Thurston County, Washington

The Board of County Commissioners will host a public hearing on Tuesday, December 16 at 3:30 p.m. to accept public comment on the Gorgas Open Space Program application. The applicants applied under the Farm and Agricultural Conservation Land and Significant Wildlife Habitat Area categories. Learn more.

Thurston County has hired a new health officer to serve in the County’s Public Health & Social Services Department (PHSS). Dr. Barbra Villona will serve as the County’s lead medical authority on communicable disease response, health advisories, and key public health policy decisions.

High levels of the biotoxin that produces diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) were detected in shellfish at unsafe levels, prompting closure of recreational shellfish harvesting for all species in Budd Inlet. Warning signs will be posted at public beaches at Burfoot County Park.