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Yelm Community Schools Superintendent Chris Woods honored Starla Watson, Lackamas Elementary School Principal, with the distinguished leadership award ahead of her departure to North Carolina during …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/3/26
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If you and your family live within the Nisqually Valley region, there’s a strong chance that you and your loved ones have encountered an active duty soldier, a veteran or a military family. With …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/3/26
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Yelm City Councilors looked to re-tool the city’s commissions and committees by confirming all four of Mayor Joe DePinto’s appointee recommendations during a meeting on Tuesday, May 26. The four …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/3/26
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It’s no secret that Yelm Community Schools is going through financial hardships amidst a district-wide quadruple levy failure, and with those struggles comes budget reductions. However, two of Yelm …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/3/26
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The Yelm Community Schools Board of Directors approved several items during a board meeting on Thursday, May 28, including a new contract for Superintendent Chris Woods, the acceptance of several …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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6/3/26
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Yelm High School (YHS) senior Sophia Mohrweis has been named a semi-finalist for the prestigious United States Presidential Scholars Program, and is one of 671 students across the U.S. to earn this …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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6/3/26
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The driver who died in a head-on collision with a dump truck in Tenino on May 18 has been identified as 75 year-old James “Jim” Emerson of Rochester.
His cause of death was due to …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/2/26
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Last week, petitioners hoping to ban fishing and hunting in Oregon reached a milestone in their attempt to change state law.
Initiative Petition 28 , led by Portland-based animal rights …
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By Mia Maldonado / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/2/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging Washington state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
The case, Curtis v. Inslee, sought to challenge former …
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Andrew Rice | The Center Square
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6/2/26
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Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central …
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By Tim Henderson / Stateline
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6/2/26
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There were fewer homeless people in the United States on a single night in January 2025 than in January 2024, but homelessness increased in 28 states, according to the latest federal count.
The …
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By Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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6/2/26
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For years, Washington state enjoyed a level of economic prosperity that former governor and Challenge Seattle CEO Christine Gregoire says stakeholders can no longer take for granted.
“Our luck …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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6/1/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson is rejecting a lead Republican’s proposal to temporarily suspend Washington’s cap-and-trade program to decrease prices at the pump.
In the last three months, retail …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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6/1/26
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Lacey City Council member and Thurston County commissioner candidate Nic Dunning is eligible to vote and to run for office, Thurston County Auditor Mary Hall ruled Thursday.
Hall held a hearing …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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6/1/26
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Following are the proclamations issued by local governments within Thurston County during the month of May.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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6/1/26
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Critics may not care for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt’s plan to deal with the drug-addicted homeless population, but a taxpayers organization and an economist say it isn't a bad …
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By Chris Woodward / The Center Square contributor
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6/1/26
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A new ranking of how state agencies, utilities, school districts and other public agencies respond to public records requests show which ones are most responsive, and which ones have work to do.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/1/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging Washington state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
The case, Curtis v. Inslee, sought to challenge former …
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By Andrew Rice / The Center Square
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6/1/26
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Washington’s rural counties saw the largest drops in insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to extend subsidies that helped consumers …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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6/1/26
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A former youth pastor accused of sexually assaulting minors at church functions in Thurston County in 2015 and 2019 is now facing charges.
Detectives with the Renton Police Department …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/29/26
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