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Thursday, Jan. 8 Yelm boys basketball hosts Emerald Ridge Yelm High School’s boys basketball team will host the 4A SPSL’s Emerald Ridge at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, inside of YHS’s …
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1/6/26
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Two men were found dead at separate rest areas off of Interstate 5 within hours in Thurston County on Saturday, Jan. 3. The deaths were unrelated and are not believed to be the result of foul play. …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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1/6/26
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After winning the race for Yelm City Council position no. 3 by 35 votes in last November’s Thurston County general election, Griselda Arias — who defeated incumbent Joshua Crossmant for the seat …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/6/26
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A candlelight vigil has been planned for the case of Karen Bodine, the 37-year-old mother of three from Thurston County who was found dead near a gravel pit in Rochester on Jan. 22, 2007. “This …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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1/6/26
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After defeating challenger JW Foster in the 2025 Thurston County general election last November, Mayor Joe DePinto has his sights set on improvements to public safety, recreational opportunities, …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/6/26
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Despite bidding for the Yelm Loop project being postponed from last winter into this spring, those familiar with the project still anticipate it going to construction in the summer of 2026. Cody …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/6/26
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Dancing Needles Tattoo has often held the tradition of allowing its apprentice to host a fundraiser inside the shop, and this month, shop mentee Kahlil Hynson will host a five-day event in an effort …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/6/26
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Blanche Barajas and Gary Bode have very different ideas about fluoridation. She’s pro. He’s against.
As city council members in Pasco and Lynden, respectively, they fought two of seven …
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John Stang / Washington State Standard
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1/6/26
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A portion of Yelm Avenue was closed for over an hour from First Street to Fourth Street during the afternoon hours of Monday, Jan. 5, due to a bomb scare at Fairway Real Estate — located 222 East …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/5/26
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As Olympia faces another shortfall, state health care officials said Monday that the governor’s supplemental budget proposal could impact Washington’s Recovery Navigator Program.
The …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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1/5/26
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While motorists in much of the rest of the nation are seeing gas prices below $3 a gallon, drivers in Washington state continue to deal with fuel costs averaging closer to $4 a gallon, thanks to …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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1/5/26
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An anti-tax crowd gathered at the state capitol in Olympia on Saturday, with protesters expressing frustration over a lack of affordability and even touching on concerns about alleged daycare fraud …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/5/26
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The Thurston County Clerk’s Office is closing its in-person customer service counters and shifting entirely online, effective Jan. 20.
The change is due to budget cuts, the Thurston …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Three Tenino High School alumni will be inducted into the 2025 Tenino Athletics Hall of Fame class during halftime of the boys basketball game on Friday, Jan. 23.
Jessica Brathovd, Matt Whitmire …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Starting late last month, Canadian power company TransAlta started the first steps of addressing any needed environmental cleanup at the company's Centralia plant.
The public will have the next …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/5/26
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A missing juvenile was located on top of a train trestle in Rainier over state Route 507 and guided down by police Monday morning.
The Rainier School District school resource office, employed …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Washington is close to opening a new incentive program for commercial fleet operators to transition trucks and other vehicles to models that run on electric or hydrogen power.
Industry groups …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/5/26
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Supporters of two citizen initiatives, one focused on parental rights and another on barring transgender athletes from girls’ sports, moved closer Friday to getting those measures before the …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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1/5/26
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Let's Go Washington has a Friday deadline – the day after New Year’s Day – to submit nearly 309,000 valid signatures for two new legislative initiatives concerning parental rights in schools …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/2/26
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At 9 a.m. on New Year's Day, a crowd swarmed around the normally sleepy Offut Lake Resort near Tenino.
People bundled in sweatpants, jackets and scarves scurried into the Lady of the Lake Public …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/2/26
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