Local non-profit Love Abounds Here, which aims to provide resources and services to homeless individuals in Yelm and surrounding areas, stepped up to help during January’s winter freeze in …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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2/6/24
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While Yelm Community Schools places a replacement levy on the ballot every four years, the 2024 edition on the Feb. 13 special election ballot may fund more crucial services for students than other …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/6/24
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Feb. 13 serves as a date of extreme importance for the Rainier School District (RSD) as residents will vote on two levies to provide more funding for the three schools within the district.
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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2/6/24
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Standing Room Only, Yelm’s community-led theater group, invites residents to Yelm’s Outpost Church on Feb. 17 to watch two separate showings of its “Love Ballads and …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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2/6/24
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It’s a new year, and Yelm business Funtime Toys and Gifts is ready for it.
Heather Ekland founded the business on the internet in 2006 as freedomdaysales.com and became a brick-and-mortar …
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By Brandon Hansen /For The Nisqually Valley News
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2/6/24
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A Yelm man and woman were arrested and booked into Thurston County Jail early Thursday, Feb. 1, after a standoff with police.
Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/6/24
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A man driving in the Rainier area was arrested for first-degree assault with a deadly weapon against law enforcement after an incident early Saturday, Feb. 3.
According to Thurston County …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/6/24
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A Dodge Ram truck crashed in front of the Yelm High School entrance on Tuesday, Jan. 31, taking down several trees, two lamp posts and a sign. No one was injured, and the driver was not impaired, …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/6/24
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Thursday, Feb. 8
Family Storytime
Join the Yelm Timberland Library from 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Thursday for family storytime. The event includes music, movement, books and activities …
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2/6/24
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Three Nisqually Valley students representing two universities took home dean’s list honors for the fall term.
• Tayettin Brodzinski, Yelm, University of Minnesota-Crookston
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2/6/24
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Dancing Goats and Singing Chickens Organic Farm isn’t a typical farm.
Founded in 2017, owner Dr. Muhammad Ayub teaches residents different aspects of agriculture through hands-on …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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1/30/24
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After 50 years of coaching Yelm High School’s boys wrestling program, Gaylord Strand will officially retire at the conclusion of the 2023-24 regular season.
On Tuesday, Jan. 23, …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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1/30/24
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Talks of the YMCA expanding into Yelm continue to heat up as Kyle Cronk, South Sound YMCA CEO, led a special presentation at the Yelm City Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Cronk …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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1/30/24
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Starting in the 2024-25 season, Yelm High School athletics will be a member of the 4A South Puget Sound League classification. The move was made official by the Washington Interscholastic Activities …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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1/30/24
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While the week-long “Great Kindness Challenge” has existed in some form within Yelm Community Schools’ elementary schools for almost a decade, the event was bigger than ever from …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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1/30/24
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Yelm High School junior John Leland took home second place in the 2023 fall qualifier Microsoft Office Specialist Washington State Championship in the Excel category. He competed against students …
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Nisqually Valley News staff
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1/30/24
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Line Roy’s hard work in growing the city’s planned events in 2022-23 from two to 49, and efforts in expanding the city’s reach online has paid off as the communication and …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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1/30/24
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With tax season quickly approaching, Yelm’s Timberland Library will offer free in-person tax preparation services and e-filing with help from AARP Foundation’s tax-aide volunteers.
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Nisqually Valley News staff
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1/30/24
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The walls and rooms at Cari Thompson’s house in Yelm are currently bare as all of her artwork sits inside the Thomas Architecture Studio in Olympia. Her art gallery in Olympia features 32 …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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1/30/24
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Beth Stock takes pride in being a female business owner in the tree service industry. The longtime Roy resident is the owner of She Cuts It Tree Service, a business that started on a whim.
She …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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1/30/24
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