Presidency releases Tacoma Washington Temple site

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the location of the Tacoma Washington Temple, one of six houses of the Lord in the Pacific Northwest state.

The site announcement includes the first details of the future temple.

Planned as a multistory structure of approximately 45,000 square feet, the Tacoma Washington Temple will be built on a 11.6-acre site at 1405 S. 364th Way, Federal Way, Washington. An accompanying utility building is planned for the site as well.

The temple site is three miles south of central Federal Way, six miles northeast of Tacoma and 23 miles south of downtown Seattle. Federal Way and Tacoma are part of the greater Seattle metropolitan area.

The site release was first published Monday, Sept. 16, on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

President Russell M. Nelson announced a future house of the Lord for the Tacoma area on Oct. 2, 2022, one of 18 temple locations he identified at the conclusion of October 2022 general conference.

President Nelson’s announcement included a promise and an invitation. “I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can,” he said, later adding, “May you focus on the temple in ways you never have before.”

Washington is home to more than 281,000 Latter-day Saints in nearly 490 congregations and four operating houses of the Lord — the Seattle Washington Temple (dedicated in 1980), the Spokane Washington Temple (1999), the Columbia River Washington Temple (2001) and the Moses Lake Washington Temple (2023). The Vancouver Washington Temple was announced on Oct. 1, 2023, with its site identified on Feb. 26, 2024, and an exterior rendering released earlier this month.

The Church of Jesus Christ in Washington dates back to the mid-19th century, when four missionaries laboring in the area of California were sent into the Washington and Oregon territories. Enough converts joined to create a congregation just north of present-day Vancouver along the Lewis River, a tributary of the Columbia River.

Many Church members helped with the 1880s railroad construction of the Northern Pacific Oregon Short Line in Washington. In 1930, Church membership in the state totaled 1,900 in eight congregations, with chapels in Seattle, Spokane, Olympia and Everett.

Completed in the early 1940s, the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in central Washington produced hydroelectric power and increased irrigation water, resulting in many Latter-day Saints moving into the area and the state.

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Worker killed by falling tree in Washington County

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June 1, 2026

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Worker killed by falling tree in Washington County

Updated on: June 1, 2026 / 6:16 PM EDT
/ CBS Pittsburgh

A contract worker was killed by a falling tree on Monday afternoon in Washington County, officials said.

The Washington County Office of the Coroner said in a news release that the contractor was killed after the tree fell on them around 4 p.m. The worker, who was not immediately identified, was hired to cut down a tree at a residence on Lynn Portal Road in Canton Township, and it fell in an unintended direction, killing the person, the coroner said.

No other information was immediately released on Monday evening. The Greene-Washington Regional Police Department and the coroner are investigating.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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My Case Against the Washington Post Goes to Arbitration This Week

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June 1, 2026

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My Case Against the Washington Post Goes to Arbitration This Week

Photo by Ethan Wong.

On September 11, 2025, after 11 years at the Washington Post as an editor and columnist, I was fired via email.

In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing, I did what I have always done— and was expected to do — as a public voice and columnist on race, gender, and culture: I commented on America’s racial double standards in public discourse when it comes to political violence. You can read my posts below.

And then this post of mine:

The very next day, I was fired from my job at the Washington Post without so much as a conversation.

According to the termination letter from the Post, the company cited these two Bluesky posts, claimed that I disparaged white men, accused me of ‘gross misconduct’, and that my Bluesky posts “potentially endanger[ed] the physical safety of our staff”.

You can read the letter for yourself here.

In October, along with the Washington Post Guild and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, we filed a grievance against the Post, challenging the termination.

So, I have some updates…

The arbitration hearing will be this Thursday, June 4, in Washington, D.C.

As the last remaining Black full-time staff columnist in the Washington Post’s Opinions section, I was very aware of what my firing represented for diversity in newsrooms.

While newsroom diversity is absolutely critical, it is not the only principle at stake. I am fighting for journalists’ rights to do their jobs, to comment on matters of public concern without fear of censorship, retaliation, or political pressure.

And this is a battle well worth having.

I am thankful for the support of the Washington Post Guild, my lawyers at the Washington Baltimore News Guild, as well as Norman Eisen and the legal support from the Democracy Defenders Fund.

And of course, I am deeply grateful to my readers, followers, friends, mentors, and the industry peers who have supported me throughout my career and through what has been one of the most personally and professionally challenging periods of my life.

The stakes are high, but I’m ready.

Let’s go.

-Karen

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Selesnick, Azorius Momo, Wins Washington DC Regional Championship

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1 day ago

May 31, 2026

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Selesnick, Azorius Momo, Wins Washington DC Regional Championship

Jordan Selesnick won the Regional Championship at SCG CON Washington DC with Azorius Momo on Sunday.

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In a field packed with Izzet Prowess and Mono-Green Landfall, Selesnick put the power of Azorius Momo on display — proving the power of strong metagaming and mulligan decisions. Selesnick regularly dug for better opening hands in tight matchups, allowing his deck to have starts similar to those in Modern as opposed to Standard. After an 8-1 start on Day 1, Selesnick cruised to the No. 1 seed in the Top 8 with a record of 12-1-2.

Once in the Top 8, Selesnick only dropped a single game in route to a dominant performance. He defeated Stephen Snelson, on Izzet Spellementals, 2-1 in the quarters before clean 2-0 wins against Alexander Kans, on Selesnya Aggro, and Matt Xu, on Mono-Green Landfall.

Selesnick showed off both types of powerful draws the Momo deck can have in the finals, blinking a Quantum Riddler into play on Turn 2 in Game 1, and landing a copied Sage of the Skies on Turn 2 in Game 2. With the fast starts and utility offered from Starfield Shepherd, Selesnick had no problem navigating the mid-games for fast wins facing down strong starts from Xu.

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Selesnick took home $20,000 and the title of champion, while Xu earned $10,000. The Top 32 finishers earned invites to the upcoming Pro Tour in Amsterdam, though Selesnick and Xu also punched their tickets to the Magic World Championship.

Izzet Prowess made up almost 25 percent of the 1,198 players on Day 1, followed by Four-Color Control at 10 percent, thanks to its strong showing in the most recent Regional Championships. Mono-Green Landfall was next at just under nine percent, while Mardu Discard and Dimir Excruciator rounded out the Top 5 decks.

Day 2 consisted of 285 players that reached 18 match points on Day 1. See how the archetypes converted below.

View the Top 8 decklists from the Regional Championship. For all the decklists from the event and final standings check out the Melee page for the tournament.