OLYMPIA – The Thurston County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) is accepting applications for qualified projects occurring in unincorporated Thurston County in 2022. Approximately $45,000.00 will be awarded to qualified projects. 

OLYMPIA – Due to an increased demand for COVID-19 testing in the community, Thurston County Public Health and Social Services (PHSS) is hosting a free drive through COVID-19 PCR testing clinic at the Thurston County Fairgrounds, Long Lake Park entrance, located at 2790 Carpenter Road SE, Lacey. Testing will occur weekdays beginning Wednesday, January 5 through Friday, January 14 from 10am – 1pm. No testing will occur at this site on the weekends. Testing is for symptomatic individuals, close contacts to a positive COVID-19 case, or for people who have been instructed to get tested by public health.

​OLYMPIA – Thurston County government offices will be closed Friday, December 31, in observance of the New Year holiday. In addition, Thurston County offices are closed the following days in 2022 in observance of federal and state recognized holidays:

Thurston County offices will have a delayed opening today (December 30), with operations beginning at 10 a.m. This delayed opening is due to inclement weather. Superior Court offices at the Main Campus, Family Juvenile Court (FJC), and Drug Court will open at 9:30 a.m.

​OLYMPIA – On Monday, December 13, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. the Thurston County Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials will hold a hearing to receive public testimony on the proposed 2022 salaries for Thurston County elected officials.

​OLYMPIA – On Monday, December 27, a blockage in a sanitary sewer line on Somerset Drive SW caused an estimated 3,000 gallons of sewage to discharge into the City of Tumwater stormwater system, and then into Percival Creek. As a result of the spill, Public Health officials are asking the public (and their pets) to avoid contact with the water in Percival Creek, Capitol Lake, and inner Budd Inlet until 9 a.m. Thursday, December 30.