I would like to see our local pastors Jeff Adams and Sylvia Peterson back in the Nisqually Valley News once a week. 

An observation for your readers in response to your story, “Yelm Council Passes Design, Cost Estimate Agreement for Educational Center and Business Incubator.” 

The first time I heard about climate change I was 6, standing in front of the bustling Proctor Farmers Market with my dad, who was petitioning. The scientific projections, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes were existential threats for my non-existent grandchildren.

With Representative Mike Pellicciotti stepping down from the Washington state House to run for treasurer, there is an open seat for the 30th district this election cycle. 

Yelm Mayor JW Foster and the executive team presented to the council on Tuesday, Oct. 13, a first draft of the 2021-2022 biennium budget that includes roughly $14.4 million in anticipated revenue and $14.67 million in anticipated expenditures in the general fund. 

One of the president’s many failings in addressing the crisis of COVID-19 has been his inability to understand a simple but difficult reality: That we cannot address the economic crisis until we address the core public health crisis and actually get this virus under control with a national plan. 

Please educate yourself as to what is at stake in the upcoming 2020 election. Seniors, look at what is proposed for cutting Social Security and Medicare by the current administration. Young families, look at what is at stake if you get your health care through the Affordable Care Act and tha…

I just realized the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare and pre-existing conditions are toast, as is Social Security.

Don’t vote for Marilyn Strickland for 10th Congressional seat; the Puyallup Tribe is still suing Tacoma to stop construction of LNG plant.

I’m writing in Marty McClendon for Congress in our 10th Congressional District.