Tenino News

A recent report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed that 49 million people in American households - one in six - went hungry or had insufficient food at some point last year.

This week in 1859 was relatively quiet in the Olympia area. Following are details about some of the well-known figures in the area at the time.

TENINO Fiona, a Mexican gray wolf, slowly curled her long, red tongue, but the rest of her sleek body was almost motionless.

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.

Thurston County appears to have its first swine flu outbreak of the fall. More than 35 percent of students from Tenino High School either stayed home, or were sent home with flu-like symptoms this week.

TENINO About one-third of Tenino students have been out with flu-like symptoms since Monday, but the district has not had a confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, the illness commonly known as swine flu, school and health officials say.

Three men were in jail Friday after their arrests on suspicion of participating in a Sept.

A Centralia man was taken to Madigan Army Medical Center by helicopter Saturday evening after his Harley Davidson motorcycle crashed on Bucoda Highway Southeast near 174th Avenue Southeast, according to the Washington State Patrol.

TUMWATER Terry Borden, who once put off retirement to become the superintendent of the Tumwater School District, will retire from that post in June, he announced Thursday.

LACEY The North Thurston school district might ask voters in February to renew a $27.5 million maintenance and operations levy for 2011.

The Monarch Sculpture Park south of Olympia features more than 100 pieces of artwork including these statues in the Butterfly Maze on display throughout the 10-acre lower park.

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.

Cloudy skies and lower temperatures greeted people at Saturday's 80th annual Pet Parade, but there still was plenty of good cheer to be found among the children, pets and observers who lined the parade route from downtown's Heritage Park to Sylvester Park.

OLYMPIA A judge sentenced a 57-year-old Tenino woman to 21/2 years in prison Monday after she pleaded guilty earlier this year to vehicular homicide and driving under the influence during a Jan.

LACEY Fewer people ventured to the Thurston County Fair this year amid temperatures of more than 90 degrees during most of the annual event, but some presenters said the experience still was worth it.

LACEY Cooler weather was credited with bolstering attendance Friday at the Thurston County Fair, but overall attendance likely won't match the total of 35,000 people who typically attend the five-day fair.

TENINO Volunteers looking for Nancy Moyer, a Tenino woman who has been missing since March, haven't given up.

Harvest Moon telling tales at Wolf Haven. Halfway through a description of tribal canoes resembling minivans, the residents of Wolf Haven must have had heard enough.

Tumwater really knows how to celebrate the Fourth of July. The day kicked off with a red, white and blue parade along Capitol Boulevard and ended with a gigantic fireworks display over Tumwater Valley.