The Dispatch Newspaper

09/09/2022

Join other community volunteers Saturday by participating in various activities to benefit Eatonville:

Organizers for a national Day of Service event in honor of Sept. 11, 2001, are seeking volunteers to help with a number of projects around the area. The Eatonvi

08/03/2022

Voters approve emergency medical services funding for Eatonville, South Pierce County Fire & Rescue, based on unofficial primary election night results: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/News/Article/Washington-state-primary-Emergency-medical-services-propositions-pass/26/337/12518

Editor's note: This story will be updated. According to early election results Tuesday night, voters approved both the Eatonville and South Pierce Fire & Re

06/03/2022

The fledgling Eatonville Business Association steps in to fill the vacancy of the Chamber of Commerce. It's next meeting is June 8: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Fledgling-Eatonville-Business-Association-replaces-now-defunct-Chamber-of-Commerce-in-town/26/538/12472

People trying to visit the Eatonville Chamber of Commerce’s website may have been surprised to discover recently that both the organization and its page n

06/03/2022

Congratulations to the Eatonville High School fastpitch team for a third-place finish at state. See how other teams fared at their respective competitions at www.dispatchnews.com: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Lady-Cruisers-finish-third-at-state/26/538/12466

Lakeside stymied the normally explosive Eatonville Cruiser offense Friday as the No.5-seeded Eagles upset the No. 1-seeded Cruisers, 6-3, in the semifinals of t

05/09/2022

Depending on whether the Eatonville High School baseball team wins its game today, the Cruisers will play again tomorrow afternoon to advance in the district playoffs: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Cruisers-sweep-Grizzlies-advance-to-district-playoffs/26/538/12445

The Hoquiam Grizzlies baseball team had its first league win of the year in its grasp with a 5-1 lead into the final inning only to have the Eatonville Cruisers

04/07/2022

The Cruiser baseball team had a successful outing at Cheney Stadium playing the Spanaway Lake Sentinels last week: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/Default/Sports-Outdoors/Article/Cruisers-defeat-Sentinels-7-1-at-Cheney-Stadium/-3/555/12410

The Eatonville Cruiser baseball team ended the week playing the Spanaway Lake Sentinels at Cheney Stadium, the home of the Mariners AAA farm team, the Tacoma Ra

04/07/2022

Do you have a youngster who wants to play tackle football? Registration is going on for Eatonville Jr. Cruiser Football: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/News/Article/News-Next-Door-April-6-Eatonville-Junior-Cruiser-Football-registration/26/337/12406

The Eatonville Junior Cruiser tackle football organization is accepting registration for children in first through sixth grades. The program has implemented man

02/08/2022

Congratulations to Eatonville High School senior and girls basketball player Hailey Rath, who joined a small group of Eatonville basketball players to score 1,000 points in their high school careers: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Rath-hits-career-milestone-scores-her-1-000th-point/26/538/12358

On Feb. 1, the near-capacity crowd that gathered inside Eatonville High School's Rainier Connect Arena witnessed one of the Eatonville Cruiser girls basketball

02/08/2022

The Eatonville girls basketball team finished in third place in the Evergreen 1A league and have the No. 3 seed heading into the District 4 playoffs this week: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Lady-Cruisers-hoops-team-ready-for-district-playoffs/26/538/12356

The Lady Cruiser basketball team finish off its regular season with a couple of home games and an away game to wrap up league play. On Jan. 31 the Cruisers host

02/08/2022

Cruiser boys hoops team will enter the district playoffs this week as the No. 1 seed: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Cruisers-boys-capture-Evergreen-1A-League-title/26/538/12357

One day removed from clinching the Evergreen 1A league title, the Cruisers completed their domination of the league with a 73-56 win over Elma, sealing an undef

02/07/2022

All members of the Eatonville boys wrestling team, and two members of the girls team qualified for regionals: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/Default/Sports-Outdoors/Article/Cruiser-wrestlers-dominate-at-sub-regionals/-3/555/12355

After dominating the Evergreen 1A Dual League Championship meet last week in which the Cruisers captured first place in every match they wrestled, the team foll

02/03/2022

The Cruisers will finish off the regular season with an away game at 7 p.m. Thursday at Elma: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Lady-Cruisers-pick-up-their-third-win/26/538/12347

The Lady Cruisers started last week hosting the Rainier Mountaineers in a non-league match up Jan. 24. Rainier senior Faith Boesch was on fire from long range,

02/03/2022

The Cruisers will finish off the regular season against Elma at 7 p.m. Thursday at home: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/McIlraith-leads-Cruisers-over-Montesano-to-stay-perfect-in-league-play/26/538/12346

11/03/2021

General Election 2021, businessman David Baublits is leading the Eatonville mayoral race and other results: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Early-general-election-results-Baublits-leading-Walter-in-mayor-s-race/26/538/12272

Editor's note: This story will be updated. Presuming early Tuesday general election results hold, Eatonville's new mayor will be businessman David Baublits. Acc

