The Rainier High School softball team has plenty of questions to answer as the Mountaineers have now lost five of their last six games after an 11-1 run-role home loss to Adna on Wednesday, April 24. ...

Unofficial results for the April 23 Thurston County special election show the Yelm Community Schools educational programs and operations (EP&O) levy proposition improving from its Feb. 13 special ...

Editor's note: This year, Yelm will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the city's official incorporation, which took place on Dec. 8, 1924. Every month this year, the Nisqually Valley ...

On the corner of Water Street, facing busy state Route 507 that carves through the small town, sits the Roy Grange. The organization aims to build up community through conversations and ...

Tina Richardson believes she left her heart in Yelm when she moved away shortly after graduating from Yelm High School over two decades ago. She was a military child, living temporarily in Hawaii, ...

Yelm's Police Department recently received a boost to its morale and to the number of officers the team has, as Yelm Police Officer Brian Bard received a Life Saving Award, and the department ...

The motto of the Lions Club is "We Serve," and the Yelm Lions Club has taken that to heart, working to empower volunteers and serve the community. Locally, the Yelm Lions are busy, ...

Timothy Rarick, 71, of Yelm, died April 8 at his home in Yelm. Services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 20, at Heritage Baptist Church, Tenino. Arrangements were under the care of Funeral ...

The Nisqually Valley News The opportunity to formally declare candidacy for the 2024 elections opens at 8 a.m., Monday, May 6, online and at elections offices across the state. Mailed ...

Cyndi Doud never envisioned herself as a business owner. She is no stranger to leadership roles in the professional sphere, but when she purchased The Shiplap Shop & Coffee House in April, she ...

Yelm Community Schools awarded eight of its volunteers as the 2023-24 Volunteers of the Year during its Thursday, April 18, board meeting. Eight of the nine schools in the district chose one ...

Continuing a services agreement that's been in place for over 20 years, the Yelm City Council unanimously authorized Mayor Joe DePinto to continue contracting with the Nisqually Tribal jail. ...

Jamie Hawley, a local fitness trainer in the Yelm and Rainier area, is helping residents transform their lifestyle this summer with her inaugural "summer shred competition." ...

Longmire Community Park in Yelm was alive with the sounds of baseball: the crack of the metal bats, ecstatic umpires calling balls and strikes, and the buzz of hundreds of Nisqually Basin Youth ...

Yelm's boys and girls track teams have competed in a busy, yet fruitful season, including recent competitions throughout the South Sound Conference at home and at Capital High School. The ...

When the Rainier High School softball team's bats are cooking, the Mountaineers are a difficult team to beat. When their bats go cold, things seem to fall apart around them. This trend has ...

Yelm High School's softball program has seen an abundance of offensive successes throughout the season, as the midway point of the season shrinks in the rearview mirror. Sitting 9-2 overall and ...

Underneath clear blue skies on April 20 at Cheney Stadium, the Yelm Tornados baseball program handled business against the Spanaway Lake Sentinels, picking up a 9-5 win in non-conference action. ...