1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (135+ words) Nisqually Valley News In focus: Thurston County, Lewis County hoopers compete at Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Tenino Athletes from around Thurston County and Lewis County, both past and present, laced up their sneakers for the annual Capital City…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (141+ words) Nisqually Valley News In focus: Yelm graduate Trevontay Smith puts on show to win Capital City 3-on-3 Basketball Dunk Contest Yelm High School graduate Trevontay Smith, currently a jumper for the University of Washington track and field team, showed off…...

11+ hour, 34+ min ago   (442+ words) A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general has joined a lawsuit seeking to end the Trump administration’s halt of onshore wind projects in the United States. Last week, 18 states and the District of Columbia moved to intervene in a lawsuit…...

11+ hour, 22+ min ago   (397+ words) As triple-digit temperatures and heat advisories continue to appear across Oregon, some state prisons and the incarcerated Oregonians they house are going without a key tool to beat the heat: central air conditioning. The push to combat the heat people…...

11+ hour, 42+ min ago   (641+ words) After school cellphone bans passed many statehouses with bipartisan support in recent legislative sessions, state lawmakers are turning to legislation governing how long students should spend looking at screens. This year, four states passed laws restricting or regulating screen time…...

11+ hour, 30+ min ago   (429+ words) Oregonians won’t vote in November on whether to ban hunting, fishing, livestock farming and animal research after backers of a widely criticized initiative failed to gather enough valid signatures to make the ballot. The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office announced…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (144+ words) Nisqually Valley News Thurston County Elections offering observer training ahead of August election The Thurston County Auditor’s Office Elections Division is offering observer training for the Aug. 4 primary election. The training will be held over Zoom at 4 p.m. on Monday,…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (915+ words) When Mike Perry was getting started as a firefighter in the late 1990s, first in his hometown of Yakima and then in Lacey, the fire service provided a home away from his home. His fellow firefighters were his brothers and sisters,…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (553+ words) The regional firefighting community is rallying around Lacey firefighter Jake Johnson after he sustained serious injuries in an off-duty fall. The accidental, life-threatening fall occurred the morning of July 19. First responders with the Olympia and Tumwater fire departments quickly responded,…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (387+ words) The Olympia Tumwater Foundation has announced plans to transform and expand an existing building within Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls into the History and Nature Center — a new public space where people can discover the natural, cultural and historic stories…...