Bypass To Nowhere Goes Up For Bid

Phase One of the Yelm Loop or Bypass To Nowhere has gone up on the Washington State Department of Transportation site for bid.

Titled: YELM LOOP – STAGE 1, it is described in short as “SR 510, MP 13.28 to MP 14.81 in Thurston County, CL 1 or 4.CONTAINS APPRENTICE UTILIZATION REQUIREMENT: 15%. For more information [...]

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Klein Urges Yelm City Residents To Ask The City Questions

Amid several current blunders by the Yelm City Council, Yelm watch dog and blogger Steve Klein urges Yelm Residents to ask the City of Yelm Council some hard questions about pressing issues.

Directly from Yelm.com

YELM RESIDENTS SHOULD DEMAND ANSWERS FROM CITY OFFICIALS!

The number one responsibility of elected officials and their staffs of our municipalities is to [...]

Southeast Thurston Regional Fire Authority

On February 9, 2010, all registered voters in the City of Yelm and County Fire Districts 2 and 4 will get an opportunity to vote on the merger to be under one umbrella of the Southeast Thurston Regional Fire Authority. The merger will eliminate several redundant administrative expenses and allow the Fire Authority to operate [...]

Olympian Reports On Permit Problems In Yelm

The Olympian ran a story titled Permit process gone awry creates nightmare in Yelm detailing the struggles of Andy and Cindy Smith who are unable to move into their new house because of the City of Yelm’s mismanagement of the building permit process.
The city issued a building permit for the home despite a development condition [...]

City Of Yelm Threatens To Evoke Eminent Domain To Seize Water Rights

On October 26, 2009, Mayor Ron Harding signed a a letter stating the City Of Yelms intent to evoke Eminent Domain to seize the McMonigle water rights that were key to the Washington State Dept. of Ecology’s June 20th decision to reverse the the Thurston County Conservancy Board Draft Water System Plan approval of Yelm’s [...]

Yelm Community Blog Finds City of Yelm Negligence

The below is from a press release sent today, May 7th, 2009.
As a result of over a thorough 2-month investigation, I have published today
a detailed report outlining what I assert is the negligence of City of Yelm officials
in handling the official business of the city and in keeping this knowledge from public view.
“THURSTON HIGHLANDS IN [...]

Yelm Chamber of Commerce Announces Award Winners

2008 – 2009 Award Winners Announced
Chamber of Commerce 2008-2009 Award Winners to be honored at the Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Chamber forum Luncheon.
Congratulations to the honorees:
Business of the Year (1-5 Employees)
PCI Pest Control and Inspection
Matt Purcell, Owner
Business of the Year (6-20 Employees)
Nisqually Valley News
Keven Graves, Publisher/Editor
Business of the Year (21+ Employees)
Baydo’s
Walt Baydo, President
Chamber of Commerce [...]

Steve Klein’s March 25, 2009 Blog Updated With Audio and Video

Update to Steve Klein Puts City Of Yelm On Notice Over Water
Steve Klein’s 3/25/09, CITY CONTINUES TO APPROVE DEVELOPMENTS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT WATER RIGHTS has been updated with an audio file from the April 13, 2005 City Council audio record and video of Klein addressing the Council. Mayor Pro-tem Isom’s rebuttal and Mrs. Fetterly’s comments [...]

The Yelm Area Chamber of Commerce Lists April Events

Spring is in the air and the The Yelm Area Chamber of Commerce has a great list of April events.
Saturday -Sunday, April 4 & 5, 2009 – Hydroplane races at Lake Lawrence
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 – Forum Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. – Moose Lodge
Thursday, April 16, 2009 – Chamber After Hours, Twin Star Credit [...]