Olympia, WA
Clear, 43° F Get the full forecast
Search Results for 'regional fire authority'
91 results total, viewing 81 - 91
Tumwater and Olympia are considering several options for the size and makeup of the proposed regional fire authority's board.
How to merge fire departments?  Here’s what Tumwater and Olympia are considering
Olympia and Tumwater are working through details of the planned merger of their fire departments. During Tumwater’s city council meeting yesterday the members were briefed about governance … more
|
Olympia city officials start outlining the city council mid-year retreat agenda on May 9, 2022.
Olympia City Council starts preparing for mid-year retreat
Olympia city officials began outlining the agenda for the city council’s mid-year retreat, tentatively scheduled on June 18 at the council chamber. During a meeting on Monday, May 9, City … more
|
Regional Fire Authority committee members meet on Monday to discuss the public outreach for RFA plan.
Olympia, Tumwater to hold public event on the Regional Fire Authority plan May 19
The cities of Olympia and Tumwater will co-host an online event on May 19 at 6 p.m. to provide opportunities for a public discussion about the Regional Authority (RFA) plan. In an RFA committee … more
| | 1 comment
The Regional Fire Authority (RFA) Planning Committee of Olympia and Tumwater met on Monday to iron out its work plan as a preparation for the presentation to the city councils on April 19.
Merging fire departments: April 19 set for presentation to Tumwater and Olympia city councils
The Regional Fire Authority (RFA) Planning Committee of Olympia and Tumwater will present its work plans to the city councils on Tuesday, April 19. In its Monday meeting, members of the RFA … more
|
Olympia and Tumwater’s council members, union representatives, and fire chiefs discussed on Jan. 24, 2022, some final steps on their plan to merge their cities’ fire departments into one Regional Fire Authority.
Olympia, Tumwater closer to merging fire departments
Olympia and Tumwater discussed some final steps in institutionalizing the Regional Fire Authority (RFA) yesterday, which would merge the two cities’ fire departments. During the RFA … more
|
The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held a public hearing regarding creation of a Home Fund throughout Thurston County on Tue., Nov. 23, 2021.
Thurston County residents share overwhelming support for county-wide Home Fund
 Several community members shared their support for the proposed county-wide Home Fund, which would add a 0.1 percent increase to sales taxes everywhere in Thurston County except in the city … more
| | 10 comments
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
|
The Lacey City Council approved the appointment of Brian Hurley (bottom row, left) as Tumwater’s newest fire chief. Hurley was also accompanied by his colleague, James Osberg (bottom row, right), who described him as a great team player.
Tumwater promotes Brian Hurley to fire chief
The Tumwater City Council promoted Brian Hurley to Fire Chief during the regular city council meeting yesterday. In his recommendation, Tumwater City Administrator John Doan shared that Hurley is one … more
|
A driver deposits her ballot in the official drop box across the street from the U.S. Post Office in Lacey on Election Day last year.
Considering running for office? Candidates workshop coming April 22
  Thurston County Elections will hold a Candidate Filing Workshop online on Thursday, April 22 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.  The meeting is open to anyone interested in running for office this … more
Cascadian activists have in some cases employed civil disobedience tactics in their fight to keep the region from becoming a major export center for planet-warming fossil fuels. Here, protesters block the main BNSF rail line in Vancouver, Washington, on June 18, 2016, as police begin to move in. The action was organized by the Fossil Fuel Resistance Network in response to a recent oil train derailment in Mosier, Oregon, to highlight the risks of fossil fuel transportation.
During a decade when Cascadia’s governments flouted their carbon emissions goals, activists fighting fossil fuel exports exceeded their wildest expectations.
SEATTLE — At the corner of Third and Union, amid a sea of downtown high-rises and just across from Macy’s, members of the Northern Cheyenne tribe in native regalia walked alongside … more
| | 1 comment
Local firefighters face additional challenges in combatting the effects of fire season this year, local fire officials said, with some of the novel challenge arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite dry conditions, wildfires elsewhere, fire season average in Thurston County
THURSTON COUNTY –– As wildfires ravage California and certain parts of Washington state — prompting Gov. Jay Inslee to issue a state of emergency through the end of September — Thurston County and its sometimes sprawling brush have escaped major incidents despite dry, warm conditions. more
|
« Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Copyright © 2024 The JOLT News Organization, A 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization, EIN 87-2868827. Telephone +1-360-357-1000
Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions