South Sound

Holiday begins with a bang at South Sound Center

LACEY – An all-ages crowd gathered Friday at South Sound Center for the 43rd annual Independence Day Celebration and fireworks.

Health agency urges flu caution at holiday events

As residents gather for barbecues and fireworks over the holiday weekend, county health officials are encouraging them to be vigilant about H1N1 – swine flu.

Thousands expected for today's TEA Party rally

Organizers of today’s “TEA Party” rally on the Capitol steps are sticking by their prediction of a huge turnout, perhaps 20,000 or more, despite low numbers at a similar event last weekend.

Wildfire battle begins in Capitol forest

A 10-acre wildfire in Capitol State Forest remained out of control Friday night as an investigator worked to determine the cause.

Find treasure in giving

I was walking in a Seattle neighborhood recently when I came upon a bowl full of a variety of small items set in a small yard garden bordering the sidewalk.

SEIU, State Patrol lieutenants yet to settle contracts

Gov. Chris Gregoire’s administration has formally signed or settled 22 labor contracts, leaving just four to go in the new budget year that started Wednesday.

Health care cuts debated

The proven way to search for cancerous lumps in your lower intestine, run a camera up there and have a look around, is the cost effective way - or not.

Tide turns for Capitol Lake, estuary

A committee charged with helping to shape the future of Capitol Lake lined up Thursday squarely in favor of turning it back into the Deschutes River estuary after five years and $1.7 million worth of study and debate.

Tax ruling goes against Chehalis tribe

A federal judge ruled Thursday against the owners of the Great Wolf Lodge on two legal arguments to stop Thurston County from collecting property taxes on the resort.

DEA agents arrest four locally in statewide raid

Federal agents seized guns and methamphetamine Wednesday from a home in the 5000 block of Boston Harbor Road and arrested two Olympia-area men and two Yelm men.