Nisqually Valley News
Weekly newspaper
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The Nisqually Valley News is a weekly newspaper based in Yelm in Thurston County, Washington.[2][3] The newspaper is published weekly on Fridays with a circulation of 4,000.[3]
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | CT Publishing LLC |
| Founder(s) | Elmer K. Fristoe Sam Sparks |
| Editor | Jessica Keller |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 401 Creek St. SE Ste B Yelm, Washington 98597 |
| Circulation | 4,000 (as of 2022)[1] |
| OCLC number | 18338016 |
| Website | yelmonline |
History
The Nisqually Valley News was first published in February 1922.[2][3] The editor at that time was Sam Sparks.[4] The newspaper was originally independent and published by O.K. Press Company.[2][4] Another News founder was Elmer Keller Fristoe,[5] a traveling advertising salesman who settled in Yelm following WWI.[6] Fristoe's son-in-law Don Miller took over the business around 1955 after Fristoe suffered a stroke.[7]
Fristoe was made an honorary lifetime member by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association[8] and he served as Yelm mayor for ten years. He died in 1964 after owning the paper for 42 years.[9] In 1994, Don and Charlotte Miller sold the News to Lafromboise Newspapers.[10] In 2020, the paper was sold by Jenifer Lafromboise of Lafromboise Communications, Inc. to Chad and Coralee Taylor, who own The Silver Agency in Chehalis.[11]
Censorship
In 2007, a Washington superior court judge in Pierce County approved a prior restraint order that censored a story the News planned to run on a Roy city councilwoman investigated by police for criminal assistance and obstructing a public servant. The gag order was dropped a few days later after state Attorney General Rob McKenna intervened. The judge later apologized to the paper.[12]