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Yelm Community Schools is seeking volunteers for what it calls a strategic planning committee as it prepares for another run at passing the educational programs and operations levy.
But the …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Before Yelm Community Schools Director of Assessment Kurt Fourre’s annual student assessment update to the school board, Superintendent Chris Woods said the Thursday, Feb. 27, presentation …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Yelm’s newest piece of artwork was unveiled on Tuesday, Feb. 18, just outside of Yelm Community Center, as Mural Mosaic’s Global Roots project unveiled its “America Connects Family …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Saturday, March 8
Yelm Dollars for Scholars 30th Annual Auction
Celebrate the 30th annual Yelm Dollars for Scholars auction from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Lake Lawrence …
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3/4/25
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Enjoy these snapshots of articles written in past issues of the Nisqually Valley News from 45, 35, 25 and 15 years ago, respectively.
A look back at this week, 45 years ago
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3/4/25
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The Thurston Regional Housing Council (RHC) led collaboration across Thurston County jurisdictions to complete the funding of a brand-new permanent supportive housing facility in Olympia.
In …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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3/4/25
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The Thurston County Board of Commissioners spent three quarters of its Wednesday, Feb. 26, work session in another tense debate regarding the potential hiring of a new executive aide for Commissioner …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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As Yelm Community Schools continues to face budget concerns, Olympia Federal Savings has stepped in to aid the district in its time of need.
Ryan Betz, OlyFed chief strategy and marketing …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Elouise Hemenway, a 13-year-old Cascade Christian junior high student, trains with her horse, Harley, at Rusty Bar Ranch in Roy. Recently,
Hemenway and Harley were awarded Horse Agility Junior …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Thurston County Democrats, an affiliate of the Washington State Democratic Party, stood firm in support of transgender students and “their right” to participate fully in public school …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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3/4/25
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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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