The Thurston County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) approved three agenda items relating to affordable housing services during its Tuesday, March 18 meeting. The first move was an amendment to the Homes ...

Thurston County road workers have approved a vote of no confidence in their management, citing poor treatment, excessive ...

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Thurston County Deputies, along with Police from Lakewood and Olympia, as well as DEA and FBI agents announced the breakup of a major drug ring in the county. The TCSO says Operation Pink Octopus ...

The Thurston County region is not on track to reach its greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 and 2050. Rebecca Harvey, the county’s Climate Mitigation Senior Program Manager, shared the ...

There are a variety of other approaches to defining a “fair map” in partisan terms, and I have serious reservations about the efficiency gap. Nonetheless, it’s a commonly used metric and journalistic ...

Near Spink, South Dakota, officials with Union County Emergency Management issued a wildfire warning and told people in the area to be prepared to evacuate if it becomes necessary. That fire ...

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — A group of people who were allegedly planning to burglarize a Thurston County cannabis store were arrested on Thursday morning, after leading law enforcement on a pursuit.

According to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, Olympia PD initially tried to stop a reckless driver on State Route 8 but the driver started to flee. During the pursuit, Thurston Sheriffs ...

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. — The Sumter County Fair is back for ten days with rides, fair food, concerts, events, entertainment and more. The event starts Friday, Feb. 28, and runs through Sunday, March 9.

And on the other side of the political spectrum, primary voters in Will County’s Homer Township, a GOP stronghold, sent packing a slate of incumbents whose MAGA-style posturing and divisiveness ...

Can't get enough of strawberries? The 9th annual Clay County Strawberry Fest is back this weekend with all the treats you can imagine at the Clay County Fairgrounds. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on ...