Thurston County

Federal law enforcement actions at the scene of the Bear Gulch Fire have county, state and federal officials trying to figure out how to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Donald J. Trump will stay on Washington state primary ballots, Thurston County Superior Court Judge, Mary Sue Wilson ruled Thursday morning. Eight Washington residents brought the complaint trying to get the former president removed.

Three of five people hospitalized for listeria infections in Pierce and Thurston counties have died, according to the Washington Department of Health.

A major collision on northbound Interstate 5 Wednesday morning caused day-long backups across much of Thurston County.The incident, between a semi-truck and passenger vehicle, closed all but one of the northbound lanes just past the exit to Mounts Road in DuPont, as crews worked to investigate the collision and then clear the debris and vehicles.

Lawmakers are considering restarting the process to find a location to build a new airport after months of community backlash to current recommendations. One member of the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission, which was formed in 2019 to address aviation capacity shortages, agrees more review is needed.Bryce Yadon represents Futurewise, an environmental land use nonprofit that advocates for policies to address population growth in compliance with the Growth Management Act. Their goal is to protect farms, forests and waterways, and ensure urban areas are accessible to all.

The battle against a new two-runway airport in Pierce or Thurston county ramped up on Wednesday, when a hundred or so rallied on the north steps of the Capitol Building in Olympia. Lawmakers were there to listen, and express their own objection to the proposed sites, or at least a need to restart the process for choosing a site for a new airfield. Behind closed doors, some are working on legislation that would do just that.

Southeast of the Puget Sound, in rural Pierce and Thurston counties, there’s lots of open land. It’s the home of the Nisqually River Watershed and some of the last remaining prairie ecosystems in the state. The Nisqually Indian Tribe manages 90 miles of land, from Mount Rainier to the mouth of the Nisqually River — a fraction of the homelands of the tribe, said Willy Frank III, tribal chairman.

The omicron variant has been found in Washington state.State health officials announced Saturday that three cases of the new coronavirus variant have been…

COVID-19 related deaths are trending much higher in Republican counties than in Democratic ones in Washington. That’s according to a new legislative analysis.

It used to be a busy day at the Providence COVID drive-up test site near Olympia was 100 cars. Recently, the site broke a one-day record with 352 drive ups. It's another sign of the “third wave” now underway.