Increased Outreach Efforts and Emergency Shelter Beds Offered Thursday, January 11 through Monday, January 15 for Hazardous Weather Event

On January 9, 2024, the Thurston County Board of County Commissioners approved $640,000 in Treatment Sales Tax (TST) funds over a two-year period for three community organizations to provide services in Thurston County. These awards will benefit Thurston County residents with mental health concerns or substance use disorders.

The Thurston County Board of Health is pleased to announce the expansion of its board with the addition of three distinguished community members: Heidi Knadel, Perla Newton, and Tanzania Zenzali-Marshall.

OLYMPIA – The Thurston County Building and Development Center (BDC) will close from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, 2024. The BDC will return to regular hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on Friday, January 12, 2024.

The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at 3:30 p.m., or soon thereafter, to accept comment on proposed changes to the Thurston County Code to clarify and expand allowed uses in agricultural areas.

High levels of the biotoxin which produces diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) were detected in shellfish prompting closure of recreational shellfish harvesting for all species in Dana Passage, Pickering Passage, and Peale Passage. Budd Inlet continues to be closed due to DSP.

UPDATED Wednesday, December 22, 2023: The shellfish harvest biotoxin closure has expanded to Henderson Inlet due to high levels of DSP in the most recent samples. Please always check the shellfish safety map before harvesting shellfish for the latest information.