OLYMPIA – Due to the current health emergency, this morning, the Thurston County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to rescind the ballot measure to increase the county's 2021 regular property tax levy to fund a new courthouse and administrative buildings.

​For the third year, we're seeing the benefit of equalizing vehicle licensing fees on several small businesses that partner with us.

A registered sex offender from Aberdeen was sentenced in Thurston County Superior
Court to life in prison for attempted rape of a child in the second degree and communication with a minor
for immoral purposes.

The Board of County Commissioners recently proclaimed October 2019 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

During the August primary election, a man on a rampage (as described by the police) knocked one of our ballot drop boxes off its base. He drove his SUV into police cars, an emergency gate and, lastly, the ballot drop box in the Lacey City Hall parking lot.

During every election, a portion of the ballots we mail go overseas. But if the United States pulls out of an international treaty, getting those ballots to voters and back to us might become a difficult task