OLYMPIA More than 100 people gathered to remember Shaun Allen Peterson at noon Monday, just footsteps away from where the 40-year-old Olympia man was found dead a week ago.

A Puyallup man, 22, and a Tacoma girl, 17, are in custody after people matching their physical descriptions took $2,000 from a Kentucky Fried Chicken, 1310 Yelm Ave.

Today is a very special day in the Superior Court courtroom of Judge Paula Casey.

How do you feel about an increase in the sales tax to preserve and enhance service provided by Intercity Transit? Now is the time to offer your opinion.

The Thurston County Economic Development Council faces $10,000 in possible budget cuts, which could undercut its efforts to retain and expand business opportunities in South Sound, as well as recruit, officials with the 27-year-old organization said Thursday.

Law enforcement officers are investigating whether two men who have posed as cops to rob fast-food managers in the Tacoma area struck again Wednesday, this time in Thurston County.

Two masked men robbed the Burger King on Yelm Avenue at gunpoint early this morning, according to Yelm Police Chief Todd Stancil.

Wake up, Olympia! We are falling behind. The growth in our tax base has been sluggish for the past 10 years, not just in the current recession.

Hey Garm26 its guys like you that think Joe the plumber is someone to listen to.I'm no tree hugger but I know a dumb ass when I hear one.

Law enforcement agencies recently received a $4,000 grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to conduct additional seat-belt patrols.

A flu season that promises to be a challenging one for the public and health officials has arrived in South Sound.

Year-over-year statewide taxable retail sales fell by a record amount in the second quarter of 2009, and Thurston County's dropped for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to state Department of Revenue data released Friday.

They say that in a moment of crisis, instincts take over and people are able to perform Herculean tasks.

A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured in an explosion that occurred as he and several other teenagers were apparently repackaging fireworks to make a larger device early Saturday.

Three teenagers were injured in the Yelm area early this morning after they attempted to make a bomb using fireworks and a plastic bag, according to Southeast Thurston Fire and EMS.

Twin 9-year-old sisters have been critically injured in a house fire at Yelm. They have been airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with burns.

Twin 9-year-old sisters have been critically injured in a house fire at Yelm. The fire broke out just after 2 a.m. Thursday at a home in the 16200 block of 118th Lane SE.

KIRO-TV is reporting that two 16-year-old students in Yelm have been airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after crashing into a truck on their way to Yelm High School.State Patrol said it appears the teenage girls were traveling too fast for road conditions and lost control of their car on Morris Road.

A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide early Friday morning at the scene of a motorcycle crash at First Street and Railway, according to a news release from the Yelm Police Department.

The Narrows League will look dramatically different next year. The league voted this week to become a multiple-classification league and will expand by four teams, South Kitsap athletic director Ed Santos said on Friday night.