Tumwater News

That's the thinking behind a new event coming to Thurston County, which was announced Wednesday as part of the Olympia Lacey Tumwater Visitor & Convention Bureau's annual meeting at the Red Lion Hotel Olympia.

The Madrona Farmers Market returns today from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Grocery Outlet Parking Lot at MLK Way and East Union Street.

"Having graduated from Tumwater High School myself, I am honored to return to a building in a district that has provided me with so much," he said.

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.

Service: Sells nearly everything fairy, including figurines, cards, books, costumes, fairy houses, canvas paintings and all the necessary items to create fairy gardens.

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.

Washington's high school students may have a greater incentive to take Advanced Placement computer science courses in the future, which state lawmakers hope will spur more school districts to offer the classes.

A Tumwater school administrator has resigned amidst a district investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct between a former paraeducator and student.

"I am excited to be appointed to the city council and appreciate the council member's confidence in choosing me," Way stated in a news release.

Lincoln Options history: Hear about the history of Lincoln Elementary School's Options Program and talk to its founders during a presentation at 6:30 p.m. today at the school gym, 213 21st Ave.

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.

Most of the time, the large greenhouses at Tumwater and Black Hills high schools serve as classroom laboratories for horticulture students.

You can't get drunk if the person next to you is overdoing it with the booze. But what if they were smoking pot? The consequences of breathing their second-hand smoke could lead to your firing or even a DUI.

Across the country, schools, libraries, government agencies, banks and other organizations held special events last week to stress the importance of financial literacy during Money Smart Week.

Mobile DSHS: The mobile office of the Department of Social and Health Services will be in Rochester from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Bailey's IGA, 10333 Highway 12, to help people apply for cash, food and medical assistance; drug and alcohol treatment; and child-care services.

The Olympia City Council last week approved paying the company Itron $4.4 million to replace or retrofit the city's traditional water meters with automated technology that will send usage information remotely to the city.

Spring Arts Walk: Various locations in downtown Olympia. Includes visual and performing arts in more than 100 businesses, hands-on family activities, demonstrations, street performances.

A sailboat caught fire at West Bay Marina in Olympia Friday night, causing an estimated $75,000 in damage, according to a news release.

Usually firefighters go through Bates Fire Recruit Academy in Tacoma or the state-run Fire Training Academy in North Bend.

A person driving by called the fire department after they saw flames coming from a building on the 6500 block of 128th Avenue Southwest, according to West Thurston Fire Lt.