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Yelm City Council unanimously voted to accept a Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) grant for its upcoming Rhoton Road NW reconstruction project during a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/20/26
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Several community members took to the podium during the public comments portion of a Yelm City Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13, to speak out against the City of Yelm annexing parts of …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/20/26
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Reviews are in for Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s debut budget blueprint. They are mostly two thumbs down.
In the course of six hours of public hearings over three days last week, dozens of …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/19/26
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Lacey firefighters rescued a mother and four children from an apartment fire early Saturday morning.
Three of the occupants were treated for minor smoke inhalation, but no other injuries were …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/19/26
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At about 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Thurston County Commissioner Emily Clouse posted a live video to her official Facebook page documenting herself getting out of her car in Lacey and walking past several …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/19/26
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The Washington state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be transferring 25 surplus wildland fire engines at no cost to fire districts in wildfire-prone communities around Washington state …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/19/26
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O Bee Credit Union has been named one of America’s Best Regional Credit Unions for 2026 by Newsweek for the second year in a row.
The award recognizes O Bee’s dedication to members and its …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/19/26
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On Tuesday, Jan. 13, members of the Bucoda Town Council convened for their first regular meeting of 2026 at the Bucoda Community Center to discuss a number of agenda items, including changing the …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/19/26
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The City of Olympia reaffirmed its commitment to equity last week with three proclamations to a packed city council chambers recognizing several national days of observance.
The …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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1/19/26
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the Washington state Senate and House of Representatives have introduced bills to begin crowdfunding to support additional efforts to control an invasive sea …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/19/26
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Washington Policy Center and the Citizen Action Defense Fund are applying more pressure in their lawsuit that hopes to force the Department of Ecology to produce climate data as required by the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/19/26
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A Washington Republican lawmaker, who has spent several years trying to garner support for a commission on boys and men, feels her legislation has been coopted by the other party, with vastly …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/19/26
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Legislation that would provide large subsidies for power hookup to Washington industries focusing on alternative energy options cleared the state House Thursday, but not before passionate testimony …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/19/26
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The Trump administration has launched a series of investigations into various public schools and state departments of education across the country over Title IX allegations related to the …
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By Esther Wickham / The Center Square
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1/19/26
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Congress this week approved a $3.2 billion budget for the Hanford nuclear reservation’s cleanup in fiscal 2026 — a more than $200 million increase from the prior two years.
That is more than …
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By John Stang / The Washington State Standard
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1/19/26
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Avery Ping had a knack for noticing who in a room might be having a bad day and checking in on them. He wanted to be a psychiatrist.
But the Olympia teen was addicted to his screen, his …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/19/26
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An Olympia man was charged Friday in Thurston County Superior Court for connections to a body found on a dead-end roadway in the Yelm area on Jan. 12.
James Wade Brady, 67, currently …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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1/16/26
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Three Washington state senators said the biting testimony Pierce County’s sheriff delivered during a committee hearing Thursday was threatening to legislators.
Sheriff Keith Swank delivered …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/16/26
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Members of the Tenino City Council convened for their first regular meeting of 2026 on Tuesday, Jan. 13, and welcomed two newly elected councilors — Tianne Curtiss and Adam Carney.
To begin …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/16/26
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A new bill sponsored by state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, would allow workers injured on the job to record independent medical examinations.
Abbarno pre-filed House Bill 2336, which would …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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