Yelm News

Wake up, Olympia! We are falling behind. The growth in our tax base has been sluggish for the past 10 years, not just in the current recession.

Hey Garm26 its guys like you that think Joe the plumber is someone to listen to.I'm no tree hugger but I know a dumb ass when I hear one.

Law enforcement agencies recently received a $4,000 grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to conduct additional seat-belt patrols.

A flu season that promises to be a challenging one for the public and health officials has arrived in South Sound.

Year-over-year statewide taxable retail sales fell by a record amount in the second quarter of 2009, and Thurston County's dropped for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to state Department of Revenue data released Friday.

They say that in a moment of crisis, instincts take over and people are able to perform Herculean tasks.

A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured in an explosion that occurred as he and several other teenagers were apparently repackaging fireworks to make a larger device early Saturday.

Three teenagers were injured in the Yelm area early this morning after they attempted to make a bomb using fireworks and a plastic bag, according to Southeast Thurston Fire and EMS.

Twin 9-year-old sisters have been critically injured in a house fire at Yelm. They have been airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with burns.

Twin 9-year-old sisters have been critically injured in a house fire at Yelm. The fire broke out just after 2 a.m. Thursday at a home in the 16200 block of 118th Lane SE.

KIRO-TV is reporting that two 16-year-old students in Yelm have been airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after crashing into a truck on their way to Yelm High School.State Patrol said it appears the teenage girls were traveling too fast for road conditions and lost control of their car on Morris Road.

A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide early Friday morning at the scene of a motorcycle crash at First Street and Railway, according to a news release from the Yelm Police Department.

The Narrows League will look dramatically different next year. The league voted this week to become a multiple-classification league and will expand by four teams, South Kitsap athletic director Ed Santos said on Friday night.

Dogs and their owners were celebrated Sunday as Yelm Veterinary Hospital held its first Pet Fair.

MAYTOWN When one thinks of Cambodia, one typically thinks of a war-torn country in Southeast Asia, a country that underwent a four-year reign of terror at the hands of the Khmer Rouge and its leader Pol Pot during the late 1970s.

MICHAEL JACKSON REP. BRENDAN WILLIAMS JUDY MURPHY NOLA LEYDE; Olympia D-Olympia, 22nd District Olympia Yelm Published September 18, 2009 Comments Tax dollars wasted on Democrats' feud I hope all citizens and taxpayers of the county are enjoying the intramural firefight between the elected Democrats, at the citizens' expense of course.

Nine exotic pets, including alligators and bobcats, have been seized by Thurston county animal officers at a home in Yelm.

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An 18-year-old woman died early Saturday morning south of Yelm when the Honda Accord she was driving struck a power pole on 153rd Avenue, according to a news release from the Washington State Patrol.

YELM State Rep. Tom Campbell plans four town hall meetings in the 2nd Legislative District over the next two weeks, the first of them at the Yelm Public Safety Building on Saturday.