Adam Ashton

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Dr. Garen Wintemute, an emergency room physician at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, shows the website of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, on a computer in the hospital in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, March 9, 2017. On the day President Donald Trump was inaugurated, Wintemute got a call from a colleague, who reported that the White House had removed a climate change page from its website. Fearing that federal data on gun violence might soon similarly vanish under a president with close ties to the National Rifle Association, Wintemute called together his partners at the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program. He then ticked off the records he wanted to archive. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

March 11, 2017 at 5:15 pm

In this fact-challenged era, will public access to federal date be the next casualty?

Trump’s election, like no other, has set off alarm bells for those who want to keep public information public. Fearing that federal data could soon...

Nation & World

In this October 8, 2013 photo, Pvt. Jeremiah Hill, left, gets arraigned on a charge of first-degree murder in Pierce County Superior Court for the death of Spc. Tevin Geike in Tacoma, Wash., and left, Spc. Skylar Nemetz turns to address his family and the family of his wife, Danielle Nemetz, before receiving his sentence for causing the death of his wife.
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April 10, 2016 at 8:00 pm

Two JBLM soldiers convicted of deadly crimes get vastly different sentences

The disparities in outcomes for two soldiers show the differences in what can happen when the Army and Pierce County carry out their informal agreement...

Local News

March 7, 2016 at 5:30 pm

Army panel backs doctor trying to clear name after discredited drug test

A panel of senior Army officers has recommended against an attempt to further punish a doctor who spent seven months in Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s jail...

Maj. Eric Smith in the office of his University Place home with a stack of his medical records. Smith was convicted of cocaine use two years ago based on a contaminated urine sample. He received clemency after serving seven months in jail at JBLM. Since then, an appeals court has overturned his conviction and he has obtained proof that the urine sample that sent him to jail actually contained someone else’s DNA. The Army is not trying to make amends. It’s trying to give him the boot just shy of his 20-year retirement mark. Photo taken in University Place on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015.

December 12, 2015 at 3:04 pm

Military doctor fights to clear name after questionable drug testing

A single positive drug test sent Army Maj. Eric Smith, a doctor, to military prison in a case rife with questions about fairness and the...

Reading stories out loud helps Jennifer Peace, left, and her spouse, Deborah, help get the children quieted down before bed. “Our kids are well-adjusted, they’re doing great,” Peace said. “Maybe people are finally willing to accept that not every family looks like the (classic) nuclear family.” Photo taken at their home in Spanaway on Aug. 28, 2015.

November 1, 2015 at 12:39 pm

JBLM transgender soldier anxiously awaits Army reforms VIEW

Soldier is ‘not-so-patiently’ waiting for a new Pentagon policy on transgender members of the military.

Local News

October 31, 2015 at 3:12 am

JBLM helicopter pilots may soon help fly unmanned drones

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Daniel Fernandez used to have a fast and dangerous mission on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan as an Army scout...

Local News

October 2, 2015 at 9:07 pm

Seattle VA office lost records; veterans told benefits ending

An inspection by the government showed that dozens of military veterans incorrectly received letters indicating they’d lose unemployment benefits after an overworked VA staff in...

September 20, 2015 at 7:36 pm

Army re-christens Stryker Brigade at Lewis-McChord

What looks like a simple name change for a Stryker Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord means much more for thousands of military families who passed...

September 20, 2015 at 4:54 pm

VA whistle-blower exposes problems at Federal Way center

An investigation has vindicated a former VA employee in Federal Way who quit after feeling ostracized for reporting that an administrator got away with falsifying...

July 9, 2015 at 5:08 pm

JBLM retains combat brigades but loses 4 smaller units

The Army on Thursday confirmed it’s cutting 1,250 positions for active-duty soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord over the next two years. It’ll get there by...

Local News

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