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9 hrs ago | The Olympian

Troubled motel on Martin Way sold, may be demolished

The future of Bailey’s Motor Inn on Martin Way in Olympia is in doubt after its former owner Tony Kim confirmed Wednesday that he has sold the property and will shut down lodging operations there on May 31.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA, Drugs, Lacey, WA

13 hrs ago | The Olympian

Tumwater plans beerfest as tourist draw

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.

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Related Topix: Tumwater, WA, Lacey, WA, Olympia, WA, Drink, Beer

Wed May 22, 2013

Seattle Times

Ex-Great Wolf Lodge lifeguard charged with rape of guest, 14

Thurston County prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old former lifeguard at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound with second-degree rape and third-degree child rape for an alleged sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl who was a guest at the waterpark resort.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Grand Mound, WA

The Olympian

Thurston County campuses go tobacco free in 2014

The Thurston County commissioners approved a tobacco ban that will prohibit smoking, e-cigarettes and tobacco products on county grounds starting next year, according to a news release.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

Bellingham Herald

Filings for office both disappointing and interesting

It's more than a little disappointing that 65 percent of this fall's contests for public office have already been decided.

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Related Topix: Bucoda, WA, Lacey, WA, Olympia, WA, Tenino, WA

Mon May 20, 2013

KOMO News

Suspected drunk driver slams into car while speeding from police

A man was seriously injured late Sunday when the car he driving was broadsided by a suspected drunk driver who was trying to get away from police.

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Related Topix: Lacey, WA, Olympia, WA

The Olympian

1 hurt Sunday in fully involved fire at Yelm home

Firefighters responded to a fully involved blaze at a home in the 19500 block of Johnson Road Southeast in Yelm about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, according to Thurston County Fire Protection District 17, Bald Hills Fire Department.

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Related Topix: Fire, Yelm, WA

Examiner.com

Thurston County, Wash. woman receives $75k in dog bite lawsuit

After a week long trial, a jury awarded a woman $75,000 for a dog bite sustained in 2009 in Tenino, Wash.

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Sun May 19, 2013

The News Tribune

Thurston needs 3 candidates

The Thurston County auditor has announced a three-day special filing period seeking candidates for three offices that did not draw candidates for the upcoming election.

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Related Topix: Bucoda, WA, Olympia, WA

Sat May 18, 2013

KHQ-TV Spokane

Thurston County woman wins $75K for dog bite

The Olympian reports the woman was seeking payment for medical expenses, plus pain, inconvenience, emotional stress, scaring and other general damages.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA, Tenino, WA

Fri May 17, 2013

KOMO News

Man tries to lure Lacey boy with promise of $100

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.

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Related Topix: Lacey, WA

Wed May 15, 2013

The News Tribune

Great Wolf Lodge lifeguard arrested on suspicion of child rape

Detectives with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a 19-year-old former lifeguard at Great Wolf Lodge on suspicion of third-degree child rape, court records state.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The News Tribune

Defense Dept. employees in South Sound still facing furloughs

Thousands of Defense Department employees in Pierce and Thurston counties still face unpaid time off this summer, but not as much as the Pentagon initially proposed.

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Related Topix: Pierce County, WA, Olympia, WA

Stars and Stripes

Documentary explores life after the military for female veterans

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.

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Related Topix: Tumwater, WA, University of Washington, Life, Veteran Affairs

The Olympian

Olympia woman arraigned on murder charge

A 27-year-old Olympia woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to attempted first-degree murder and first-degree murder in connection with her former Behavioral Health Resources counselor's strangulation death at his Sunset Beach Drive home on April 29.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA

The News Tribune

Olympia woman arraigned on murder charge

Lia Yera Tricomo, 27, appears in Thurston County Superior Court Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by video.

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Related Topix: Olympia, WA

Examiner.com

CPL figure skyrockets 15K in a single month

More than 426,000 active Washington concealed pistol licenses are now in circulation, up a staggering 15,289 in the month since Examiner last checked with the state Department of Licensing , confirming what various sources in law enforcement say about the volume of applications and renewals, and the work overload to process them.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jay Inslee, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Washington, Guns, King County, WA, US Governors

The Olympian

Opening delayed for Thurston County's new jail

The opening of Thurston County’s new $43.5 million jail will be delayed again due to hiring and technological delays.

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The Olympian

Council to discuss use of grant money

$158,645 to the Family Support Center to turn the city's Smith Building into a shelter and day center for homeless families.

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Mon May 13, 2013

The Olympian

Rain Garden reimbursements deadline extended to September 1

Residents of unincorporated Thurston County can apply for a reimbursement of up to $200 for plants and compost used to install an improved rain garden.

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