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The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has awarded an $886,999 joint grant to the Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nisqually Community Forest and Northwest Natural Resource Group to build forest resiliency in …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Two representatives from the Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC) took to the podium during the Tuesday, Feb. 25, Yelm City Council meeting to discuss where TRPC is at in the process of creating …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Yelm Public Works and Thurston County Public Works collaborated on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Prairie Elementary to provide the community with updates about several new roundabouts planned for the next …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Yelm High School class of 2021 graduate Dylan Jemtegaard is making strides in the classroom and on the gridiron as a mechanical engineering student and football player at the University of …
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By the Nisqually Valley News staff
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3/4/25
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A bill that would require public colleges and universities in Washington state to offer medication abortion through student health centers has died in the Senate Ways & Means Committee.
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By Tate Miller / The Center Square
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3/3/25
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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the City of Tenino made international headlines when it brought back a Great Depression-era wooden scrip currency program in order to help keep the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Protesters held up signs and chanted as cars passed by during a “Protect Our Parks” protest along state Route 706 outside of the Nisqually entrance to Mount Rainier National Park near …
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3/3/25
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John Rogers James, an early pioneer of South Thurston County, wrote his memoirs before his death in 1929 and listed the names of people who settled Grand Mound in its early years — the same …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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3/3/25
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The Tenino Honor Roll Committee, in partnership with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5878 and the City of Tenino, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new veterans monument at Tenino …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Just 30 minutes north of Shelton in the Olympic National Forest, one of the tallest railway arch bridges in the United States towers over the Skokomish River.
Originally a logging railroad …
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By Ridley Hudson / ridley@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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The Tenino No. 564 Fraternal Order of Eagles in downtown Tenino was bustling on Saturday, March 1, for James “Jim” Gardner’s 100th birthday celebration, which was attended by …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a suspect on Wednesday, Feb. 26, who allegedly made bomb threats and was driving recklessly with a 4-year-old family member in their car.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Washington’s Tumwater School District faces a federal investigation from the Trump administration over allowing a transgender athlete from an opposing team to compete in a girls’ high …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/3/25
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray will skip President Donald Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, saying in a statement he is “spitting in the face of the law.”
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/3/25
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Attorneys for a former Armenian refugee held in the federal immigrant detention center in Tacoma say he has been unable to get medical treatment for months, leaving his family worried he could soon …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/3/25
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This article was first published by TVW.
State lawmakers in Olympia are again debating a plan to establish a road usage charge for funding state highways. Supporters say the change would be more …
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By Mike McClanahan / TVW
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3/3/25
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School districts across Washington state would receive more funding for materials, supplies and operating costs, known as MSOC, under a bill that passed out of the House Appropriations Committee on …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/1/25
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More legislation fell by the wayside Friday in the Washington Legislature, including bills on signature gathering for ballot initiatives, free school meals and ballot box tampering.
Friday …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero and Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/1/25
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The state Senate passed a bill Friday afternoon to make religious leaders mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect. Supporters say the move is crucial to protecting children from harm, …
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By Albert James / Murrow News
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3/1/25
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Despite pleas from across the state, lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that could allow homeless individuals to sue over the “objective reasonableness” of local camping bans.
House …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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2/28/25
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