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A basinwide flood alert system will soon deliver messages right to your phone via text.
It will also be available in Spanish.
The Chehalis Basin Board approved a funding request for $25,000 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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The Olympia Police Department responded to a total of 1,148 calls for service this week.
The department remarked upon the following notable trends:
Officers arrested suspects in …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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The three-person race for Thurston County commissioner in District 5 is officially underway.
Lacey City Council member Nic Dunning, also known as Nicolas Martinez-Dunning, and North Thurston …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/15/26
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Tickets are now on sale for the Olympia-Lacey Fan Zone, Thurston County’s regional 2026 soccer celebration experience taking place along Olympia’s waterfront this June.
Fans can purchase …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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Washington state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, made a campaign stop on the outskirts of the Third Congressional District on Wednesday, May 14, at the Skookumchuck Grange in Tenino, speaking to …
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By Jacob Dimond / For The Chronicle
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5/15/26
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has extended this year’s special hunt application submission deadline by one week to May 27 following an unexpected delay in the availability …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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The public is invited to join Artist/Carver Andrea Wilbur-Sigo, the Squaxin Island Tribe and City of Olympia in the dedication of the Welcome Figure Həʔapus sqʷəbay (Ha-push Squay-bay), Mother of …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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As the June 1 closure date for the Yashiro Japanese Garden grows closer, the City of Olympia on Friday shared its plans to preserve and relocate the garden to another public site.
“The …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Police investigation, prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), into the illegal sale of a figurine carved out of elephant ivory has …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/15/26
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Tenino High School senior Baylee Ahrens has compiled quite the trophy case in her journey raising and showing livestock, as well as in FFA.
She’s won awards like grand champion senior showman …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/14/26
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Thurston County Public Health & Social Services (PHSS) is reporting a toxic algae bloom in Lake Lawrence in Yelm.
Lab results taken from Lake Lawrence on Tuesday, May 12, detected …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/14/26
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During the first joint meeting between the City of Yelm and Yelm Community Schools (YCS) since 2019, it was revealed that — due to Blue Fern Development’s planned construction in the recently …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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5/14/26
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During the first joint meeting in seven years between Yelm Community Schools and the City of Yelm on Tuesday, May 5, Cody Colt, Yelm public services director, highlighted some of the area’s …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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5/14/26
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The Olympia Tumwater Foundation (OTF) has announced a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a new public art installation at Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls.
This opportunity invites local artists …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/13/26
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The Washington state Department of Corrections (DOC), in partnership with the Washington state Department of Health (DOH), has made the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline available to incarcerated …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/13/26
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The Tenino City Council has officially dissolved the Tenino Police Department.
The council convened at Tenino City Hall for the council’s Tuesday, May 12, meeting, and, among other business, …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/13/26
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When the Evergreen State College pool closes next month, the North Thurston Public Schools will have the burden of having the only pools in Thurston County that can accommodate high school swim …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/13/26
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Standing Room Only (SRO) Theater has emerged as one of Yelm’s top entertainment sources since the conclusion of the pandemic, and in recent memory, the organization’s partnership with …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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5/13/26
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The Thurston County Board of Commissioners are asking for a salary pay freeze for the second year in a row amid the county’s ongoing budget difficulties.
The five-member board voted …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/12/26
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Costco is taking the next steps towards building a new, larger warehouse store in Tumwater to replace its existing, smaller location on Littlerock Road.
The proposed 166,000-square-foot …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/12/26
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