Pilot found not guilty in airdrop case
A 10-officer court-martial panel on Friday found Joint Base Lewis-McChord pilot Capt. Jared Foley not guilty of dereliction of duty and reckless endangerment in the 2011 death of an Army paratrooper...
View Article6 jobs to vanish in Thurston budget, offices to shuffle
Four Thurston County employees will be laid off and two vacant positions will be eliminated as a result of the hold the line, $300.4 million budget county commissioners adopted Friday.
View ArticleSame-sex couples mark big day in Capitol Rotunda ceremonies
About 20 couples tied the knot in ceremonies using one of eight officiants throughout the Capitol Rotunda on Saturday afternoon, with several couples standing up together, side by side, for a group...
View ArticlePrairies key to economic sustainability of region
Pierce and Thurston counties’ prairies and their wildlife have been news lately. The streaked horned lark, Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly and the Mazama pocket gopher have been targeted for possible...
View ArticleNew engine crosses country to Tumwater
The Tumwater Fire Department won’t need to worry about how its newest fire engine will handle winter driving conditions.
View ArticleNew roundabout planned for 2014
As city acquires land, neighbors express noise concerns over $4.8 million project on Boulevard Road in Olympia | Drivers who just got accustomed to a roundabout on Boulevard Road at Log Cabin Road...
View ArticleVictim recalled as uplifting
Hundreds honor Casey Heath, who was stabbed to death earlier this month | A standing-room-only crowd of nearly 400 people — friends, family and the local skateboarding community — gathered early...
View ArticleAnimal rescue finds a home
After more than 30 years of wandering, nonprofit will settle in, spread out | After operating out of the homes of its volunteers and organizers and donated business space for more than three decades,...
View ArticleCouncil to consider new camping ban rules
They would prohibit sleeping bags, blankets, cooking equipment, and lying on any sidewalk | At its last meeting of the year tonight, the Olympia City Council will consider ordinances placing further...
View ArticleSpying suit legitimate, ruling says
A federal judge was correct to refuse to dismiss all of the claims by members of an Olympia anti-war group in a civil lawsuit alleging that one current and one former Joint Base Lewis-McChord employee...
View ArticleSnow to follow windy woes?
After high-speed winds and power outages, weatherman expects some snowfall | Gusty winds knocked out power to about 2,500 Puget Sound Energy customers in Thurston County early Monday morning, and now...
View ArticleNo new sightings of dock from Japan
Federal, state and tribal officials are attempting to track a large dock that was reported drifting off the coast of Washington state, one of potentially hundreds of objects that could wash up along...
View ArticleSpying suit legitimate, ruling says
A federal judge was correct to refuse to dismiss all of the claims by members of an Olympia anti-war group in a civil lawsuit alleging that one current and one former Joint Base Lewis-McChord employee...
View ArticleThurston County fair manager is laid off as part of reorganization
Thurston County is laying off its fair manager of more than 15 years and a building-maintenance specialist in hopes of saving the 141-year-old event.
View ArticleElyse's Catering of Tumwater is honored as top small business
Elyse’s Catering, a Tumwater business that has grown from a home-based operation in 1981 to a stand-alone business with more than 20 employees, took home a Small Business of the Year award Tuesday.
View ArticleThurston County might get snow during morning commute time
The first snow of the season arrived Tuesday morning in Thurston County, and it’s expected to continue through Wednesday morning.
View ArticleOlympia council bans camping, restricts lying on some sidewalks
In separate votes, the Olympia City Council decided Tuesday night to ban camping on public property and place new restrictions on sitting and lying on sidewalks downtown. But the new rules will take...
View ArticleFORKS: Storms keep crews from dock on beach
Stormy weather is keeping crews looking for tsunami debris away from a dock that washed ashore on a remote beach on the Washington state coast.
View ArticleTrooper back home after SUV hits cruiser
A Washington State Patrol trooper is recovering after he was hit by a car while checking on an abandoned vehicle in Thurston County.
View ArticleAnimal Services of Thurston passes 2,000 adoptions again
More than 2,000 animals have been placed in new homes this year with the help of Animal Services of Thurston County, the group’s leader says.
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