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During a Yelm City Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Yelm City Council, excluding councilor Tracey Wood, who abstained from his decision, voted 6-0 in favor of a resolution that expresses …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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10/21/26
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The lifelong benefits of playing sports were explored at a forum for girls held at Yelm High School (YHS) on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Moderated by YHS Career and Technical Education (CTE) Director Teri …
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Cindy Teixeira / For Nisqually Valley News
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10/21/26
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Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders announced on Facebook on Monday, Oct. 19, that the suspect wanted in connection to the death of a five-year-old child last year has been arrested in Yelm after a …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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10/21/26
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Former Washington state Representative, and current Port of Tacoma Position No. 4 Commissioner, JT Wilcox voiced his support toward the upcoming Yelm Community Schools (YCS) levy measure — which …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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10/21/26
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There is no telling how long it could take for Seattle to recover $13.1 million in overpayments to hundreds of police officers, Mayor Katie Wilson’s office said Monday, or if it can at all.
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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10/21/26
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High costs and lengthy permitting processes are two of the barriers to bringing nuclear-powered electricity to customers in Idaho, officials from three electrical utilities told state regulators …
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Clark Corbin / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/21/26
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Republican Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador and Gov. Brad Little’s re-election campaigns received more than $20,000 each in donations from tobacco and nicotine manufacturers.
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Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/21/26
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Next year, Oregon will pay an average of nearly $630 more per member every month to the organizations arranging providers for the vast majority of Oregon’s 1.4 million Medicaid members under new …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/21/26
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An eastern Oregon city that has for the last decade welcomed some of the largest data centers in the state is fighting Gov. Tina Kotek’s recent order meant to temporarily pause data center …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/21/26
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SEATTLE — Washington’s hospitals anticipate losing nearly $6 billion in revenue through 2033 due to steep Medicaid cuts in the coming months.
That’s according to a new report from the …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/20/26
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Bears are having a very bad year.
Across much of the United States, a warm winter and persistent drought have decimated the natural foods that black and brown bears rely on. With nearly …
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Alex Brown / Stateline
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10/20/26
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Under pressure from Gov. Bob Ferguson, the Washington state Building Code Council is wrestling with how far it can bend residential energy codes to speed up rebuilding homes destroyed by wildfires …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/20/26
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and comedian Mike Myers made the phrase “elbows up” a national rallying cry in the midst of a trade war incited by the Trump administration.
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Tom Banse / Washington State Standard
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10/20/26
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Dozens of Thurston County residents returned their ballots to a county drop box Saturday morning as part of an organized effort to encourage early voting in the Nov. 3 midterm election.
Olympia …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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10/19/26
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As fall and winter approach, Thurston County Emergency Management is reminding residents that now is the time to prepare for flooding and understand their household's risk.
Flooding is one of …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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10/19/26
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Washington’s largest state agency is preparing for a difficult 2027 budget by pursuing two strategies at once: pulling back where it can while trying to modernize how it delivers services.
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By Paul W. Taylor / TVW
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10/19/26
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Thurston County Public Health & Social Services (PHSS) is reporting a toxic algae bloom in Pattison Lake.
Lab results from a sample taken from Pattison Lake on 10/16/2026 detected …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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10/19/26
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Federal officials intercepted a “suspicious package” addressed to Oregon’s election office before it arrived in the state, Secretary of State Tobias Read said Friday.
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Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/18/26
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With the November election looming less than three weeks away, Oregonians took to the streets Saturday in the nation’s first vote-by-mail state to slam the Trump administration and encourage their …
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Shaanth Nanguneri and Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/18/26
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The emerald ash borer, one of the most destructive invasive pests in the nation, has been detected in multiple trees outside of Walla Walla in eastern Washington .
Late last month, an arborist …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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10/18/26
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