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OLYMPIA –– Business leaders gathered in this week’s “Declassified” meeting to discuss challenges to working families accessing local childcare and impacts to lack of access on the workforce in Thurston County.
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By Madeline Shannon of JOLT
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7/30/20
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OLYMPIA –– The Olympia School Board, the governing body of the Olympia School District, is meeting Monday, Aug. 3 to discuss the district’s fall reopening plan.
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By Prachi Gohil of JOLT
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7/30/20
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Road crews will paint new center lines, edge lines and bike lanes on streets citywide from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m., Aug. 1 & 2, 2020.
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Courtesy of City of Tumwater
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7/29/20
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TUMWATER –– A boat that fell off the trailer was the cause of a fire early Tuesday evening on Interstate 5 at milepost 102, according to Tumwater Fire Department officials.
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By Madeline Shannon of JOLT
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7/29/20
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OLYMPIA –– A new four-story apartment building is in the works in Olympia.
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By Andrew Oslin of JOLT
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7/29/20
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TUMWATER –– Tumwater city officials talked about the city’s aims for 50 percent of its land to integrate a natural tree canopy by 2040 after the issue came up at the Tuesday night city council meeting.
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By Andrew Oslin of JOLT
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7/28/20
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Lacey Police Department
Hannah Rose Bracy, 29, was arrested around 2:37 p.m. in the 600 block of 4 th Avenue East. She was charged with domestic violence.
Joshua M. Beacon, 32, was arrested …
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By Andrew Oslin of JOLT
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7/28/20
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Lacey Police Department
Arthur Earl Shaw, 60, was arrested around 1:48 a.m. in the 2400 block of Marvin Road Northeast. He was charged with shoplifting and had a warrant issued for his arrest …
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By Andrew Oslin of JOLT
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7/28/20
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OLYMPIA –– Even in human time, it hasn’t been long. From the beginning until now, it’s been a bit more than two months.
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By Denny Hamilton for JOLT
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7/28/20
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OLYMPIA –– I have only lived in Olympia for a few months. Most of that time has been during social distancing, face masks and hand washing in the COVID era.
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Friday, July 24
Lacey Police Department
Joshua Lee Bryant, 37, was arrested around 12:23 a.m. July 24 in the 200 block of West Bay Drive Northwest. He was charged with driving without a …
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By Andrew Oslin of JOLT
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7/26/20
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OLYMPIA –– It started with sensitive skin and pretty soap.
The then-10-year-old Olympia resident, Naomi Barer, would walk into a store that sold beautiful soaps that the sensitive-skinned Barer couldn’t use.
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By Madeline Shannon of JOLT
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7/26/20
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OLYMPIA –– A bankruptcy court judge issued a decision in a New York court late Friday that McClatchy, the 163-year-old news media company that owns more than two dozen newspapers nationwide, including The Olympian, would be sold to one of the two major hedge funds that owns most of the company’s debt.
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By Madeline Shannon of JOLT
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7/24/20
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OLYMPIA –– A crowd of protestors gathered in Heritage Park in Olympia on Friday, July 25 to stand in solidarity with protestors in Seattle and in Portland, Ore. who have come under attack in recent days from federal forces sent in by President Donald Trump.
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Madeline Shannon of JOLT
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7/24/20
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Olympia Police Department
James Earl Jones, 23, was arrested around 3 a.m. in the 1900 block of 4 th Avenue West in Olympia. He was charged with the possession of drug paraphernalia and driving …
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By Andrew Oslin of JOLT
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7/24/20
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Hello Thurston County! We are definitely seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases in Thurston County. The most common ways people are becoming infected is through travel, social gatherings, and from other people within their household. Now is the time to be physically distant, but socially connected.
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Dr. Dimyana Abdelmalek
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7/24/20
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LACEY –– The Lacey City Council approved the use of the remaining $408,100 in CARES Act funding to be divided equally between Economic Recovery and Social Services on Thursday night.
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By Prachi Gohil of JOLT
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7/24/20
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OLYMPIA –– The City of Olympia began its four-meeting town hall series on racial justice July 23. With the heightening energy surrounding recent events that highlight the intentions surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, the meeting is designed to allow Black voices to bring their perspectives to the table.
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By Andrew Oslin of JOLT
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7/24/20
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OLYMPIA –– The City Of Olympia is restoring the police auditor program started in 2002 in response to the concerns over recent police brutality in the community and across the country.
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By Prachi Gohil of JOLT
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7/23/20
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Olympia Police Department
Jesse D. Mercer, 30, was arrested around 1:01 a.m. in the intersection of 8 th Avenue Southeast and Capitol Way South in Olympia. He was charged with pedestrian …
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By Andrew Oslin of JOLT
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7/23/20
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