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The Olympia Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee (PRAC) is reviewing the Kaiser Woods Park plan, which would provide more trails for running, biking, hiking and dog walking.
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By Lorilyn C. Lirio
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4/22/22
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Outdoor adventure, at-home aid and opportunities to try a new hobby can be found at Timberland Regional Library with the Library of Things collection.
Area residents can find a variety of kits and …
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By Taniah Najih | Timberland Regional Library
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4/20/22
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Olympia City Council is set to confirm plans to rename Priest Point Park to Squaxin Park during its regular session next Monday, April 25.
Proposed by the city’s Parks, Art, & Recreation …
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By Edwin Oscar Gutierrez, Jr.
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4/19/22
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Construction of Greg Cuoio Park Phase 1A will cost $3 to $5 million over five years, according to the parks director.
Speaking at the Lacey Board of Park Commissioners meeting yesterday, Lacey …
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Knowing I’m interested in birds, people occasionally ask me to advise them on how to get started in bird watching. And I usually answer, “just walk around your neighborhood and pay …
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Olympia City Council has unanimously approved starting negotiations with the Olympia School District (OSD) on building a school on the city’s Yelm Highway property planned to be developed into …
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The Olympia City Council is set to vote tomorrow on a proposed Co-Location Agreement that would make part of the Yelm Highway land designated to become a new park available to Olympia School …
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Olympia community members attended the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting to advocate for the proposed renaming of Priest Point Park to Squaxin Park yesterday.
Parks Planning & …
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The Olympia Parking and Business Improvement Area Board is looking for artists for its new mural tour.
In its press release, the committee is looking for seven artists or graphic …
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The Lacey City Council approved a contract to develop Phase 1A of Greg Cuoio Park. at its meeting last night.
The city’s capital projects engineer, Ashley Smith, told the council that Phase …
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By JC Medina
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3/4/22
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Olympia is planning to put up art installations in six more locations around the city.
The Olympia Community Livability and Public Safety Committee met yesterday, Feb. 23 to discuss plans to make …
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The House State Government & Tribal Relations Committee heard public testimony on Senate Bill 5972, which would extend the expiration date of a statute regarding wildlife conflict resolution, …
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By Troy Kirby
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2/23/22
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The Tumwater City Council discussed on Tuesday the proposal to build the first community garden in the city in line with the creation of the Tumwater Metropolitan Park District.
Tumwater United …
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Some 65 people showed up in the cold and rain to celebrate the dedication of two towering cedar carvings by Native American artist Andrea Wilbur-Sigo last Saturday.
The art pieces were …
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By Danny Stusser and Julia Ornedo
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12/8/21
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Sunday morning dawned late, cold and foggy. You couldn’t even describe sunrise as “getting light” because it really didn’t. It only got as far as dismal grey. It …
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The Olympia City Council put an end to the concept of a Log Cabin Road Extension as its members agreed to delete all of its references to it in the city ordinance during its regular council meeting …
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By Kristine Javier
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11/18/21
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In partnership with the city of Tumwater, the city of Olympia showed residents some of the conceptual designs for a potential Regional Aquatics Facility.
The renderings and plans are based on …
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By Kristine Javier
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11/2/21
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Olympia’s Parks, Recreation, and Advisory Committee recommended that the city council rename the Peace and Healing Park after Rebecca Howard, one of the pioneering Black women in the …
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By Kristine Javier
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10/26/21
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As a native-born Washingtonian, I have known about the Nisqually Indian Tribe and the river that bears their name from the time I was an adolescent. In 1957, my 7th-grade class made a …
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Reviewed by Denny Hamilton
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10/1/21
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During the city council meeting on Tue., Sept. 28, the Olympia City Council approved a resolution that transfers primary management and control of four city properties from the Public Works …
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