Tumwater News

As of Friday, hard liquor will be sold just about everywhere, including grocery stores, former state-run liquor stores, contract liquor stores and those still to be determined.

Tumwater police have recovered all the items stolen Monday night at Advanced Drainage Systems on Belmore Road, according to Detective Jen Kolb.

Shane McKinlay changed his story multiple times about how his friend ended up with a fatal gunshot wound to the head Sunday morning, and his explanation to police didn't add up, according to court documents.

UPDATE A crash in the northbound lane of Interstate 5 that caused a three mile backup Tuesday morning has been cleared and all lanes are open.

Tumwater police arrested a man on suspicion of second-degree murder after a 24-year-old man was found dead Sunday of a gunshot wound to the head in the 6500 block of Henderson Blvd.

Tumwater police arrested a 31-year-old man at Advanced Drainage Systems in the 6000 block of Belmore Road Monday night after a plant manager there chased a suspect and apprehended him, according to Tumwater police.

The state Liquor Control Board will close its state-run liquor store this week, beginning Monday and continuing through May 31.

Actions speak louder than words. Thurston County commissioners have announced they are getting ready to build more onto the Accountability and Restitution Center, or more commonly called the ARC.

Port of Olympia Commissioner George Barner, who recently filed to run for Thurston County commissioner, was charged with driving under the influence last year.

The Olympia Fire Department had one of the only on-staff certified mechanics in the county for several years.

A Tumwater High School student has been expelled and faces felony harassment charges after he allegedly threatened repeatedly to kill a fellow student.

A Tumwater High School student has been expelled and faces felony harassment charges after he allegedly threatened repeatedly to kill a fellow student.

Firefighters responded at 1:30 a.m. to the 5700 block of Kinney Road S.W. and found the trailer engulfed in flames.

Zirbel, Eunice D., 77, of Port Orchard, WA., died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at her residence after a battle with cancer.

Dan Ayres fills up at a Tumwater gas station Wednesday, where gas was $4.25 a gallon.

Traffic will be affected on Capitol Boulevard between Cleveland and Carlyon avenues in Tumwater today as crews work on a water-main connection.

A section of Capitol Boulevard near Tumwater will be under construction Friday as crews work on a water main connection.

A multiple vehicle crash is blocking two lanes of northbound Interstate 5 in Tumwater, according to a state patrol dispatcher.

A harbor seal that was rescued on a West Seattle beach, rehabilitated and returned to Puget Sound was found dead three months later, tangled up in fishing line off an Edmonds pier.

Thieves have stolen two historic bronze floral urns used as grave markers for Olympia Brewing Company founder Leopold Schmidt and his son Peter since 1914.