Olympia School District reportedly saved $66,017 in energy costs over the past year, its board learned on Thursday, Oct. 10.
The board also learned that the district's per-capita food …
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By P. Jade Asumbrado
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10/15/24
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The Olympia Site Plan Review Committee held a presubmission conference to review Puget Sound Energy's plan to rebuild and expand its Eld Inlet substation at 1330 Kaiser Road NW.
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By Lorilyn Lirio
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10/14/24
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The Olympia City Council voted unanimously to oppose two Washington state ballot initiatives that would threaten local and state policies to reduce greenhouse emissions. The two measures will …
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The Deschutes Estuary Project is good for the State but bad for the local taxpayers of Unincorporated Thurston County, Cities of Tumwater, Olympia, LOTT and the Port of Olympia.
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The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA) announced on Wednesday, Oct. 2, that the seasonal county-wide fire safety burn ban was lifted at the end of September.
The Thurston County Fire …
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By Jerome Tuaño
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10/9/24
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During its October 2 meeting, Thurston’s Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) reviewed the comprehensive plan updates addressing a private appeal and community input on agriculture policies. …
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Do you want to help combat the housing crisis? Then you should consider submitting comments to the county in opposition to a development called BAR Holdings/Salish Landing, and you should consider …
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Two electric vehicle (EV) charging stations are now available for public use at Pioneer Park in Tumwater.
Tumwater held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, October 4, to celebrate the …
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The Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) wants to create a stakeholder workgroup to “plan the best way forward” for Capitol State Forest, according to the board’s October 1 letter …
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Tumwater City Council adopted a resolution expressing its disapproval of a state ballot measure that, if passed, would prohibit the trade in carbon credits.
The council unanimously voted to …
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The Board of County Commissioners approved the contract of four organizations to implement the county’s habitat conservation program.
As part of the board’s consent agenda on …
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By Jerome Tuaño
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10/4/24
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Representatives of the Washington Department of Enterprise Services (DES) updated Thurston County’s Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) about the Deschutes Estuary Restoration Project at a …
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The Olympia City Council reviewed a draft interlocal agreement for the Deschutes Estuary restoration project presented by the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services on Tuesday, October 1. …
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By Lorilyn Lirio
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10/2/24
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A draft letter from the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) to be sent to the Board of Natural Resources (BNR) states that Thurston County will not be able to produce a plan within the time given by …
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City of Olympia officials notified homeless individuals living in The Jungle encampment on Monday, September 16, that the city would soon begin a “clean” of accumulated trash there, …
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The Port of Olympia Commission authorized Executive Director Alex Smith on Monday, Sept. 23, to sign an interlocal agreement for the governance of the Deschutes Estuary restoration …
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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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Earlier this year Thurston’s Birds published a column by Liam Hutcheson about the proposed killing of Barred Owls as part of the recovery plan to recover the endangered Spotted Owl. To say the …
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The Department of Enterprise Services (DES) presented to the Tumwater City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 24, a draft interlocal agreement for the Deschutes Estuary restoration project.
Under the …
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Tumwater is refocusing its work on stabilizing the shoreline of the Deschutes River as it passes Pioneer Park, a project that has been in the works since 2014.
The erosion along Pioneer …
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