Tenino News

Tuesday is a pivotal day for school districts in South Sound. It's the deadline for submitting ballots for the all-important school levy election.

The Chehalis Confederated Tribes will host a special benefit concert at Lucky Eagle Casino February 27, in memory of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in recent months.

Pageturners book discussions: a oeThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societya by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lacey; a oeThe Alpine Scandala by Mary Daheim, 11 a.m.-noon Feb.

A 17-year-old Tenino driver died Sunday afternoon in a collision on state Route 121 just south of the entrance to Millersylvania State Park, according to the Washington State Patrol.

A 17-year-old boy from Tenino was killed in a collision near Millersvania State Park in Thurston County, south of Olympia.

The State Patrol has reported that a 23-year-old Tenino man has died in a single-car crash in Thurston County Saturday evening.

Thurston County school districts are asking voters to continue to pay for basic programs at schools at the same time they are preparing for expected cuts to the state budget.

TENINO, Wash. An elderly Tenino couple reported missing Tuesday has been found in a remote area of Grays Harbor County.

OLYMPIA Two hundred new South Sound jobs last month weren't enough to prevent an increase in Thurston County's unemployment rate.

Trail location: Olympia/Lacey Trail length: The main trail runs 15.5 miles and the northern segment is 5.3 miles long; connects to the south with the east-west 14.5-mile Yelm-Tenino Trail.

Should the City allow the change in use for the ground floor to allow the Attorney General to move in as we've been discussing here ? Dan Putnam from Pacific Plaza outlined a scenario in which they'd be able to attract a grocer to the location should the AG change be approved.

A rash of house fires has struck in Thurston County in recent days, with fire departments responded to five in a 24-hour period three Thursday evening and two more Friday afternoon.

Food-waste composting is becoming increasingly common in Thurston County, including on the Capitol Campus.

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.