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Thurnston County
Latest reporting from the Thurnston County desk.
Thurnston County
Latest reporting from the Thurnston County desk.
Thurnston County
Latest reporting from the Thurnston County desk.
Thurnston County
View MoreSorghum Festival returns to Thurston County farm Sept. 25
The Haki Farmers Collective hosts its second annual Sorghum Festival Sept. 25–27 at its Rochester farm, featuring communal sorghum harvesting, live music, vendors and camping. Day passes cost $30, weekend passes $50, and children 12 and under get in free.
Thurnston County
View MoreThurston County nonprofit adds 3 bilingual staff for fall
South Sound Parent to Parent hired three Spanish-speaking staff members in Thurston, Mason and Grays Harbor counties and is launching new support groups, including a Spanish-speaking Mom to Mom group in Thurston County in January 2027.
Thurnston County
View MoreThurston County Chamber CEO Schaffert exits after 28 years
David Schaffert, who doubled the Thurston County Chamber of Commerce's membership to about 1,400 businesses during his 28-year tenure, announced Tuesday he will step down as president and CEO at the end of 2026.
Thurnston County
View MoreOlympia arts grants give museum, theater dedicated spaces
Olympia's voter-funded Inspire Olympia program awarded $3.3 million in grants for 2026-27, helping the Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts and Theater Artists Olympia secure their first dedicated spaces while boosting smaller arts groups across the city.
Thurnston County
View MoreOlympia Overdose Awareness Day honors lives lost Sept. 2
Franklin Street Harm Reduction and Thurston County host an Overdose Awareness Day event Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 704 Franklin St. SE in Olympia, featuring art projects and community memorials for lives lost to overdose.
Thurnston County
View MoreBurfoot Park trails close spring 2027 for bridge rebuilds
Thurston County will close trails at Burfoot Park for three to six months starting around spring 2027 to replace deteriorating footbridges and stairways in a project budgeted at roughly $960,000.
Thurnston County
View MoreThurston County child abuse rate tops state average
Thurston County's 2025 Community Health Assessment shows the county's child abuse rate exceeds the state average at 40 per 1,000 children, with 2,579 reports in 2024, while 170 firearm deaths occurred over five years and nearly 2,000 residents were affected by domestic violence.
Thurnston County
View MoreThurston County overdose deaths fall from peak as naloxone surge continues
Thurston County's overdose death rate has dropped from a peak of 42.9 per 100,000 in 2022 to a preliminary 36.8 in the past year, officials told county commissioners Aug. 18, crediting harm reduction programs while warning that funding instability could reverse the trend.
Thurnston County
View More$2.24M repaving to close Chehalis Western Trail sections in October
A $2.24 million repaving project will bring rolling weekday closures to eight miles of the Chehalis Western Trail between Yelm Highway SE and Woodard Bay Road NE starting in October 2026.
Thurnston County
View MoreNative children in Thurston County face poverty at triple the rate
Thurston County's updated health equity report shows 11% of children under 18 live in poverty, with American Indian and Alaska Native children three times as likely to face poverty as their peers.
Thurnston County
View MoreThurston County meth dealer who bragged about notoriety gets 11 years
David Nathaniel Hoffman, 40, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison after returning to methamphetamine trafficking within months of completing a prior 64-month sentence, with Olympia police and the Thurston County Sheriff's Office among the agencies that investigated him.
Thurnston County
View MoreThurston County moves to pause AI data center permits for 1 year
The Thurston County Board of Commissioners unanimously directed staff Tuesday to draft a one-year moratorium on new data center permits, citing concerns about water use, energy demand and noise, even though no applications are currently pending.
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