Waste management workers in Washington state joined a multi-state strike against Republic Services, one of the country's largest sanitation companies, disrupting garbage collection across multiple ...

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — A man was rescued by Coast Guard crews from the Deschutes River overnight.

Roughly 15 to 20 members of Teamsters Local 252 began picketing at 6 a.m. outside the Thurston County Waste and Recovery ...

A union representing trash collectors will begin their strike early this morning, disrupting trash services for “tens of thousands of residents” in Thurston County, the union wrote in a press memo.

Thurston County has temporarily banned residential yard waste burning and all land clearing burns due to fire safety concerns ...

A domestic violence altercation in Thurston County leaves one victim hospitalized after being run over by an impaired driver.

A smash-and-grab at an Olympia pot shop ended with a fiery crash early Tuesday morning in Thurston County. A 48-year-old ...

Thurston County Commissioners approved a temporary ban on residential yard waste burning and all land clearing burns in unincorporated areas of Thurston County.

Trash collectors and other Republic Services workers went on strike, vowing to stay off the job until they receive better pay ...

Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders asked the Board of County Commissioners to approve the purchase of a small number of GPS trackers and grappler nets to use in vehicle pursuits this summer ...

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office booked him into the county jail on Tuesday, about a month after federal and local law enforcement apprehended him near the Nevada and California border.

Thurston County deputies said Madison, who was wanted on warrants, was a passenger May 8 in a car driven by someone who refused to pull over. The female driver was arrested shortly after the chase ...