10/07/2021

Eatonville is without a town administrator after Abbi Gribi resigned: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/News/Article/Eatonville-town-administrator-resigns-from-position/26/337/11255

Eatonville Town Administrator Abby Gribi announced at the Sept. 27 Eatonville Town Council meeting that she is resigning from her position. Her last day on the

09/23/2021

After rolling over Cascade Christian last weekend, the No. 1-ranked Cruisers take on the No. 8-ranked La Center Wildcats Friday: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Eatonville-rolls-over-Cascade-Christian-41-6/26/538/11240

Senior quarterback Kevin Wulff shined again for the Cruisers last week as they easily took care of the Cascade Christian Cougars, 41-6, Saturday at Sunset Stadi

09/23/2021

Eatonville Town Council member Robert Thomas called the Air Tour Management Plan for Mount Rainier National Park "arbitrary" and "capricious": https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/News/Article/Eatonville-council-voices-opposition-to-national-park-air-tour-plan/26/337/11237

09/17/2021

The Cruiser football team will play its next game tomorrow against Cascade Christian at 7 p.m. at Sunset Stadium in Sumner: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Cruisers-clip-rival-Cardinals-44-7/26/538/11234

With Eatonville’s offense running at full steam and the defense dominating, the Cruisers dispatched their longtime rivals the Orting Cardinals, 44-7, Satu

08/19/2021

An Eatonville teen showed off her chickens and took home honors from the Pierce County Fair, and see more photos: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Eatonville-teen-takes-home-first-trophy-at-Pierce-County-Fair/26/538/11208

A teenage girl from the town of Eatonville won big at Pierce County Fair in Graham last weekend with chickens and baked goods. Katie Johnston, 13, entered some

08/19/2021

Eatonville officials set plans in motion to clean up old landfill that the town used for three decades: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/News/Article/Eatonville-council-prepares-for-cleanup-of-old-landfill/26/337/11207

The Eatonville Town Council passed a pair of resolutions at its Aug. 9 meeting making way for the cleanup of a long-abandoned landfill leased from Weyerhaeuser

08/04/2021

As of Wednesday's unofficial primary election results, Baublits set to take on either Walter or Shaub in general election mayoral race: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Updated-Unofficial-primary-election-results-Baublits-leading-in-Eatonville-mayoral-race/26/538/11191

With Eatonville businessman David Baublits almost assured a spot on the November general election ballot in the Eatonville mayoral race, the big question now is

07/15/2021

Congratulations to Graham's Olivia Lathrom for her third-place finish in Pierce County Library System's art and writing contest: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/News/Article/Graham-teen-places-third-in-Pierce-County-Library-contest/26/337/11174

05/18/2021

The Eatonville School District is offering COVID-19 vaccinations for eligible students at the middle school this week: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/News/Article/School-district-hosting-vaccine-clinic-for-certain-youth/26/337/11121

In partnership with Kirk's Pharmacy, the Eatonville School District will host a Pfizer vaccination clinic for youth ages 12 and older who have a signed parent-c

04/29/2021

Check out what's going on in town: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/News/Article/News-Next-Door-April-28/26/337/11100

04/29/2021

Have you followed the 2021 state legislative session? Here's a recap of some of the action: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/State-Legislature-closes-doors-on-2021-session/26/538/11098

The Washington state Legislature closed its legislative session Monday after a session unlike any other. The enormity last year’s events demanded a robust

04/29/2021

Eatonville youth took advantage of a nice day and got some fishing in: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Eatonville-youth-show-off-their-fishing-skills/26/538/11101

The Eatonville Lions hosted the annual Kids Pond Fishing Derby on Saturday. Coco Starll was the grand prize winner with a 14-inch fish. Hourly winners received

04/29/2021

Solid hitting and a bunch of home runs gave the Eatonville Cruisers fastpitch team the edge over the competition last week: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Rath-posts-seven-homers-as-Lady-Cruisers-go-3-0-on-week/26/538/11103

Eatonville's Hailey Rath flexed her muscles last week at the plate for the Cruiser fastpitch team. Rath  hit a total of seven home runs as the Cruisers wen

04/15/2021

The Eatonville Cruiser baseball team plays again Friday against Washington: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/Default/Sports-Outdoors/Article/Cruiser-baseball-walks-away-with-win/-3/555/11088

The Cruisers hadn’t played a baseball game since 2019 and were eager to get a game in, and it showed last week. The Cruisers would jump on the Franklin Pi

04/09/2021

Have you gotten your COVID-19 vaccination yet? Do you plan to? Vaccine eligibility will open to all adults in Washington as soon as next week: https://dispatchnews.com/Content/News/Homepage-Rotating-Articles/Article/Gov-Inslee-expanding-vaccine-eligibility-to-all-adults-April-15/26/538/11077

Effective April 15, all Washingtonians age 16 and up will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.  Since Washington began administering doses of the