Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Olympia is focusing on low-barrier housing development to address the affordable housing crisis and homelessness crisis, the city’s Housing Programs manager Darian Lightfoot said at the Land …
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By Lorilyn C. Lirio
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8/15/22
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Olympia’s design review board elects Virginia Sorrells as new chair
By Jerome Tuaño
Olympia’s design review board elected Virginia Sorrells as their new chair and Roussa …
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By Jerome Tuaño
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8/15/22
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Lacey City Council met yesterday, August 11, to discuss its priority items on the work plan for the next two years.
Assistant City Manager Shannon Kelley-Fong said the process started with …
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August surely began as a sunny month! Brace yourselves for another week full of amazing activities as we welcome another August week.
Pier Peer at Boston Harbor Marina, August …
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8/12/22
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There are many reasons not to garden:
Your hands will get dirty and your fingernails will be a mess. It will make you sweaty and tired.
Gardening requires tools, and practice using them. You …
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Through Olympia’s Firearm Destruction Program, Olympia Police Chief Rich Allen said the city assists people to dispose of weapons they no longer want.
Allen was at the Olympia City Council …
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About 1700 opioid-related deaths were recorded in Washington State last year, according to Olympia Mayor Cheryl Selby, who signed a proclamation designating Wednesday, August 31, 2022 as Overdose …
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By Lorilyn C. Lirio
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8/11/22
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Spring’s dawn chorus has gone quiet. The birds’ eggs have hatched, and most of the young have fledged and are on their own. The season has changed, from breeding to migration.
Some of …
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“We are extremely excited to go solar at Quixote Village. This will not only reduce our carbon footprint, but the cost savings will let us focus more on providing services to our …
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The Tumwater Planning Commission went through proposed revisions to Ordinance No. O2022-013, which is intended to make minor corrections to the city’s development regulations.
During its …
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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8/10/22
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Galloway Street SE in Olympia will be closed tomorrow, August 11, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for repairs. The street is a few blocks east of Vic’s Pizzeria Wildwood.
Traffic on the road will …
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8/10/22
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Prescribed burning in Tumwater will soon be permissible after the city's public health and safety committee agreed on August 9 to recommend an ordinance amending the city’s municipal …
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She’s small, standing under five feet, but her dress uniform shows medals and ribbons giving evidence of big service to the USA in three wars, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
She is Lieutenant …
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The country’s first national heritage area focused on maritime history is set to open by 2023, according to maritime historian Chuck Fowler from the South Sound Maritime Heritage Association …
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By Jerome Tuaño
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8/9/22
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The Tumwater Tree Board met yesterday, August 8, to consider nominating a century-old walnut tree growing in the city for designation as a Heritage Tree.
The board discussed a nomination …
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Having recently completed its ten-year study on reclaimed the safety of reclaimed water, the LOTT Clean Water Alliance is hosting two kinds of events to involve the public. These include:
A …
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The Lacey City Council signed a memorandum of agreement yesterday, August 4, with North Thurston Public Schools and the South Sound YMCA to fund afeasibility study of what’s being called …
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By JC Medina
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8/5/22
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Experience Olympia and Beyond will hold six public workshop sessions beginning Monday, August 8, seeking community members’ thoughts on the Thurston Bountiful Byway Corridor Management …
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Olympia is contemplating applying for federal Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grants to fund the city's utilities projects.
The Federal Emergency …
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By Lorilyn C. Lirio
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8/5/22
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A walk in the neighborhood confirms that early August is the time when all our garden successes and shortcomings become obvious.
This year it’s also been a week of reckoning about which …
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