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Thurston County is a founding member of the Timberland system, which was established as a pilot project in 1964 and made into a permanent intercounty rural library district in 1968. The county had previously been served by the South Puget Sound Regional Library, which was contracted to operate libraries in the cities of Lacey, Olympia, and Yelm.
Thurston County: Grays Harbor, a body of water named after explorer and merchant Robert Gray (1755–1806) [24] 77,290: 1,902 sq mi (4,926 km 2) Island County: 029: Coupeville: 1852: Thurston County: Consists solely of islands, including Whidbey and Camano islands [25] 86,267: 209 sq mi (541 km 2) Jefferson County: 031: Port Townsend: 1852 ...
(The Center Square) – The federal government has demanded Thurston County repay up to $667,990 in fraudulent rental assistance payments doled out during the COVID-19 pandemic. That figure comes ...
Online outlet NorthAmericaTalk, an aggregate for local community news and marketing, was established with headquarters in Olympia. Olympia and Thurston County are included in the Seattle-Tacoma designated market area (DMA), and therefore are chiefly served by Seattle's network-affiliated television stations and some radio stations.
The county has sued to seize the man’s property to ensure it collects $100,000 that he still owes. Thurston County says pot-grow homeowner broke settlement. Now it wants his Lakewood home
A lawsuit was filed by the Washington Coalition for Open Government in the Thurston County Superior Court in April 2023. [28] The judge sided with the state legislators, arguing that they had a right to "legislative privilege"; a poll of 403 state voters found that 82 percent of respondents favored compliance with the public records act. [27]
Yelm is located in southeastern Thurston County, adjacent to its border with Pierce County, along the Nisqually River.The city is near the Nisqually Indian Reservation (located to the northwest on State Route 510), and Joint Base Lewis–McChord on the northeast side of the river.
Sep. 25—Both Lewis and Thurston counties have updated fire restrictions to allow recreational fires. The change comes as cooler and wetter weather rolls into the south Puget Sound region.