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Hope For Wild Hearts, a small non-profit organization starting on Lacamas Valley Ranch, hosted its first fundraising event with the Rockin' Country Music Gala featuring The Olson Brothers Band and …
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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8/20/24
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Thousands of visitors took to Yelm City Park and surrounding streets on Saturday, July 27, for the fifth annual Nisqually Valley Barbecue Rally, which was deemed “incredibly successful” …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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7/30/24
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Smoke from barbecues filled Second Street Southeast in Yelm on Friday, July 26, and Saturday, July 27, as 13 different teams prepared for the annual “Amateur Andy” competition at the …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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7/30/24
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Six young chefs whipped up their best burgers for the Nisqually Valley Barbecue Rally Youth Burger Contest on Saturday, July 27, at Yelm City Park.
Andrew Sponton, an incoming sixth grader at …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/30/24
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The Yelm High School class of 1974 is celebrating its 50th reunion with events from Friday, Aug. 9 through Sunday, Aug. 11. The reunion begins with a no-host social from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, …
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By The Nisqually Valley News Staff
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7/30/24
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Mattias Tammekänd, a student at the University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia, was unexpectedly placed in Yelm for his summer internship with Southwestern Advantage to sell educational books to …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/30/24
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Bly Forsythe was often disciplined in school for writing short stories on notebook paper when she should have been studying or working on homework. She felt confined by restrictions on writing …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/30/24
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Everson Farm in Yelm transformed into a battlefield this past weekend for a Civil War reenactment hosted by the Washington Civil War Association (WCWA).
Over 100 reenactors dressed in their best …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/23/24
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When Roy resident James Baumann’s son was attacked by a dog, he became addicted to OxyContin. That was when Baumann noticed a lack of …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/23/24
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Prestige Senior Living Rosemont’s annual rodeo is back for a free afternoon of country fun, including live music, a barbecue dinner, farm animals and more. The event will take place from 3 p.m. …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/16/24
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The Thurston County Fair is accepting open class entries from July 22 through July 29 at the Thurston County Fairgrounds. Categories include open class photography, foods, hobbies and crafts, art and …
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By The Nisqually Valley News Staff
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7/16/24
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Brendan Coulliette, an incoming seventh grader at Eagle View Christian School, is determined to further cement himself as the best youth burger chef in the Nisqually Valley during the Nisqually …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/16/24
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Local residents and paradegoers, many sporting patriotic attire, packed the shoulders of Warren Street in Roy as the Lacamas Community Center hosted the annual Fourth of July parade near the Roy …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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7/9/24
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Lacamas Valley Ranch in Roy is hosting a two-day summer market filled with vendors, rummage tables, horse tack, a food truck and farm animals, July 13 and July 14, to raise money to start a nonprofit …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/9/24
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Joann Wittler heard God’s voice, crystal clear, say to her at church in 2013 that she “will be the mother to many.” She had raised four children of her own, but she had no idea what …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/9/24
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Eighth Grade 4.0
Adapon, Lincon Jacob Balbuena
Bassett, Mia Elizabeth
Batarao, Julianne Faner
Farnsworth, Evan Darrell
Frisk, Corbin Riley
Hennig, Zephyr Layne
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7/9/24
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Performing on stage is a thrilling experience for members of the 133d Army National Guard Band. But performing on stage in uniform is a different kind of thrill.
The six rock musicians of the …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/1/24
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Photos by Jacob Dimond
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7/1/24
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Members of Mopar Nation, a car group based out of western Washington, gathered in Yelm and Olympia before taking off on a cruise up U.S. Route 101 on Saturday, June 29.
The nonprofit …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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7/1/24
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Yelm’s FFA Alumni Association helped local residents and supporters of the organization light up the sky leading up to and on the Fourth of July, as its annual fireworks sale returned to the …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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7/1/24
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