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1 hr ago | KOMO News

Suspected drunk driver slams into car while speeding from police

A man was seriously injured late Sunday when the car he driving was broadsided by a suspected drunk driver who was trying to get away from police.

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Related Topix: Lacey, WA, Olympia, WA

3 hrs ago | The Olympian

1 hurt Sunday in fully involved fire at Yelm home

Firefighters responded to a fully involved blaze at a home in the 19500 block of Johnson Road Southeast in Yelm about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, according to Thurston County Fire Protection District 17, Bald Hills Fire Department.

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Related Topix: Fire, Yelm, WA

13 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Thurston County, Wash. woman receives $75k in dog bite lawsuit

After a week long trial, a jury awarded a woman $75,000 for a dog bite sustained in 2009 in Tenino, Wash.

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Sun May 19, 2013

The News Tribune

Thurston needs 3 candidates

The Thurston County auditor has announced a three-day special filing period seeking candidates for three offices that did not draw candidates for the upcoming election.

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Related Topix: Bucoda, WA, Olympia, WA

Sat May 18, 2013

KHQ-TV Spokane

Thurston County woman wins $75K for dog bite

The Olympian reports the woman was seeking payment for medical expenses, plus pain, inconvenience, emotional stress, scaring and other general damages.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA, Tenino, WA

Fri May 17, 2013

KOMO News

Man tries to lure Lacey boy with promise of $100

A boy in Lacey says a stranger offered him $100 to get in his car near his school Thursday morning, and now police are swarming the neighborhood trying to find the man responsible.

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Related Topix: Lacey, WA

Wed May 15, 2013

The News Tribune

Great Wolf Lodge lifeguard arrested on suspicion of child rape

Detectives with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a 19-year-old former lifeguard at Great Wolf Lodge on suspicion of third-degree child rape, court records state.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The News Tribune

Defense Dept. employees in South Sound still facing furloughs

Thousands of Defense Department employees in Pierce and Thurston counties still face unpaid time off this summer, but not as much as the Pentagon initially proposed.

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Related Topix: Pierce County, WA, Olympia, WA

Stars and Stripes

Documentary explores life after the military for female veterans

In 1992, Angela Arellano, then a 19-year-old Marine based in Okinawa, told military police that a noncommissioned officer had raped her after an evening spent watching a football game on television.

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Related Topix: Tumwater, WA, University of Washington, Life, Veteran Affairs

The Olympian

Olympia woman arraigned on murder charge

A 27-year-old Olympia woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to attempted first-degree murder and first-degree murder in connection with her former Behavioral Health Resources counselor's strangulation death at his Sunset Beach Drive home on April 29.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA

The News Tribune

Olympia woman arraigned on murder charge

Lia Yera Tricomo, 27, appears in Thurston County Superior Court Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by video.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA

Examiner.com

CPL figure skyrockets 15K in a single month

More than 426,000 active Washington concealed pistol licenses are now in circulation, up a staggering 15,289 in the month since Examiner last checked with the state Department of Licensing , confirming what various sources in law enforcement say about the volume of applications and renewals, and the work overload to process them.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jay Inslee, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Washington, Guns, King County, WA, US Governors

The Olympian

Opening delayed for Thurston County's new jail

The opening of Thurston County’s new $43.5 million jail will be delayed again due to hiring and technological delays.

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The Olympian

Council to discuss use of grant money

$158,645 to the Family Support Center to turn the city's Smith Building into a shelter and day center for homeless families.

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Mon May 13, 2013

The Olympian

Rain Garden reimbursements deadline extended to September 1

Residents of unincorporated Thurston County can apply for a reimbursement of up to $200 for plants and compost used to install an improved rain garden.

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The Miami Herald

Lovely yellow petals belie weedy menace

Who would think this soft landscape, with its undulating blue waves of wildflowers, flitting butterflies and calls of meadowlark, could be the scene of such battle.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA, Agriculture, Science, University of Washington

The Olympian

Port should pursue jobs from solar park

I was disappointed to read the port commissioners' answer to citizens who are opposing using our port to bring in fracking materials for use in extracting oil in North Dakota.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA

Bellingham Herald

Community stronger, better because of public employees

This week is public service recognition week. In a community where public employees make up more than 40 percent of the workforce, it is hard to imagine Thurston County without the influence of dedicated public servants.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Tenino, WA, McCleary, WA

Sat May 11, 2013

The Olympian

County eyes plan to curb plastic bags

Thurston County is seeking residents and businesses to help draft language for an ordinance to reduce the estimated 90 million plastic shopping bags used countywide each year.

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Related Topix: Tumwater, WA, Tenino, WA, Bucoda, WA, Yelm, WA

Fri May 10, 2013

The Olympian

Higher education a smart investment in statea s future

After a two-week break to refresh and hear from constituents, state lawmakers will return to the Capitol Campus on Monday to finish the work they couldn't accomplish in 105 days: passing a budget.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jay Inslee, US House of Representatives, Democrat, University of Washington, Evergreen State College, Johns Hopkins University