Tacoma Power Officials Say Dams Likely Prevented More Severe Nisqually Flooding

By Eric Rosane / erosane@yelmonline.com

Posted 2/26/20

Stan Strand thumbs through a scrapbook of photos showing flood damage from the 1996 flood on a recent Monday afternoon at Tacoma Power’s Nisqually River Project.

Grainy 5-by-7 photographs …

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Attorney: Thurston County commissioner removed from board assignments as county investigates ‘brief dating relationship’

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