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What baby?
Did you know you had a baby?
Of course, I’m talking about The JOLT, The Journal OF Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater – your community-owned nonprofit news organization, your …
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By Danny Stusser
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5/20/22
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The Hearing Examiner for the City of Lacey recently issued a recommendation to allow construction of the Meridian Market Gas Station project in northeast Lacey despite resident concerns. The City …
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Blacks in Thurston County is a collection of 55 short biographies about Black people who came to Thurston County between 1950-1975. Each chapter is named for the person the stories are about; …
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Reviewed by Laurel Mack-Wilson
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4/29/22
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Now that the dust has settled from this year's legislative session I want to say how pleased I am with how they dealt with the conflicts that arose from HB 1310 which passed last year.
As …
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We have all seen what a mess our roads are, full of garbage, an absolute nightmare. How did we get here? And what is being done about it? We certainly can’t leave the …
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Ah, what a beautiful day! The air has that magical quality it sometimes gets in spring, a caressing softness on the skin. The buds on the plum trees are swelling, and the robins have ascended to the …
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By Pepper Trail
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2/21/22
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For what it’s worth
Mental health? Addiction?
What do we need in Thurston County?
Anyone who walks around downtown is aware of the walking wounded that inhabit many …
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By Pat Cole
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1/27/22
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After spending a lot of time looking into how Olympia is dealing with homelessness (quite a lot), and I thought I’d look at Lacey and see what they are up to. I had a nice chat with …
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The closing of the Deschutes Parkway homeless camp last week was a real milestone for the City of Olympia in its efforts to respond to the homeless crisis. This was the end result of a long, …
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The Tumwater City Council hearing on November 30, and the failing negotiation between the city and the Port of Olympia, is just the latest episode of a long debate about the New Market Industrial …
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The importance of accurately understanding the history, including the current state of affairs of any political issue, can’t be understated.
It’s the only way to grasp how we got …
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It's local election season, and we're all trying to figure out who to vote for and support.
Local elections are, in many ways, the most important elections. Our local governments have the …
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It certainly has gotten nasty with the bizarre and violent protests we’ve been getting in Olympia, not only last week but for a while now. To be clear, I’m not referring to …
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It’s property assessment time and reading some of the comments people make show that the property tax system is not well understood. I know I didn’t understand it until I needed to …
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By Pat Cole
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8/31/21
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I truly don’t understand the argument about personal rights when it comes to wearing a mask -- or get vaccinated.
What it resembles is what one hears from a child when they don’t …
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Usually in The Daily JOLT newsletter's Thurston County Trivia department we tell you about fun and hallowed "Days" and other commemorations. You know, National Julienne Fries Day (this …
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It’s absolutely fascinating what’s happening to policing in our community resulting from the new state laws, and what our local jurisdictions are doing in response to new ideas, new …
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being on the right side of history is not for sissies
Hikers are flooding our public …
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Washington state Rep. Jim Walsh (R-Aberdeen) recently made a mistake by misusing a symbol of the Holocaust -- wearing a yellow Star of David in protest of COVID-19 restrictions. It was apparently …
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It’s election season. Candidates have their websites up, signs are all over town, and we’re all trying to decide who will best represent our interests on the different councils and …
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By Pat Cole
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7/13/21
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