Journalists at The Olympian, The News Tribune in Tacoma, The Bellingham Herald, and the Tri-City Herald are unionizing, according to an announcement yesterday.
Nearly 90 percent of eligible …
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12/17/20
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Heather Frey filed for unemployment in March, when the pandemic disrupted her business selling used books online.
Nine months later, the Seattle resident was still waiting on her first …
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By Melissa Santos | Crosscut
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12/17/20
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Eyman — a conservative activist well-known for filing anti-tax initiatives — was accused by the state of violating campaign finance law and soliciting kickbacks. His non-jury trial …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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12/15/20
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has designated the Olympia Regional Airport as a beta test site for electric aircraft.
The Olympia Regional Airport was identified as one of six …
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12/15/20
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The Olympia School Board of Directors met on Thursday, December 10 at 6:30 p.m. to approve the amended 2020-2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Olympia School District and the Olympia …
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By Olivia Alvord
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12/14/20
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“It is no longer enough just to change our lifestyles. We need to be changing our communities,” reads a quote from Kaylee Shen, an Olympia High School student.
The quote kicks off the …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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12/11/20
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The Olympia City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a group of amendments to city housing code, loosening restrictions on accessary dwelling units and allowing duplexes, triplexes and other dense …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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12/9/20
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Commenting on "Outdated Sewage Treatment is Suffocating Fish in Puget Sound," published Dec. 8, 2020, Harry Branch writes:
The article on the "pressing state of environmental decay in Puget …
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By Harry Branch, Olympia
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12/9/20
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Like many people, Cheryl Richmond has struggled to pay her bills during the COVID-19 pandemic. After losing her job in February, she missed two mortgage payments before she worked out a new …
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By Melissa Santos | Crosscut.com
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12/9/20
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After four decades of fishing for salmon in Puget Sound, Joseph Peters increasingly finds a nuisance in his nets: wads of cream-colored moon jellyfish. Occasionally the jellyfish get so heavy that …
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During the Tumwater School Board work session on Thursday, December 3, new operating protocols were discussed.
The purpose of operating protocols is to foster the success of the school district …
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By Olivia Alvord
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12/4/20
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Washington misses its deadline to bring foster kids home from troubled out-of-state group facilities
Valery Roseus remembers the day when a staff member called a meeting at Capital Academy, a residential youth institution in New Jersey where he had lived for a time as a foster child under the care …
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By Rachel Nielsen | InvestigateWest
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12/2/20
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For more than two hours, a foster youth who had just been shipped by Washington state officials to a privately run Iowa group home was held down by three staffers, his wrists and heels painfully …
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By Rachel Nielsen | InvestigateWest
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12/2/20
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Rhythm & Rye, a popular music venue and bar in downtown Olympia, has been temporarily closed since March. Now, its owner is on the hunt for a new location.
Owner Andy Geertsen, in an email to …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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12/2/20
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OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and the Thurston County Public Health and Social Services (PHSS) Department have closed Budd Inlet to recreational shellfishing, from …
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11/30/20
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Ups and downs of reported COVID-19 cases in Thurston County has largely determined whether students would learn in classrooms or remotely, using home internet or WiFi connections to access …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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11/25/20
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As a student teacher during this crazy time, I can tell you that “stressful” is an understatement.
This year I am student-teaching 9th-grade World Studies and 11th-grade U.S. History …
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By Olivia Alvord
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11/24/20
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The Thurston County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 24, at 5:30 p.m. to receive public testimony on proposed amendments to the Thurston County Comprehensive …
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11/23/20
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As more attention than ever before is focused on the climate and how greenhouse gas emissions are predicated to have lasting, devastating effects, emissions in Thurston County are still …
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By Cody Neuenschwander
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11/23/20
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Olympia School District (OSD) board discussed current equity policy and racial equity training during its work session on Thursday, November 19, held online.
The focal point of the meeting was the …
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By Olivia Alvord
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11/20/20
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