Thurston County News

Olympia police served a search warrant Thursday night at a home in Rochester but weren't able to find Robert J. Maddaus, who is suspected of shooting a man Monday morning.

Tim Eyman lost a round in court Friday over his effort to make state elections officials answer questions about their policy for making initiative-signers' names public.

Sheriff Dan Kimball and Thurston County commissioners have settled their legal dispute over proposed budget cuts.

The U.S. Senate passed a military construction bill Tuesday that includes nearly $399 million for bases in Washington state, with about one-third of the funding targeted for Fort Lewis.

A man is dead after a shooting early Monday at Capitol Way and 18th Avenue in Olympia's South Capitol neighborhood, and police are investigating it as a homicide.

An Ohio woman is under investigation in the theft of H1N1 influenza vaccine from a Thurston County hospice center.

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Four Thurston County parks Burfoot, Frye Cove, Griffin and Kenneydell will remain open this winter after being closed last winter because of budget cuts.

OLYMPIA A donation of 1,000 pounds of food to the Thurston County Food Bank goes a long way for an organization that has seen demand for its services increase about 20 percent in the past year.

The state Transportation Department is using $1.7 million in federal stimulus money to install cable barriers along the 20 mile stretch of Highway 8 between Elma and Highway 101 in Thurston County near Olympia.

Editor's Note : This post has been updated to include Congressman Adam Smith of Washington's 9th Congressional District in the call to action.

OLYMPIA, Wash. Thurston County is investigating the theft of 20 doses of swine flu vaccine.

A repeat offender stalker with a history of mental health issues was charged again with felony stalking last week – this time for repeatedly attempting to contact a female corrections officer whom he claims he fell in love with while incarcerated at the Thurston County Jail, court papers state.

A man who beat a murder rap 12 years ago and who, police say, ran Thurston County's largest crack-cocaine ring, faces decades in prison after a judge found him guilty Thursday in a murder-for-hire plot and for leading organized crime.

The battle of egos between Thurston County Sheriff Dan Kimball and the three county commissioners took another turn recently when Kimball won all of his court motions, including a move to force the county to pay his legal bills.

Ballot counts Wednesday showed Washington's same-sex partnership law passing with twice the margin of victory it had on election night, and one key leader in the movement declared victory.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office has issued a public notification on Level 3 Sex Offender, Timothy G. Smetzler.

With the election results from Thurston County coming in, even with 20,000 votes yet to be counted , it's shaping up to be a great night for Democrats.

The following projects are expected to affect traffic in the coming week, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation, the city of Olympia and Fort Lewis.

New numbers released by the federal government Friday estimate that the federal stimulus package has helped create or save 34,500 total jobs in Washington, making it the state with the third-largest reported number of stimulus jobs, behind California and New York.