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This last legislative session has proven once again that when it comes to solving problems, using an axe when a scalpel would be the correct tool is just business as usual in Olympia.
When I went …
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By John McCroskey
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7/27/21
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Hello Thurston County!
I hope you all are enjoying the sunny weather. I want to answer some of the questions I have received recently. These include questions about being fully vaccinated …
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By Dimyana Abdelmalek / Thurston County health officer
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7/26/21
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Some advice for politicians of both parties, liberal and conservative commentators and social media posters: Before you make a comparison between something happening today and Nazi Germany, think …
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By Jim Camden
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7/20/21
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What a difference a year makes.
As Washington emerges from the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges facing many employers is finding enough qualified workers.
It’s a dramatic shift …
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By Kris Johnson
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7/20/21
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Last month, South Kitsap School Board member John Berg introduced a resolution to prohibit classroom teaching of theories that promote racial hatred. For that he was called a nut.
District …
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By Jim McCune
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7/13/21
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The Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe are looking forward to the start of the process to untangle water rights and protect threatened salmon in the Nooksack River basin by finding out just how much …
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By Lorraine Loomis
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7/13/21
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Politicians often say things they wish they hadn’t. Sometimes we’re trying to be funny and the humor falls flat. Sometimes anger or frustration gets the better of us. And sometimes, a …
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How about some good news coming out of our record-breaking (extreme) heat wave?
Luckily, we live and work in the Pacific Northwest, and are reaping the benefits from our well connected power grid, …
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By Don Brunell
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7/6/21
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Hello Thurston County. I really enjoy receiving questions from the community each week. In this week’s letter, I will address many questions on a variety of COVID topics you have sent …
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By Dimyana Abdelmalek, the Thurston County public health officer
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7/1/21
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As climate change concerns grow, researchers are turning to small tree farmers for help. Actually, they have been helping for nearly a century, but their efforts have largely gone …
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Commentary by Don Brunell
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6/29/21
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Beginning in January 2022, all Washington workers will pay 58 cents per $100 of their earnings to fund the Long-Term Care Trust Act (LTCTA). There is no limit to how much you will contribute to the …
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Commentary by Peter Abbarno
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6/29/21
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Regardless of the “how to” books available to read, parenting is hard and regularly leaves you questioning yourself.
I laugh when thinking about the wide variety of fatherhood movies …
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By Peter Abbarno
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6/22/21
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On June 16, we sent our students off to their summer break and hopefully great family time.
We have truly enjoyed having most of our students back for in-person learning these last few months. It …
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By Brian Wharton
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6/22/21
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I am excited for the beginning of summer. This week I wanted to answer some of the questions I have received from the community.
Why is there a discrepancy between the case counts Thurston County …
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By Dimyana Abdelmalek / Thurston County health officer
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6/15/21
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We’ve seen some real progress over the past few years in efforts to prevent human waste from damaging the health of Puget Sound and the Washington coast. Still, we face a chronic problem with …
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Commentary by Lorraine Loomis
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6/15/21
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By Don Brunell
Shortly after President Biden took office, he issued the sweeping executive order to transition America to total 100 percent renewable electricity by 2035, just 15 short …
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By Don C. Brunell
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6/8/21
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Early in the pandemic, signs of encouragement started appearing on theater marquees, church message boards, front lawns and living room windows.
“We’re in this together.” …
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By Kris Johnson
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6/8/21
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“Stop selling yourself short. You don’t know what tomorrow might bring so you might consider starting today.”
The photographs stop you dead in your scrolling.
On the left is a …
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By Brian Mittge / For the Nisqually Valley News
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6/8/21
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June 1 marks the grand opening of a new 3,000-square-foot Timberland Regional Library branch at the Capital Mall in West Olympia.
It’s exciting for Thurston County residents to have another …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald
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6/1/21
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China’s growing dominance of critical metals production and its vast stockpiles is setting off global alarms as economies emerge from the punishing COVID-19 pandemic. It is not only fear of the …
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By Don C. Brunell
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6/1/21
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