As the state faces a $16 billion budget shortfall, hundreds gathered to protest the governor’s proposed furloughs.

The driver, a 20-year-old woman, was arrested at milepost 107 of Interstate 5 in Olympia. She was then booked into the county jail on suspicion of attempting to elude pursuing police, driving under ...

Spokesperson Kellie Purce Braseth sent out a news release early Wednesday afternoon that said facilities will close at 3 p.m. She told The Olympian that staff were being sent home early ahead of the ...

Officials are investigating two suspected fentanyl overdoses in less than a week in Thurston County Jail. Sheriff Derek Sanders says state laws force them to use body scanning technology on a lower ...

WA counties work to keep drugs out of jail Posted: March 26, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 As drugs continue to make their way into Washington jails, Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders is ...

The US attorney general has said three people alleged to have damaged Tesla cars and charging stations could be jailed for up to 20 years. Pamela Bondi announced unspecified charges against three ...

In January, Olympia Police Department officers, along with a SWAT team, arrested a 33-year-old man for controlled substance homicide in the Ping case. The Olympia Police Department is warning ...

The Olympia Police Department teamed with the Thurston County Sheriff's Office and Griffin School District on Wednesday to hold a panel discussion at the Griffin School. "We have to help parents ...

A former Olympia School District teacher accused of ... but he got credit for one day of time served in the county jail. Wilson also sentenced Moore to 12 months of community custody, according ...

Tracy Neal is an award-winning reporter who covers criminal justice (courts and crime) for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He’s been a reporter in Northwest Arkansas for more than two ...