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Yelm Education Association (YEA) has formally submitted a vote of no confidence in Yelm Community Schools Superintendent Chris Woods. 77.7% of voting YEA members voted in favor of the no confidence …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/6/26
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After winning the race for Yelm City Council position no. 3 by 35 votes in last November’s Thurston County general election, Griselda Arias — who defeated incumbent Joshua Crossmant for the seat …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/6/26
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After defeating challenger JW Foster in the 2025 Thurston County general election last November, Mayor Joe DePinto has his sights set on improvements to public safety, recreational opportunities, …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/6/26
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Dancing Needles Tattoo has often held the tradition of allowing its apprentice to host a fundraiser inside the shop, and this month, shop mentee Kahlil Hynson will host a five-day event in an effort …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/6/26
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A portion of Yelm Avenue was closed for over an hour from First Street to Fourth Street during the afternoon hours of Monday, Jan. 5, due to a bomb scare at Fairway Real Estate — located 222 East …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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1/5/26
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As Olympia faces another shortfall, state health care officials said Monday that the governor’s supplemental budget proposal could impact Washington’s Recovery Navigator Program.
The …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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1/5/26
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An anti-tax crowd gathered at the state capitol in Olympia on Saturday, with protesters expressing frustration over a lack of affordability and even touching on concerns about alleged daycare fraud …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/5/26
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The Thurston County Clerk’s Office is closing its in-person customer service counters and shifting entirely online, effective Jan. 20.
The change is due to budget cuts, the Thurston …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Three Tenino High School alumni will be inducted into the 2025 Tenino Athletics Hall of Fame class during halftime of the boys basketball game on Friday, Jan. 23.
Jessica Brathovd, Matt Whitmire …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Fertile Ground has announced the 2026 Grow Your Own Produce Workshop Series, a seasonal educational online program designed for gardeners of all skill levels who want to grow abundant food in their …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Starting late last month, Canadian power company TransAlta started the first steps of addressing any needed environmental cleanup at the company's Centralia plant.
The public will have the next …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/5/26
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A missing juvenile was located on top of a train trestle in Rainier over state Route 507 and guided down by police Monday morning.
The Rainier School District school resource office, employed …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Ahead of the November 1932 election, organizers in Washington gathered enough signatures to place an initiative on the ballot asking whether the state should adopt a graduated tax on personal and …
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By Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review
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1/5/26
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Bail is set at $75,000 for a Thurston County man accused of raping a drunk woman at a New Year’s Eve party in Chehalis.
Louie Edward Young, 31, of Rochester, was arrested and booked into …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/2/26
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A Thurston County man is facing possible DUI charges after he allegedly crossed the center lane of state Route 3 and crashed into a dump truck near Shelton on Friday.
Kenneth S. McMillian, …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/2/26
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At 9 a.m. on New Year's Day, a crowd swarmed around the normally sleepy Offut Lake Resort near Tenino.
People bundled in sweatpants, jackets and scarves scurried into the Lady of the Lake Public …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/2/26
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A vehicle in Mason County was suspended by powerlines on U.S. 101 on Thursday night, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The driver struck powerlines over the roadway and "continued …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/2/26
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Washington state Reps. Matt Marshall, R-Eatonville, and Hunter Abell, R-Inchelium, have introduced legislation to formally recognize Christmas Eve, Hanukkah, Easter and other Christian and Jewish …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/26
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Overnight on New Year’s Eve, vandals struck at Washington’s newest state park in more than 40 years.
Nisqually Tribe member William Frank III shared photos of the destruction on New …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/26
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