Grand Mound News

A state consultant's final report states that closing the Maple Lane youth prison at Grand Mound is a bad idea, but if state lawmakers must eliminate juvenile beds, it's a better option than closing Green Hill at Chehalis.

The following projects are expected to affect traffic in the coming week, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation, the city of Olympia and Fort Lewis.

Motorists traveling in south Thurston County this week can expect rolling slow-downs and overnight lane and ramp closures as work continues on the Interstate 5 Grand Mound to Maytown widening project.

A consultant recommends that the state close its Maple Lane prison for youth criminal offenders near Grand Mound to save the state money, a move that would eliminate 111 jobs once workers and residents were transferred to other facilities.

The following are excerpts from the Pioneer & Democrat newspaper from this week in 1859.

Fire Chief Rita Hutcheson is still scratching her head a week after last week's primary election.

Fire Chief Rita Hutcheson is still scratching her head a week after last week's primary election.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office has referred a charge of custodial sexual misconduct against a 33-year-old female counselor at Maple Lane School, a locked facility for young male offenders, after she allegedly kissed an 18-year-old inmate.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office has referred a charge of custodial sexual misconduct against a 33-year-old female counselor at Maple Lane School, a locked facility for young male offenders, after she allegedly kissed an 18-year-old inmate.

Thurston County Fire Protection District 1 and District 11 have a long history as partners in providing fire, rescue and emergency medical services.

Two people are dead after a crash in Thurston county - and police need your help finding the driver they say caused it.

The Toyota at the state Route 12 crash scene Monday. Two people were killed Monday afternoon after a driver in Thurston County swerved to avoid a truck that had pulled out in front of him.

The following events and construction projects will affect traffic in the coming week, according to the Washington state Department of Transportation.

Seven years after approving a merger of the Grand Mound and Rochester fire districts, voters will decide in August whether to approve further consolidation.

The voice in the million-dollar automatic toilets Butch Behn bought on eBay still welcomes users to the city of Seattle, but these days those users will find themselves at South Sound Speedway, between Tenino and Grand Mound.

The state's transportation budget for the next two years includes four large projects in the Lewis County area, some already under construction, some set for the future.

Legislators from Washington's 20th District said they were cautiously optimistic when initial budget reports showed no closing date for Green Hill School in Chehalis.

From the April 22, 1859, edition of the Pioneer & Democrat in Olympia: "The weather for the past few days has given promise of becoming somewhat more docile than characterized some two months since.

Voters will decide whether West Thurston County fire districts should consolidate and form a regional fire authority in August, after the districts announced their proposition this month.

A survey of Chehalis River Basin residents has found that 70 percent of respondents think the creation of a flood control district would be useful while half would be willing to pay higher taxes to fund it.