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The City of Olympia updated its municipal code last week to explicitly prohibit discrimination and to add “family or relationship structure” as a protected category.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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3/2/26
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A Tacoma man faces felony charges after he allegedly attempted to flee police from Lewis County to Thurston County before a deputy ultimately stopped his vehicle with a grappler device.
Elijah …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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3/2/26
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Saturday, Feb. 28, marked the 25th anniversary of the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually Earthquake that shook Western Washington’s Puget Sound region. The milestone is a reminder that the best time to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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No injuries were reported in a fire that broke out at a Rochester home on Sunday.
Crews with the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority were dispatched to the structure fire in the 7500 …
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By the Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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The Thurston County Auditor’s Office is seeking Rochester School District residents to write arguments “against” a levy proposal set to run on the April 28 special election ballot.
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By the Thurston Chronicle staff
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3/2/26
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Washington Democrats’ controversial income tax bill emerged from a state House panel Friday looking much different than when it arrived.
But it hadn’t changed enough to win over Gov. Bob …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/27/26
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The Olympia Police Department responded to a total 1,028 calls for service this week.
The department remarked upon the following notable trends:
Officers responded to two …
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By the Thurston Chronicle staff
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2/27/26
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The sound of a K9 helped Thurston County Sheriff’s Office sergeants stop a fleeing suspect during a foot pursuit on Wednesday.
Only, the sergeants didn’t have a K9 with them. One of …
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By the Thurston Chronicle staff
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2/27/26
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Mount Rainier National Park will not implement a timed entry reservation for any portion of the park in 2026, a news release from the park announced.
The park will use parking management …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/27/26
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The fifth annual Irish Fest will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 14 and 15, a recent Facebook post from Thurston County stated.
Admission and parking are free.
The festival will …
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By the Thurston Chronicle staff
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2/27/26
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Classrooms at Rainier Elementary School received a welcome boost this week as community volunteers Laura Immel and Victoria Cooper delivered hundreds of dollars’ worth of essential classroom …
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By the Thurston Chronicle staff
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2/27/26
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The Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling dismissing the recall petition against Thurston County Commissioner Emily Clouse.
“We conclude that none of the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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2/27/26
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In a move opposed by hundreds of community members, the Timberland Regional Library (TRL) Board of Trustees on Wednesday authorized library administration to lay off staff in response to a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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2/26/26
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Washington state House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon acknowledged he was intoxicated during a Wednesday night committee hearing on budget legislation.
The Seattle Democrat admitted to drinking …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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For the first time in nine years of offering in-home care to vulnerable community members, Capital Homecare Cooperative yielded a profit in 2025 that went back to co-op members.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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2/26/26
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Second Hand Rose Antiques and Collectables in the Olympia area suffered significant damage in a fire that broke out early Monday morning.
The cause of the fire is under …
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By Emily Fitzgerald /
emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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2/26/26
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The 47-year-old Lewis County man accused of embezzling $100,000 from the Cowlitz Indian Tribe appeared in U.S. District Court in Tacoma Tuesday after being charged with unlawful firearm possession, …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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2/25/26
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State Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, says a provision included in a proposed supplemental operating budget from the state House of Representatives would cut funding for the Running Start program.
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/25/26
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Weyerhaeuser’s annual public seedling sale will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the company’s Rochester Nursery on Saturday, March 21.
A variety of Christmas and regeneration seedlings are …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/25/26
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Republican Washington state Reps. Travis Couture, Jim Walsh and Matt Marshall issued a warning Friday after House Democrats advanced a controversial plan that redirects billions from the Law …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/25/26
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