By Lynn Thompson, Seattle Times Feb.

By Heather Woodward, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. Aug. 25--Some student test scores in North Thurston Public Schools weren't high enough this spring to meet federal benchmarks, a preliminary state report released Friday shows.

By Venice Buhain, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. Feb. 3--LACEY -- For Larry Jenkins of the Thurston Group, it wasn't enough that Kimberly Nowells of Lacey went to Bethune-Cookman College in Florida to study biology education. He wanted to bring her back to Lacey after she graduated.

By Venice Buhain, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. Dec. 8--LACEY -- Magnets, wizards and princesses who pop out of books will adorn bookmarks for the annual Lacey Loves to Read program. North Thurston Public Schools announced the six winners of the annual bookmark contest Thursday.

By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. Dec. 5--LACEY -- Parents and teachers will know by February whether North Thurston Public School sixth-graders will move from elementary school to middle school.