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With headlines such as “Federal agency plans to cull 450,000 barred owls to boost another species,” media nationwide announced the eyebrow-raising plan by the US Fish and Wildlife Service …
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Ever wonder what it might be like to be homeless in downtown Olympia?
I estimate that most people here have never spoken with a person living outdoors, in a recreational vehicle or in …
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Loneliness and isolation are silent epidemics in our society, exacerbated by modern lifestyles and the pervasive influence of technology. This growing crisis calls for immediate action to foster …
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If you’re reading this, thanks for caring! Here’s another bit of JOLT trivia: The 1,000 th issue of The Daily JOLT , our headlines newsletter sent each weekday, will appear this Friday.
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For the past 15 months, I have been engaged in photographically documenting the homeless in Olympia for The JOLT and national media . As such, I have had the opportunity to meet and talk with …
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Today I was privileged to interview seven unsheltered individuals who live in Olympia. It was part of the annual, federally mandated PIT Count – Point in Time census – organized here by …
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If you have never read the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read statement, it is worth your time to read this powerful document. Published in 1953, eight years after the end of World …
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Last month 44 Thurston County Republican Precinct Committee Officers gathered in the Remnant Church in Tumwater for an emergency meeting. It was an official proceeding, the chair of the Thurston …
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Today is Democracy Day in the United States.
News organizations across the country launched it to report more and better information about the crisis facing democracy in the United States.
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On Sunday, The JOLT enters the start of Year 4 of its life as a startup news organization, one of about 1,000 hyperlocal newsrooms across the United States that have launched in the past 10 years. …
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Our fire departments need help. Many firefighters are working 2 or more days in a row, stressed out and surviving on catnaps. Equipment needs to be replaced, and fire stations need improvements. …
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For the last couple months, I’ve been working with a small and very talented group of volunteers on the Save Our FDs campaign advocating No on Proposition 1. It’s been …
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As the Superintendents of Thurston County school districts, we feel compelled to comment on the bills under consideration this legislative session for Special Education Funding. In 2018, the …
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By Thurston County school superintendents
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3/19/23
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Thank you, Danny Stusser and Ryan Vandergriff, for reviewing my rock biography, Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, the Buoys, and “Timothy,” especially Ryan’s description of …
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By Maxim W. Furek
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2/27/23
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Cities make decisions all the time about whether to spend money on any given civic improvement, incentive program, service increase or addition. That’s simply how government works. …
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Many Western states have declared they will achieve all-renewable electrical goals in just two decades. Call me naïve, but haven’t energy experts predicted that wind, sun and other …
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There have been several articles posted in recent weeks that are largely in opposition to an April 25th, 2023 ballot measure on the Olympia-Tumwater Regional Fire Authority (RFA).
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Unless you've done what might be the smart thing and stopped watching national TV news, you know that there's a run-off election this week in Georgia to let the voters there vote for the third time …
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By Danny Stusser
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12/5/22
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There is an issue on the ballot next week that is little talked about: that of moving the Port of Olympia from three to five Commissioners. This could be because there is little perspective to base a …
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Last night I stayed up late to watch the first episode of “Alaska Daily,” the new dramatic series on KOMO TV, channel 4 or 104, Seattle’s ABC affiliate.
So far it features the …
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