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My name is Jerry Toompas, and I’m running for Yelm City Council Position 2. The election is less than a week away, and I did what I could to show who I am and reach as many people as I could. I …
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10/31/23
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Dear editor,
Your best choice for Thurston County commissioner is Vivian Eason! She has 35 years of experience working at the county, but she is not a politician! She is for the people! …
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10/31/23
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Dear Thurston County voters,
We have a great opportunity for positive change with this election. You’ve probably seen headlines about chronic mismanagement at the Port of Olympia. As a …
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10/31/23
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President Biden’s $65 billion infrastructure bill contains $8 billion for regional hubs to develop ways to produce and distribute hydrogen fuel. One is planned for the Pacific Northwest and …
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By Don Brunell
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10/31/23
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The Interstate 405 and state Highway 167 toll lane experiment is losing money.
Now, the state Transportation Commission is considering increasing tolls by up to 80% to $18 each way on I-405. The …
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By Mark Harmsworth/Washington Policy Center
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10/31/23
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It’s a very interesting and important off-year election with the expansion of the Board of County Commissioners and the port commission. There is a tax proposal to bolster law enforcement also …
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10/24/23
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Emily Clouse is a competent, caring, hard-working alternative to anti-government, unaffiliated candidate Terry S. Ballard.
Terry Ballard is a destroyer who wants to tear down the county …
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10/24/23
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After decades of work and millions of dollars of restoration work, one of our region’s threatened salmon runs is showing encouraging signs of recovery — summer chum that return to the …
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By Ed Johnstone
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10/24/23
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Recently, at the Washington Policy Center’s Gala Awards Dinner, one of the nearly 1,000 attendees approached me and asked, “Liv, just what is school choice? Won’t it hurt public …
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By Liv Finne/Washington Policy Center
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10/24/23
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Vote Jasmine Vasavada for Port of Olympia District 1 to bring leadership that will stand up for our local community and small business. Port commissions have historically been the old boys club where …
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10/17/23
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The Nisqually Valley News ran an article in March of this year that covered a loss to Roy of $40,000, an overpayment in salary to the Roy treasurer, as well as other discrepancies.
While it was …
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10/17/23
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The citizens of Yelm have an opportunity to hold on to an amazing City Council member. Let’s not pass this one up. A compassionate and capable young woman, Ashley Lea Brooks is running to …
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10/17/23
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On July 26, 1945, after news spread across the island of Tinian in the Marianas, Navy Seabee Clarence Piper joined others to see the USS Indianapolis, a nearly 600-foot-long Portland-class heavy …
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By Julie McDonald/For the Nisqually Valley News
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10/17/23
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When Japanese bombers attacked U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Clarence Piper was a high school sophomore visiting his uncle in the hills of Oregon and read about the attack in the …
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By Julie McDonald/For the Nisqually Valley News
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10/10/23
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While media focus was on Joe Biden’s decree putting a tiny plot of land within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) off limits to oil and gas exploration, reporters ignored the bigger …
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By Don C. Brunell
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10/10/23
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“The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack.” — Freedom to Read
If you have never read the American Library Association’s Freedom …
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By Andrea Heisel/Timberland Regional Library
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10/3/23
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I am an optimist. I know this about myself. I always try to look at a situation from a “glass half full” perspective. I try to find the middle ground in most issues I write about.
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By Richard Stride /For The Nisqually Valley News
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10/3/23
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As the world becomes increasingly dynamic and interconnected, the importance of making informed decisions about education, training and employment has never been more evident. Yelm Community Schools …
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By Chris Woods
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9/26/23
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There is an axiom: Don’t let “the perfect” get in the way of the good! That is important to remember when it comes to improving our air quality.
While climate activists want to …
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By Don C. Brunell
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9/26/23
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By Liv Finne
Washington Policy Center
Earlier this year Senator John Braun (R-Centralia) introduced SB 5248 to provide funding for individual tutoring to help students recover from the …
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By Liv Finne/Washington Policy Center
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9/26/23
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