Lacey News

A 16-year-old Burien girl who allegedly sicced a pit bull on two women in SeaTac late last month has been charged with two counts of third-degree assault.

The Lacey Community Market will open for its sixth season Saturday at Huntamer Park.

An accident near milepost 82 and heavy traffic through Olympia and Lacey are affecting Interstate 5, and are expected to affect traffic for the next half a day, the Washington Department of Transportation reported Sunday afternoon.

OLYMPIA Fire crews took photos Sunday of spent fireworks shells on the roof of a home that caught fire Saturday night, but Olympia Fire Battalion Chief Pat Noonan stopped short of saying fireworks caused the blaze.

The Veterans Memorial Museum has unveiled an exhibit commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office is notifying the public that Level 3 sex offender William A. Charles Fenton has registered indicating that he will live in the 8500 block of Queets Drive Northeast, just east of Lacey.

The second Pacific Northwest Mushroom Festival at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey was a smashing success.

LACEY On Raj Manhas' first day as North Thurston Public Schools superintendent, he met a student who was having fun with math.

LACEY People lined up to try mushrooms in soups, salads and sautes Sunday, as the weekend's Pacific Northwest Mushroom Festival wound up at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey.

TUMWATER Six years after the closure of the former Olympia Brewery, this once-vibrant economic engine has long since petered out and now has begun to decay.

Olympia is the downtown of South Sound and has the sound itself, making it the center of the Lacey-Olympia-Tumwater area.

A group of Washington drivers has filed a lawsuit against 19 cities, including Lacey, saying that drivers were charged too much for traffic infractions caught by cameras.

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OLYMPIA Drivers will be delayed or detoured by road projects this summer as construction season hits full swing.

A 32-year-old Williamstown resident was arrested on several charges in connection with a residential burglary on Lakeside Drive June 22.

Twilighters ardent fans of the "Twilight" series of books and movies will have an official opportunity to meet one of the film's actors at this year's Quileute Days in La Push.

A 76-year-old woman said she was driving on Libby Road to pick up prescriptions at Albertsons about 8 p.m. June 8 when she was struck from behind by a car that accelerated toward her quickly from a distance.

A man arrested Tuesday on suspicion of smashing into cars is allegedly part of the "Bump and Go Posse," a group that rams other drivers for fun, said Jim Chamberlain of the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies arrest an SUV driver accused of causing three hit and run crashes in Thurston County on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

Four people in a Lacey home escaped a fire Sunday morning. The sleeping residents, who work nights, woke up to the sounds of breaking glass and explosions, according to fire officials.