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OLYMPIA – Thurston County’s Family and Juvenile Court is inviting the media and public to join in the 16th annual celebration of National Adoption Day virtually on November 19, at 2:00 …
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11/4/20
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OLYMPIA – The Thurston County Board of Commissioners postponed the 2021 application process for those seeking Lodging Tax (LTAC) funding for projects occurring in incorporated Thurston County …
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11/3/20
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LACEY, WA, November 2, 2020: As part of the Hawks Prairie Road & Marvin Road Roundabout Expansion project, northbound Marvin Road, from 31st Avenue NE to just south of Hawks Prairie Road NE, will …
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11/2/20
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Thurston County is hiring temporary contact tracers to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as several other positions in Public Health, including epidemiologists, a data analyst and a …
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10/30/20
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OLYMPIA – The Thurston County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 10, at 3:00 p.m. or soon thereafter, to accept public comment on development code …
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10/30/20
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In 2018, Lisa Gillotti started a nonprofit organization, Build A Bus Home, with the goal of recycling old school buses for homeless people to live in. But in April 2019, she decided to focus on …
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by Prachi Gohil
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10/28/20
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A new committee formed to improve public safety in Olympia is beginning to take shape, after its members outlined goals it seeks to accomplish. Chief among them: create a justice system that treats …
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Lacey – School looks very different this year and North Thurston Education Foundation (NTEF) is busier than ever. The pandemic has created new challenges for North Thurston Public …
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10/27/20
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Hello Thurston County! We, like many other counties in Western Washington, are experiencing a fall surge in COVID-19 cases. As a county, we are currently …
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Dimyana Abdelmalek, MD, MPH
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10/27/20
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There's only a week left to see the artwork displayed in Olympia's Arts Month exhibit.
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10/22/20
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Linda Myers is the great grandmother of a kindergartner in a Thurston County grade school. When the child’s mother had to be hospitalized recently, Myers became this child's "at-home …
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by Kathleen Anderson
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10/22/20
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OLYMPIA – Thurston County is permanently closing access to Moon Road SW from 188th Avenue SW near Rochester, WA at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
The closure, starting at the …
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10/22/20
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Hello Thurston County! Thank you for the very thoughtful questions you have been submitting, keep them coming!
Yesterday in response to rising transmission rates in our community, I made the …
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Dimyana Abdelmalek, MD, MPH
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10/15/20
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OLYMPIA – After a public hearing on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, the Thurston County Board of Health adopted new rules on smoking and vaping. The action formally adopts rules consistent with the …
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10/15/20
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The Olympia City Council passed an ordinance yesterday providing protection to renters in danger of eviction because of pandemic-related factors.
This meeting marked the second time the ordinance …
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OLYMPIA –The Thurston County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. to receive public testimony on the annual update of the county …
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10/12/20
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COVID-19 in Washington state has left an already at-risk group considerably vulnerable. While Senior Services for South Sound has felt the impact of COVID-19 from a business perspective, its staff is …
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by Emma Dobbs
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10/8/20
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Hello Thurston County! This has been a challenging week for our county as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as we have seen our cases increase significantly. The question on everyone’s …
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Dimyana Abdelmalek, MD, MPH, Thurston County Health Officer
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10/7/20
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OLYMPIA -- Thurston County Public Health and Social Services (PHSS) has released the full Thurston County 2020 Point in Time (PIT) Homeless Census Report. This report details the results of the …
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10/2/20
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by Prachi Gohil
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10/1/20
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