Elma News

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The state Transportation Department is using $1.7 million in federal stimulus money to install cable barriers along the 20 mile stretch of Highway 8 between Elma and Highway 101 in Thurston County near Olympia.

Head Coach June Daugherty announced Wednesday that the WSU women's basketball program received National Letters of Intent from three athletes.

Ever heard a goat say "ma" instead of "baa?" Rachel Hamm of Elma loves the sound of her Nubian goats because their noises are specific to their kind.

Bremerton YAHOO! Naval Avenue Elementary School principal John Welsh, center, gives Bethel School District elementary school teacher Kimmer Utterback, left, and Elma School District Superintendent Howard King a tour of the school Wednesday.

Sidney, B.C.a s Darrell Midgley won the Northern Provincial Pipeline Late Model Series stockcar racing crown Sept.

Thurston County has agreed to pay $2.375 million to the family of an Elma man who died after a 2006 crash that occurred as an off-duty Thurston County sheriff's deputy pursued another vehicle onto Interstate 5. The county's attorney in the suit, John Justice, confirmed Tuesday that the county settled the case rather than take it to trial, because ...

Grays Harbor Sheriff's deputies arrested a 43-year-old Aberdeen woman last week for allegedly providing prescription methadone to an 18-year-old Elma man who fatally overdosed on the drug.

Salem's Jeremy Shank placed third in the DIRTcar Northwest I-5 Late Model Tour main event Thursday at Skagit Speedway in Washington and closed his deficit in the points race in the process.

The Grays Harbor County sheriff's office says the pilot of an ultralight suffered leg an internal injuries in a crash into a field near the Elma Airport.

A man who brought three handguns into Providence St. Peter Hospital was shot to death by an Olympia police officer early Saturday after he became unruly with the staff and wrestled with the officer, according to police.

Police and sheriff's investigators are trying to figure out what led to an officer-involved fatal shooting in a hospital emergency room in Olympia early this morning.

Why did 43-year-old Joseph Burkett carry three guns into Olympia's Providence St.

Kayla Kathleen Gardner and Spc. Isaac James Good were united in marriage June 27 at Evergreen Chapel, Fort Lewis, Wash.

It's too hot to look for serious journalism: In the most relevant news story of the batch, former P-I reporter Andrew Schneider discovers local yak burgers in Elma, Wash.

The Grays Harbor County sheriff's office says the lone occupant of a small plane that crashed into power lines northwest of Elma is dead.

Washington State Patrol officials are heading to a report that a plane flew into some power lines near Elma.

Authorities in Grays Harbor county are ramping up efforts to find a 10-year-old Western Washington girl missing since last week.

If you've ever come away from a race weekend still craving track time, then the World Off-Road Championship Series has a week in store for you.

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