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Begin 2025 with Toastmasters!
It’s a great way to improve your public speaking, group participation and evaluation abilities. Eight groups meet on different days of the week and …
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By Martha Worcester | For The JOLT
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1/7/25
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Every one of us has suffered a painful loss, even if it’s only your memory of losing your faithful childhood dog that brings a pang of sorrow.
At some point in our lives, we all will lose …
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By Ginny Ith
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12/30/24
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Editor's Note: A version of this story previously appeared in Works In Progress on October 15, 2024.
How does Thurston County’s criminal justice system work? Is there bias in the …
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Water samples taken at Lake Lawrence, southwest of Yelm, on October 22, 2024 showed Microcystin levels at 2,361 micrograms per liter (ug/L), which is above the state recreational guideline of 8.0 …
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Submitted by Barry Halverson
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10/31/24
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I am a Port of Olympia Commissioner. I write today as one commissioner, not on behalf of my commission body, as this is not an issue that has come before us. I am writing to support the …
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This should not even be a question, should it? A couple of …
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TLM Labor and Olympia Film Society to Present a Free Screening of Labor Wars of the Northwest on October 24th
The Thurston – Lewis – Mason Central Labor Council is proud to announce …
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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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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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I believe that the particular “fish barrier removal” project occurring just east of the Thurston-Mason county line on Highway 101 is a misguided project, and I will attempt to outline the …
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No matter how old you are, how you identify, or what your background is you can get involved in your community.
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Compared to the number of eligible voters, those ages 65+ had nearly double the impact on the election outcome and the 18-34-year-olds’ impact was reduced by about half.
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Two weeks after being appointed to the Olympia School Board [in October 2022], I attended the Washington State School Directors' Association WSSDA Conference in Spokane, WA. I was nervous, because I …
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As a community member and OSD4ALL representative, I attended the Olympia School Board Summer Retreat at the North Mason School District office on August 10, hoping for several things based on the …
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Puget Sound Energy recently mailed a notice about upcoming rate changes. I was stunned. Inflation has been a factor in recent times and the PSE rate proposals are just an example of how a company …
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In his opinion piece last week, "What's so important about cities' Comprehensive Plans?" Pat Cole brings up two subjects that are of particular concern to me: zoning laws and urban transportation, an …
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I have no doubt that what everyone reading this wants to do is get involved in a lengthy policy process and discussion in and about Olympia. OK, just kidding, but if you do have such a desire, …
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On this Independence Day we celebrated democracy.
National news makes the situation for our nation and our democracy seem dire.
I see strong signs of hope …
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Tumwater’s Davis-Meeker Oak has been in the news lately, with passions running high on both sides. Here we are in 2024, hotly debating the value of a tree. We have millions of trees in Western …
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Editor's Note: Columnist Jill Severn is taking the week off. Before she did, she sent us these comments, from reader Ellen Richter, who commented on last week's column, titled , " Heronswood …
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