Tenino News

South Sound residents and others from afar enjoy the fruits of labor from the last big federal stimulus package 75 years ago at Millersylvania State Park.

The Chehalis Western Trail, which runs from Woodard Bay on Puget Sound to Tenino in southern Thurston County, is extremely popular with pedestrians, bicyclists, joggers, inline skaters and other users.

Twilighters ardent fans of the "Twilight" series of books and movies will have an official opportunity to meet one of the film's actors at this year's Quileute Days in La Push.

Like thousands of other Washington residents, I procrastinated when the time came to apply for new travel documents required since June 1 for land and sea travel between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean.

Three young adults and a 16-year-old driver from Thurston County were injured in a Lewis County crash around 10 p.m. Saturday night, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Tenino Man Indicted for Hiding a Fugitive and Lying to Investigators Member of the 'Patriot Movement' Assists Felon Wanted in North Carolina A member of the "Patriot Movement" who claims that the federal government has no authority over him, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Concealing a Person from Arrest and Making a False Statement.

Federal prosecutors were prepared to arraign Tuesday an alleged member of the "Patriot Movement" accused of helping to hide a fugitive at his Tenino home.

A Tenino man was killed Saturday when the vehicle he was driving went off the road striking a tree on Johnson Creek Road in Thurston County.

It was going to be a weekend about wolves, I decided, as I packed swimsuits, rain gear, meals and the family into my trusty Sienna van and embarked on a four-hour drive across the Pacific Northwest from Vancouver to Olympia, Washington.

The voice in the million-dollar automatic toilets Butch Behn bought on eBay still welcomes users to the city of Seattle, but these days those users will find themselves at South Sound Speedway, between Tenino and Grand Mound.

Tony Briggs, an official from TransAlta who works on permitting and long-range planning for the Canadian power company, will give a presentation tonight to Centralia City Council members about the Skookumchuck Dam.

State Department of Natural Resources planners want to transfer ownership of the 51/2-mile northern leg of the Chehalis Western Trail to Thurston County.

Man arrested, suspected of home burglary Olympia police arrested a man on suspicion of residential burglary Sunday night.

After we solve this mystery, can we move on to other mysteries that are tormenting many of us? How does Barney Frank get re-elected? How come Chris Dodd is not in jail? How are we better off for pouring half a trillion dollars into AIG? How can we export Nancy Pelosi to one of our global financial rivals? Inquiring minds want to know.

On Monday April 6, 2009, O Bee Credit Union will open its new state-of-the-art Lacey branch.

Thurston County deputies will search today for Nancy Moyer. Moyer disappeared nearly a month ago.

Trail location: Yelm to Tenino, in Thurston County southeast of Olympia. Length: 14.5 miles, with mileage markers every half-mile. Level of difficulty: Level-to-gentle grade, wide asphalt-paved surface.

The Olympia Farmers Market, one of South Sound's most popular fixtures, opens to the public Thursday amid questions about how the economic recession will affect sales at the market.

TENINO - Bloodhounds with Thurston County Search and Rescue tried to pick up the scent of a missing mother of two from her home in the 700 block of state Route 507 on Sunday morning, but the sheriff's department reported that the operation yielded no new clues about her whereabouts.

The television was on, and a partially consumed glass of wine sat on the table. But the Washington state mother who was waiting for her children to come home that night was gone.