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Members from the 15th Medical Group host an open house for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 26, 2018. The event reached out to members of the community to raise awareness of breast cancer and to teach people the importance of monthly self-checks.
“The enemy is lurking in our bodies” — Women veterans say toxic exposure caused breast cancer
October 14, 2021 -- As Kate Hendricks Thomas sat one night with her second-grade son Matthew, he placed his hands on the table as if he were an adult girding up for an important … more
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Pat Cole
Olympia City Council: Pat Cole's Picks
It's local election season, and we're all trying to figure out who to vote for and support.  Local elections are, in many ways, the most important elections. Our local governments have the … more
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The new sign for the VA Olympia Outpatient Clinic was still in its protective shipping wrapper as recently as the week before the official opening of the clinic on Aug. 16, 2021.
New VA healthcare clinic in Olympia opens Aug. 16
Veterans seeking healthcare won’t have to travel to American Lake for many services after this Mon., Aug. 16, when the new VA Olympia Outpatient Clinic opens its doors to in-person … more
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EMBRACING – Laura embraces her son Nathan. She says kids who need special help are harmed further when the Department of Children, Youth, and Families puts them in unstable living conditions: It piles ‘trauma on top of trauma,’ she says. Laura and Nathan asked that their real names not be used in this report.
Can a court victory provide refuge for foster youth?
Laura was afraid her autistic son, Nathan, would accidentally kill himself. After a brain injury, the 13-year-old had begun setting fires in their house and had climbed onto the roof. Unable to find … more
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Cooling centers open to the public Thu.-Fri., Aug. 12-13 from 1 - 7 p.m.
Too hot? Here is a list of "Cooling centers" -- locations open to the public along with their operating hours and Intercity Transit routes to get you there. Lacey Timberland Library500 College … more
This home at 862 Ebbets Dr SW in Tumwater was sold by Garrett Lafferty for $435,000.
The JOLT Real Estate Report for July 11 - 17, 2021
This weekly report covers single-family home sales in Thurston County over the past week. There were 118 sales completed from Sunday, July 11, through Saturday, July 17, 2021. The median sales … more
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This home at 2142 79th Ave SE in Tumwater was sold by John Duerr for $625,000.
The JOLT Real Estate Report for July 4 - 10, 2021
This weekly report covers single-family home sales in Thurston County over the past week.  There were 93 sales completed from Sunday, July 4, through Saturday, July 10, 2021. The median sales … more
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This home at 801 Wilson St. sold last week for $550,000.
The JOLT Real Estate Week in Review for Jan. 10-16, 2021
This is the first weekly report covering single-family home sales in Thurston County.  It covers the 50 sales completed from Sun., Jan. 10 through Sat., Jan. 16, 2020. Median price of these … more
Washington misses its deadline to bring foster kids home from troubled out-of-state group facilities
Valery Roseus remembers the day when a staff member called a meeting at Capital Academy, a residential youth institution in New Jersey where he had lived for a time as a foster child under the care … more
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Jesus Lopez
Washington foster kids detail abuse at Sequel group homes
For more than two hours, a foster youth who had just been shipped by Washington state officials to a privately run Iowa group home was held down by three staffers, his wrists and heels painfully … more
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Free transportation to American Lake VA Medical Center is available to veterans from the Lacey Veterans Services Hub.
Attention Veterans: This story is for you
Are you a veteran in need of help? Having trouble finding the information or services you need? Thanks to the vision of the City of Lacey and support from Thurston County, the South Puget Sound … more
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In a photo posted to Facebook, Olympia police officer Tiffany Coates poses with a group of armed men, many of whom can be seen making hand gestures associated with the Three Percent movement. Coates was responding to a call at a gun shop parking lot in the early hours of June 5. (Facebook)
Laws banning private armies go unenforced as election day vigilantism looms
OLYMPIA – When Olympia Police Officer Tiffany Coates’ cruiser rolled into a gun shop parking lot, she knew dozens of armed men were waiting for her. She wasn’t … more
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School recess appears to be nearly as much fun at home as it would have been at school for Jonah and Faith.
What it’s really like to navigate remote learning
The internet is fraught with remote-learning forums, Facebook posts, and homeschool tips. Across the nation, classrooms are empty, and teachers are anxious. Parents are having sleepless nights … more
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County wants to hire a ninth judge
Thurston County Superior Court hasn’t had a new Superior Court judge position added since 2000, and in those two decades, criminal filings have increased by 18 percent.   Superior … more
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Sheriff's office wants to hire new detective, additional deputies
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office wants to add three new patrol deputies and one detective to its staff in 2021. Sheriff John Snaza and his command staff presented their case to Thurston … more
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A large crowd gathered outside Olympia City Hall in June in celebration of the life of Yvonne McDonald, a Black woman who died two years ago under mysterious circumstances.
City seeks to reform its criminal justice system
The Olympia City Council, during ongoing discussion on forming more equitable public safety policy, formed a three-person committee to identify immediate changes that could improve all people’s … more
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Larry Jefferson, lead attorney, Thurston County Office of Public Defense felony unit
Jail population shrunk during pandemic
While the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed incarcerated peoples’ right to a trial for several months, it has also brought to Thurston County new reform that has significantly dropped the average … more
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County coroner says Reinoehl died from gunshot wounds to his head and torso
LACEY — Michael Reinoehl, the suspect in a Portland slaying who was gunned down by a federal task force last Thursday, died from gunshot wounds to the head and torso, said Thurston County … more
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The "Tower of Voices" monument at the Flight 93 Memorial for 9/11 stands a symbolic 93 feet tall. It is an architectural musical instrument holding forty wind chimes, representing the forty passengers and crew members who perished on September 11, 2001, near the site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Would we do the same?
Driving along the Pennsylvania Turnpike two summers ago, my wife Deanna and I noticed the sign for the Flight 93 Memorial.  We had no idea it was close by and only swung off the freeway at … more
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The apartment complex where Michael Reinoehl was shot and killed by a U.S. Marshal-led task force last night.
Portland shooting suspect killed by officers near Lacey
Officers with a U.S. Marshal-led task force responding near Lacey Thursday night shot and killed a man suspected of committing a widely reported slaying in Portland last week. According to a … more
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