I-5 hit-and-run, homeless services funding, freeway repairs: June 23 roundup

Thurston County news June 23 included funding for homeless services, a hit-and-run wreck and work on Interstate 5.

Here are key takeaways:

• The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved 49 homeless services contracts with 17 nonprofits Tuesday, clearing the way for $15.3 million in state and local housing funds to start flowing July 1.
• The right lane of northbound Interstate 5 at Trosper Road in Tumwater will close from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday for pavement repairs, a daytime work zone announced by the Washington State Department of Transportation.
• Olympia police say they are searching for the driver of an older white or light-colored pickup truck who struck a southbound vehicle on Sleater-Kinney Road Southeast near I-5 around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday and fled the scene of the hit-and-run crash.

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