Thurston County

Officials in Thurston County are experimenting with a new way of responding to homelessness. Instead of breaking up encampments, they plan to support…

A Thurston County Sheriff’s Office police dog was shot twice after an armed driver led several police agencies on a chase along Interstate 5 Wednesday…

We've seen birtherism in national campaigns — the practice of questioning a candidate’s qualifications for office by raising doubts about where they were…

Port of Olympia officials and Thurston County sheriff’s deputies displaced an estimated eight unsheltered people from a wooded Tumwater property on…

Thurston County is poised to enter Phase 2 of reopening as soon as next week, a step that would be a first among counties in the populous Puget Sound…

Thurston County is looking into the arrest of a man by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the county courthouse earlier this year.On Thursday…

An election at a Thurston County land stewardship board is getting more attention than usual.Saturday's election for an open seat on the Thurston…

There aren't typically a lot of high school students in courtrooms. But a judge in Thurston County is bringing the court to them.A few dozen juniors and…

Plenty of folks around Yelm remember of this patch of land near the Deschutes River.Few have longer memories than 94-year-old Earl Herness. “I got…

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office in Washington state says Sheriff John Snaza has been critically hurt in a motorcycle crash in Montana.Lt. Tim Rudloff…