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Local residents pack Yelm City Park for Prairie Days activities, centennial concert
Downtown Yelm was extremely busy on Saturday, June 22, due to a plethora of family-friendly and free activities at Yelm City Park, including the Prairie Days celebration in the morning hours and the ...
Residents flock to Yelm Avenue for annual Prairie Days Parade
The annual Prairie Days activities have been a summertime hit in Yelm since 1971, and in 2024, residents and paradegoers flocked to East Yelm Avenue on Saturday, June 22, in the early morning hours ...
Yelm resident's pie-baking dominance continues at Prairie Days contest
Courtney Andren of Yelm has no plans to see her dominant run at the Prairie Days Pie-Baking Contest end. She entered four pies, with two earning a first-place title and another securing a ...
Churches and religion common in region long before Yelm's official incorporation
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, the Nisqually Valley News will ...
Jager Bombers sweep Prairie Days Charity Mushball Tournament
The Jager Bombers, a team mostly comprised of Yelm High School football coaches, used dominant pitching and clutch hitting to take home the Prairie Days Charity Mushball Tournament championship and a ...
Inaugural Deschutes Dash 5K to raise money for middle school track uniforms
Brian Spears, a fitness coach at Rainier Functional Training Center, began to notice more students complaining about the inadequate gear for the Rainier Middle School track team. He heard that ...
NyaStrong Warriors Academy basketball team gearing up for Hoopfest in Spokane
The NyaStrong Warriors Academy does not back away from competition, and the fourth grade girls will demonstrate that when they compete in the Spokane Hoopfest basketball tournament on June 29 and ...
Seattle-to-Los Angeles cyclists kick off 1,500-mile trip with stop in Yelm
Yelm was the first stop for 31 bicyclists taking part in the 1,500-mile, 23-day deCycles Pacific Coast biking trip from Seattle to Los Angeles. The bikers kicked off their journey, Wednesday, ...
Nearly 400 endangered frogs relocate from Eatonville to eastern Washington
Nearly 200 Northern leopard frog tadpoles, an endangered species, were relocated from Northwest Trek Wildlife Park in Eatonville to their new home at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Royal ...
Thurston County commissioner Wayne Fournier eyes big developments for Grand Mound in run for reelection
Residents of Southwest Washington might soon be able to get a few swings in at Topgolf before finishing their night off with a Double Double and Animal Style fries, if a county commissioner has his ...
Tenino celebrates first opening of quarry pool since 2019
Residents and city officials celebrated the long-awaited reopening of the Tenino Quarry Pool, Saturday, June 22, with Tenino Family Fun Day highlighting the return of a summertime favorite within the ...
YHS Educators Rising students headed to Washington D.C. for national conference
Four Yelm High School students will travel to Washington D.C. to compete in the 2024 Educators Rising National Conference from Friday, June 28, to July 1. This marks the first time that
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