OLYMPIA – Thurston County Public Health and Social Services learned of the situation at the Red Lion Inn in downtown Olympia, and of the protester’s demands, on Sunday, January 31.

I want to clear up some misconceptions about HB 1068. This is a narrowly tailored bill that will clarify state law that prevents the release of documents that would aid cyberattackers and our backup plan (COOP) should that happen. 

OLYMPIA – Thurston County government offices are closed the following days in 2021 in observance of federally recognized holidays:

Statement from Prosecutor Jon Tunheim regarding charges in the Capitol campus shooting

Document recording has historically been a manual service. Recording is a legal process of putting property documents into the official records at the county. You are probably familiar with the process if you’ve ever bought a house. Deeds, easements, plats and other legal documents are all “recorded” or filed with the Auditor’s Office.

​When I committed to publishing a statement for every candidate that was on your ballot, I never considered that some would contain hate speech that I couldn’t control. Local Voter Pamphlet rules allow me to establish Administrative Rules that require the statements to be about the candidate themself. They can’t attack their opponents. If they don’t comply with my administrative rules, I can reject the statements, which I have done