'We can't afford to lose our homes': Thurston County residents concerned over proposed airport site

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Dawn Sonntag found her dream home in rural Thurston County in 2019. 'Moving here was a decades-long goal,' said Sonntag.  She's a ...

November 17, 2022
4:44 AM

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Dawn Sonntag found her dream home in rural Thurston County in 2019. 'Moving here was a decades-long goal,' said Sonntag.  She's a composer who wanted to live in a peaceful place where she could write music. 'Most of the time I spend a lot of time sitting out here, I need the quiet,' said Sonntag. 'I absolutely cannot have jet planes flying over me.' Sonntag lives within one of three South Sound zones recently identified as potential commercial airport sites. She organized the stoptheairport.

Drew Mikkelsen