6+ hour, 23+ min ago  (127+ words) Nisqually Valley News MGP introduces Protecting Columbia River Salmon Act to allow Tribes to remove sea lions On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, introduced H.R. 9637, the Protecting Columbia River Salmon Act, a bill that would allow Southwest Washington’s Indian Tribes…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (84+ words) The Thurston County Auditor’s Office Elections Division has mailed local voters’ pamphlets for the Aug. 4 primary election, according to a news release from the auditor’s office. The local voters’ pamphlet will be mailed to all households in Thurston County. Residents…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago  (121+ words) Nisqually Valley News Yelm Public Works director highlights six-year transportation improvement plan at study session The City of Yelm’s Public Works Director, Cody Colt, presented to Yelm City Council on Tuesday, June 14, on the numerous projects set to be constructed…...

6+ hour, 44+ min ago  (110+ words) Nisqually Valley News Payne: Progress toward closing ‘The Jungle’ The encampment known as “The Jungle” is a significant and complex challenge facing our community. I want to provide an update on where we are, what has changed in recent months,…...

6+ hour, 27+ min ago  (134+ words) Nisqually Valley News City of Yelm and Blue Fern Development working towards development agreement During the City of Yelm’s most recent city council study session meeting on Tuesday, July 7, Todd Stancil, Yelm city administrator, claimed that the city is working…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago  (934+ words) A bipartisan group in Congress plans to introduce legislation that will expand the federal government’s program compensating people exposed to nuclear weapons testing or uranium mining and milling. The bill will expand the Radiation Exposure Reauthorization Act, or RECA, to…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago  (727+ words) In response to one of the Trump administration’s latest attempts to intervene in state election processes, a high-ranking Idaho state government lawyer representing the state’s top election official sent the U.S. Justice Department a stern letter. Early last week,…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago  (470+ words) Washington tribes and environmental organizations sued the federal government Tuesday, arguing that recent changes to Endangered Species Act rules defy scientific research and pave the way for the destruction of important wildlife habitat. The two separate lawsuits, filed in U.S. District…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (825+ words) SEATTLE — The initiative to overturn Washington’s new income tax on high earners hasn’t officially qualified for the fall ballot yet, but on Tuesday, Gov. Bob Ferguson and other opponents of the measure kicked off a campaign to defeat it. At…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (522+ words) The director of Washington’s Department of Enterprise Services went on leave last week, but no one in the agency or the governor’s office is saying why or for how long. Matt Jones was appointed to the top post a year…...