Rochester News

Tumwater really knows how to celebrate the Fourth of July. The day kicked off with a red, white and blue parade along Capitol Boulevard and ended with a gigantic fireworks display over Tumwater Valley.

Sarah Palin would go away if the media went away, but no they park outside her front door and give her exactly what she wants.

A 10-acre wildfire in Capitol State Forest remained out of control Friday night as an investigator worked to determine the cause.

A wildfire that started Friday in Capitol State Forest was the result of arson, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Natural Resources said Saturday.

The state fire marshal's office says forget about firing homemade cannons to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Counterfeit $20, $50 and $100 bills have turned up in Thurston County in the past few days, according to the Thurston County Sheriff's Department.

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.

Ninety-five candidates filed to run for office this year in Thurston County. Here are the major contested races.

Deputies who raided Robyn Viglietta's home say her dogs looked like skeletons and her horses were nearly lame.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office has seized five horses, a miniature mule and a number of dogs that were living in unsafe conditions at a Rochester residence.

Parks & Recreation: In a county division's final days, its employees gather supplies for less fortunate ROLF BOONE; The Olympian Published May 25, 2009 Comments Thurston County Parks & Recreation Department employees donated about $4,000 worth of personal hygiene products to a South Sound social service agency this month, a final act of community ...

I'm prone to the occasional impulse purchase at the grocery, hardware or big-box store.

Three men have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a scheme to extort more than $200,000 from a 79-year-old Rochester man.

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 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.

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.

The students and staff evacuated Rochester High School Tuesday afternoon because of a chemical leak.

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.

Farmers, hobbyists and nuns of the Holy Theophany Monastery took home packages of thousands of honeybees Saturday.

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.