Thursday, October 1, 2026
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A day before the nation halted to observe Veterans Day, the Thurston County Board of Commissioners took some time during their meeting to hear some local veterans talk about what the day means to …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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11/11/20
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Shopping yet? Need some wine for your socially distanced Thanksgiving dinner? Want to save feral cats?
If you can say yes to any of the above, you might want to click over to Concern for Animals' …
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By Danny Stusser
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11/10/20
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Olympia, WA – Intercity Transit operates on current reduced schedules on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11. The Customer Service lobby, located in the Olympia Transit Center, remains …
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11/9/20
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Maya Dent is a 27-year-old, LGBT-positive freelance artist. She is known to drive a white 2005 Lexus LS 430 in the South Puget Sound area. All thanks to a recent encounter with the JOLT staff, we were able …
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by Prachi Gohil
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11/6/20
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OLYMPIA – Thurston County government offices will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. All offices will reopen for regular business on Thursday, November …
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11/5/20
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The Port of Olympia will hold a public hearing Monday, Nov. 9 on its draft budget and operating plan for 2021. The hearing will be held during the port commission’s Monday night meeting, which …
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by JOLT staff
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11/4/20
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The Olympia School District wants to open up Ingersoll Stadium at Olympia High School to groups who are not affiliated with the district.
“The District’s consideration of this …
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by JOLT staff
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11/4/20
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OLYMPIA – Thurston County’s Family and Juvenile Court is inviting the media and public to join in the 16th annual celebration of National Adoption Day virtually on November 19, at 2:00 …
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11/4/20
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OLYMPIA – The Thurston County Board of Commissioners postponed the 2021 application process for those seeking Lodging Tax (LTAC) funding for projects occurring in incorporated Thurston County …
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11/3/20
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LACEY, WA, November 2, 2020: As part of the Hawks Prairie Road & Marvin Road Roundabout Expansion project, northbound Marvin Road, from 31st Avenue NE to just south of Hawks Prairie Road NE, will …
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11/2/20
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Thurston County is hiring temporary contact tracers to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as several other positions in Public Health, including epidemiologists, a data analyst and a …
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10/30/20
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OLYMPIA – The Thurston County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 10, at 3:00 p.m. or soon thereafter, to accept public comment on development code …
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10/30/20
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In 2018, Lisa Gillotti started a nonprofit organization, Build A Bus Home, with the goal of recycling old school buses for homeless people to live in. But in April 2019, she decided to focus on …
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by Prachi Gohil
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10/28/20
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A new committee formed to improve public safety in Olympia is beginning to take shape, after its members outlined goals it seeks to accomplish. Chief among them: create a justice system that treats …
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Lacey – School looks very different this year and North Thurston Education Foundation (NTEF) is busier than ever. The pandemic has created new challenges for North Thurston Public …
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10/27/20
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Hello Thurston County! We, like many other counties in Western Washington, are experiencing a fall surge in COVID-19 cases. As a county, we are currently …
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Dimyana Abdelmalek, MD, MPH
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10/27/20
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There's only a week left to see the artwork displayed in Olympia's Arts Month exhibit.
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10/22/20
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Linda Myers is the great grandmother of a kindergartner in a Thurston County grade school. When the child’s mother had to be hospitalized recently, Myers became this child's "at-home …
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by Kathleen Anderson
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10/22/20
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OLYMPIA – Thurston County is permanently closing access to Moon Road SW from 188th Avenue SW near Rochester, WA at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2020.
The closure, starting at the …
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10/22/20
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In times of great anxiety, music can heal. That’s true for the fans finding new tunes, and for the artists expressing themselves through art.
Ask the members of Jupiter …
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by Cody Neuenschwander
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10/20/20
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