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In 2023, community votes and input played a vital role in shaping the direction of decisionmaking in Olympia. During the April election, Olympia and Tumwater rejected the proposed creation of a …
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Nineteen elected officials took their oaths of office during a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, December 28.
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By Jerome Tuaño and Danny Stusser
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12/28/23
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For Tumwater, the year began with the arson of a historic building. The rest of the year was tamer, though fire remained in the spotlight: the proposed formation of a Regional Fire Authority was …
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By Jerome Tuaño
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12/27/23
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Except for two ballots recently discovered in an out-of-service dropbox, all Thurston County ballots have been counted.
Next Tuesday, November 28, at 12:30 p.m. the Thurston County Auditor …
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With only about 2,000 ballots remaining to be counted as of 4:47 p.m. today, it's time to announce the likely winners of most of the general election races throughout Thurston County.
The …
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By Sage Hamilton, Danny Stusser, Hannah Franklin, Edwin Oscar Gutierrez, Jr.
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11/13/23
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With an estimated 11,000 ballots left to be counted, it is too early to declare winners in any of the 76 other races or the proposition to increase the sales tax.
As of today, election …
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With an additional estimated 20,000 ballots left to count, no local or county-wide races are decided.
At 5 p.m. today, 51,893 ballots have been tabulated, according to the Thurson County …
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By Hannah Franklin, Edwin Oscar Gutierrez, Jr., Sage Hamilton and Danny Stusser
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11/8/23
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If this year’s general election turnout mirrors that of 2021, no one will go to sleep tonight confident that they know the results of any of the ballot choices.
The Thurston County …
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By Hannah Franklin, Sage Hamilton, Edwin Oscar Gutierrez, Jr. and Danny Stusser
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11/7/23
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Olympia City Manager Jay Burney has named Matt Morris the city’s new Chief of its Fire Department.
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By Darlanne Cruz
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10/27/23
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Olympia community members showed their strong opposition to the city council's 2024 Legislative Priorities, specifically taking one item they believed was an attempt to "circumvent the voters" who …
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The Olympia City Council had a briefing on the potential annexing of a 2.5 square mile southeast urban growth area (UGA), focusing its discussion on city services and financial impacts.
At the …
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Thomas Jefferson wrote that a well-informed electorate is a necessary precursor to a healthy democracy. One would think that today, with a proliferation of information “channels”, …
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When all 58,927 ballots are counted from the August 1 primary, some 30.7% of voters will have participated.
As of 4:02 p.m. today, only 475 votes remain to be counted, according to the Thurston …
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By Danny Stusser
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8/3/23
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About 21 percent of Thurston County voters turned in their ballots in time to be counted for yesterday’s primary election.
These voters, some 39,949 of 191,908 registered, got to decide …
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Tumwater’s fire department will now pursue a new strategic plan after voters rejected a ballot measure that would have created a regional fire authority (RFA) with Olympia, Fire Chief Brian …
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The PDC failed to fulfill its mission regarding the complaints filed about Tumwater and Olympia’s regional fire ballot measure flyer. The flyer was transparently propagandistic and …
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Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) staff issued a “formal written warning” to Olympia and Tumwater last week regarding complaints made about the mailer the cities sent …
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Jane Jacobs, the author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” wrote, “You can’t rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there.”
Her …
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Between the August 1 primary and the November 7 general election, some 132 candidates are standing for 75 elected offices throughout Thurston County this year.
In addition, the Thurston County …
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The voter and candidacy registration deadline for the August 1 Primary Election is fast approaching.
The Thurston County Auditor has published election deadlines on this website. …
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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5/10/23
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