With a new school year beginning soon, it is appropriate to address a nationwide epidemic — child trafficking. 

The Yelm City Park is a wonderful place for families, and the city workers need to be congratulated for their efforts. 

Kudos to Bob and Becky Lincoln of Yelm who, in the letters to the editor section of the Aug. 1 edition of this newspaper, opined that we need more articles in the paper about Jesus and “the values our country was founded on.” 

In response to the commentary by Pastor Jeff Adams in the July 18 edition of the Nisqually Valley News, we would like to state we need more articles in the NVN focused on religion.

Sixty-two inmates, citizens of Washington state, are behind bars for life due to a now defunct “Three Strikes You’re Out” law.

To the Yelm City Council:

I have seen the many wonderful things the Yelm Rotary Club does!

In her recent guest column published in last week’s edition of the Nisqually Valley News, I was disappointed to read Sen. Randi Becker wrongly state that the senior exemption bill passed this past session “only affects those in King County” and falsely state that “none of the seniors in our …

Each April for the past 35 years I’ve said the same thing: This was the most challenging North of Falcon process we’ve ever had. Every year that’s true, as the tribal and state salmon co-managers’ job of sharing and rebuilding a steadily shrinking resource becomes more difficult.

It seems like a long time ago, but we are three months removed from the passage of the bond measure that will replace Yelm Middle School and Southworth Elementary, as well as provide safety upgrades at the other campuses.  We have been on an aggressive and positive path with our architects a…