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TRL slashes budget, plans layoffs

Despite public outcry, trustees vote to cut staff to help alleviate budget shortfall ...
It's nearly four times the state average, an official said at a recent board meeting.
We’re still buying some new books, but really being extremely judicious on those, and pretty much cutting every other cost that we can,” one trustee said.
A union spokesperson said the library network's budget deficit is $3.5 million.
Dec. 28—Looking to read your favorite magazine or a new book but can't find it in print? The Timberland Regional Library system has new iPads available for use at its locations. According to Tenino ...
About a dozen people spoke out Wednesday against a potential book-rating system in the Timberland Regional Library system, raising concerns that such a system could lead to book banning and censorship ...
Read Across America Week, writers and book groups scheduled to meet from the beach to Olympia ...
A Timberland Regional Library trustee urged his fellow board members to protect the system’s branches on Wednesday after a recent discussion about a remote library branch in Grays Harbor County. Lewis ...