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Yelm City Council voted 6-1 to approve a $2.23 million construction contract with Active Construction Inc. for the downtown activated alleyway “Fuller Footpath” project, with councilor Tracey …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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9/18/26
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Yelm City Council took action on several items, including a contract agreement with Yelm Community Schools for a school resource officer (SRO) for the 2026-27 school year and a budget amendment to …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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9/18/26
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One of Thurston County’s most contentious races, the Thurston County Commissioner District 5 race, is heating up after a candidate was eliminated in the August primary. Incumbent Emily Clouse and …
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Emily Fitzgerald / For Nisqually Valley News
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9/18/26
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Three colors set on cloth with specific dimensions in a precise design symbolize a variety of notions and ideologies when it comes to the flag of the United States. It flies atop poles, is …
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Cindy Teixeira / For Nisqually Valley News
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9/18/26
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What could have very easily been a local tragedy ended up with a storybook ending, as Thomas Goodwin, a 54-year old man who went missing during a Civil War reenactment in Yelm on Saturday, Sept. 5, …
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9/18/26
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The man accused of shooting at two Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputies during a seven-hour standoff in Rainier last week has been released from jail. Jon William Day, 65, of Rainier, posted a …
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Emily Fitzgerald / For Nisqually Valley News
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9/18/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and others opposed to IL26-001 concerning parental rights held a press conference Thursday morning to urge voters to reject the measure on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/17/26
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Four salmon habitat restoration projects in Thurston County were recently awarded a combined total of $1.08 million in state grants.
The grants are among the 75 announced this week …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/17/26
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The state Supreme Court on Thursday invalidated a ballot measure approved by voters in 2024 that sought to slow Washington’s shift from natural gas toward technology like electric heat pumps.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/17/26
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A Thurston County Sheriff's Office patrol deputy has been terminated for failing to investigate a domestic violence incident and misrepresenting material, the sheriff’s office announced …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/16/26
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Washington’s new permit-to-purchase requirement for firearms is moving from the statehouse to implementation, with the Washington State Patrol now building the system that will require firearm …
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By Austin Reed / The Center Square
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9/16/26
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People usually think of a community’s exports as the things it produces, like timber, agriculture and manufacturing. Maybe some product or industry that puts a place on the map. I’ve always …
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Commentary by Wayne Fournier / For The Chronicle
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9/16/26
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Thurston County is reconsidering the terms of a $169,000 contract with an Oregon nonprofit to develop and launch a regional Home Energy Score program after learning that two of its three regional …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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9/16/26
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Association of Washington Business (AWB) leadership will support efforts to repeal the state's new high earners income tax dubbed by its creators as the “millionaire’s tax” as well as three …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/16/26
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Deep in the shadow of Mount Rainier, Gifford “Marco” Pinchot IV stands in a dense true fir grove of trees. Pinchot, executive director of the Nisqually Community Forest and great-grandson of the …
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By Candra Burns for Thurston Chronicle
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9/15/26
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Two of Washington’s hottest ballot battles will be the subject of prime-time televised debates next month.
On Oct. 8, a former congresswoman and the leader of a statewide labor organization …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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9/15/26
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Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, will hold two mobile office hour sessions in the area this month.
Gluesenkamp Perez’s office announced Monday it would hold a three-hour …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/14/26
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A shooting suspect arrested Sept. 5 after eluding police for a week is back in the community after posting bail.
John Paul Cooper, 69, is accused of shooting a 58-year-old man in Tenino shortly …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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9/14/26
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One person was injured in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of state Route 510 and Mullen Road Southeast in Thurston County on Friday.
A gray 1995 Honda Civic driven by Amos Volasco, …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/14/26
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A Kelso man is facing possible DUI, reckless driving and hit-and-run charges after he allegedly caused a crash on northbound Interstate 5 in Thurston County on Friday.
The crash was …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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9/14/26
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