U.S. Sen. Patty Murray will skip President Donald Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, saying in a statement he is “spitting in the face of the law.” Murray, a member of ...

YAKIMA (AP) — The Army Reserve has released the identity of a soldier who died Thursday at the Yakima Training Center. He was 45-year-old Master Sgt. Bert J. Garvin of Yakima. That’s according &hellip ...

On Nov. 6, 1912, Tacoma City Light’s LaGrande Powerhouse on the Nisqually River delivers electricity for the first time. The project makes Tacoma independent of privately owned sources of electricity ...

RAINIER — Success in cross country may not always translate to success in track and field at the high school level. But for the Rainier Mountaineers, it might. One-third of their varsity track roster ...

The silence in a heart that never really heals. We honor that silence — not just with flags and flowers but with lives well-lived, freedoms cherished and memories carried forward to generations who ...

If you were to attend a Yelm High School sporting event, regardless of the game, you’d be likely to find at least one of three Yelm Community Schools students nearby with their cameras in hand. YHS ...

The U.S. Senate voted early Thursday to prevent California from enforcing regulations on tailpipe emission from new cars and trucks, upending state regulations for the nearly 40% of Americans whose ...

All seven Yelm city councilors were in agreement of the proposed development agreement with RJ Development, LLC, for Tahoma Ranch — which would feature six commercial use lots and 228 multifamily ...

A Facebook group named “Logan Schiendelman is Missing” that was started on May 27, 2016, had 17,511 members as of Wednesday afternoon. “Logan was a deep thinker, known for his curious mind and gentle ...

The queen of the Class 2B girls discus had four contenders to wear the crown. And all were from the Central 2B League. Onalaska’s Kiley Talley, Rainier’s Janess Blackburn and the Adna duo of Lillian ...

Tim Beaudin has been a fixture of Yelm High School wrestling for more than 30 years as an assistant to Hall of Famer Gaylord Strand but will now take the helm of the storied program in his own right.

Crossman was curious why Johnston wants to leave the planning commission to join the council, noting he’d like to join the commission once his time as councilor concludes. “I don’t want to leave the ...