Lacey News

Twice a week, the library, playfield, hallways and some of the classrooms at Meadows Elementary School in Lacey transform into a different place: It's called Clubhouse.

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.

A 10 year old male student walking to Olympic View Elementary school Thursday morning reported that a male attempted to lure him into a vehicle.

A judge sentenced a man to nine months of work release Monday after he pleaded guilty to vehicular assault and driving under the influence for hitting a motorcyclist on 54th Avenue in Lacey in March.

Fifth-grade teacher Julie Wyatt, center, helps Lium Ferris, left, and Kassandra Salgado build an Alka-Seltzer lava lamp during science class last week at Pleasant Glade Elementary School in Lacey.

River Ridge High School in Lacey was evacuated at about 8:15 a.m. Monday due to a small oven fire in the school’s kitchen, according to Cortny Martin with North Thurston Public Schools’ Community Relations department.

The Capital Bicycling Club of Olympia has started a new ride for cyclists who want to learn more about road cycling.

The state of Washington is removing young residents from two Vancouver group homes that cater to children with serious emotional and behavioral challenges - those who have been "kicked out of foster care" because they were too hard to handle, according to one group home manager.

To help combat the issue, Target Zero Thurston County is targeting house parties and conducting compliance checks throughout the county this summer with the goal of keeping young impaired drivers off the road.

The North Thurston School Board will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Dr. John W. Gott Administrative Center, 305 College St.

Investigations were continuing Monday into the causes of two wrecks involving motorcycles that led to three fatalities last weekend, said Trooper Russ Winger, State Patrol spokesman.

The Washington State Patrol says two motorcycles collided head-on Sunday afternoon on a curve on the highway south of Quilcene.

The city of Lacey is looking for long-term solutions to filling the nearly 240,000 square feet of empty office space within the Woodland District.

Her last years in office, former Gov. Chris Gregoire worked long hours slashing budgets, pushing for taxes and running a nearly 60,000-employee operation.

Tropical tunes: Celebrate Olympia trop-rock vocalist BRITTANY KINGERY as she debuts her CD “Edge of the Ocean” at 8 tonight.

A Thurston County jury has acquitted a 29-year-old Lakewood man of raping his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint at her Lacey apartment last year, but convicted him of five other crimes Friday, including kidnapping her and burglarizing her home while armed with a firearm.

Army recruit Sarah Bower stood in formation with about 150 of the military's newest service members Wednesday night and swore an oath to serve her country.

Actors always get the spotlight. But behind every great stage production, there are people taking care of details such as the lights, sets and costumes.

A 27-year-old woman who has accused her ex-boyfriend of raping her at gunpoint in her Lacey apartment last year testified Monday that after he forced his way into her home, he told her that he was going to kill her, then himself, so she agreed to have sex with him in her bedroom.

A tree limb was removed from an overhead line, and power has been restored to customers in Lacey, according to Puget Sound Energy.