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An Olympia resident is facing possible DUI charges after she was involved in a rollover crash in Mason County on Tuesday.
Jasmine R. Devreax, 32, of Olympia, was reportedly travelling …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/24/26
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Thurston County government has received 30 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NaCO), an independent organization that evaluates local government innovation and public …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/24/26
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Washington state’s gas tax, already among the highest in the nation, is going up next week.
The state’s per-gallon fuel tax of 55.4 cents will climb 1.1 cents on July 1. The 2% bump is the …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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6/24/26
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Washington state’s gas tax, already among the highest in the nation, is going up next week.
The state’s per-gallon fuel tax of 55.4 cents will climb 1.1 cents on July 1. The 2% bump is the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/24/26
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Thursday, June 25 Prairie Days Bingo The annual Prairie Days Bingo event is set to return from 5 p.m. to 8 on Thursday, June 25, at the Yelm Community Center. The free event welcomes community …
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6/24/26
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In an effort to revitalize Yelm’s downtown corridor region, the city has renovated and repaved Third Street in preparation of re-working Washington Avenue, McKenzie Avenue, Fourth Street and Mosman …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/24/26
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Amidst evidence of signature gatherers being harassed, Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown is offering his support to prosecute those trying to interfere with the initiative and referendum …
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Sam Cardwell / Mountain States Policy Center
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6/24/26
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When I was younger, I used to hear people talk about “the people who stay.” Sometimes it was said with admiration, sometimes it wasn’t. There was often an assumption buried inside the phrase …
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By Wayne Fournier
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6/24/26
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As the City of Yelm works toward a development agreement with Blue Fern Development over a 640-acre property, managed by the Redmond-based business, Mayor Joe DePinto said the city is carefully …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/24/26
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Bill DeVore, owner of the 507 Taproom and Filling Station in Yelm, has always aimed to bring something new and unique to residents of Yelm and surrounding cities through events and activities at his …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/24/26
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For many residents of Yelm and surrounding areas, anticipation of the construction and completion of the decades-awaited Yelm Loop project has turned into a pipe dream after numerous delays in timing …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/24/26
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Each year, Yelm’s Prairie Days Parade aims to honor the roots and heritage of the 100-year plus history of the city. While the celebration of Yelm at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, remains the center …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/24/26
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State workers in Washington are about to get a raise, while secretive union negotiations that could include another raise get underway.
A two percent pay hike negotiated as part of a 2025 …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/23/26
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The Thurston County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve $15.29 million in homeless services contracts for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
The approval of funding to 17 organizations …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/23/26
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Washington’s state Supreme Court justices will weigh in on where a transgender woman held in state prisons should be confined, as the state faces a federal probe over the issue.
The court on …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/23/26
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States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing.
Some of these changes include allowing low-rise apartment …
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Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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6/23/26
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Documents that show up in criminal investigations undertaken by Oregon law enforcement are not automatically exempt from disclosure under state public records law, the Oregon Court of Appeals …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/23/26
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Warming temperatures at the equator could paradoxically bring the Northwest a wet fall and high winter snowpack, according to climatologists.
The West could be in for “one of the strongest El …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/23/26
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As the Democratic Party’s national leaders engaged in public soul-searching after a disastrous 2024 election cycle, their counterparts in Washington state celebrated a banner year.
Democrats …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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6/23/26
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The Washington Department of Labor & Industries expects its investigation into the deadly Longview tank implosion that killed 11 workers to take most of the six months allowed under state law, …
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By Paul W. Taylor, TVW
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6/22/26
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