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The Lacey City Council held a work session Thursday to discuss the new Lacey Museum & Civic Center project.
Lacey city officials and staff offer information on the new museum project
LACEY –– The Lacey City Council members and staff discussed the construction of the Lacey Museum & Civic Center, an enhancement of the Lacey Museum that has been a part of the community for more than 40 years. more
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Local preschools like Serendipity Children's Center have enacted new cleaning and sanitation requirements in response to the coronavirus pandemic. While many preschools here plan to keep their doors open, keeping the lights on and operations running remains a struggle in the time of COVID-19.
Local preschools enact new protective measures
THURSTON COUNTY –– As each of the public school districts in Thurston County announce a rollout of entirely-remote learning plans for Fall 2020, local preschools are also making decisions about how best to serve their students and families in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. more
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The Lacey Historical Commission shared updates to the pending Lacey Museum & Civic Center project.
Lacey City Council to talk about new museum project
LACEY –– The Lacey City Council is holding a work session tomorrow at 4 p.m. to further discuss the construction of the Lacey Museum & Civic Center, which is an enhancement of the Lacey Museum that has been in use by the community for more than 40 years. more
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Gary Edwards, Michael Steadman will face off in primary for District 2 Commissioner
THURSTON COUNTY –– The preliminary results are in and Gary Edwards and Michael Steadman will face off in the fall for the commissioner seat for Thurston County District 2. more
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Olympia addresses plans to reduce homelessness
OLYMPIA –– Olympia’s five-year plan, the “One Community: Healthy, Safe and Housed” plan was up for discussion by city officials again Monday night as homelessness and poverty continues to be an issue in the greater Olympia community. more
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Amamilo, Ahlf win primary for Superior Court Judge Position no. 8
THURSTON COUNTY –– Sharonda D. Amamilo, a judge with “over 16 years of trial experience representing adults and children in Superior, District, Municipal and Tribal courts,” has won the primary the Superior Court Judge Position No. 8 with 43.31 percent of the popular vote, when preliminary results came in around 8 p.m. Tuesday. more
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Carolina Mejia, C Davis take Top 2 spots in primary for Thurston County Commission District 1
THURSTON COUNTY –– As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, candidate Caroline Mejia was in the lead for the Thurston County Board of Commissioners seat for District #1, which encompasses central Thurston County. She held 30.78 percent of the vote, or 4,525 votes, as of just after 8 p.m. more
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Prop. 1 passes, keeping county’s fire protection district operations running
THURSTON COUNTY –– Proposition 1, establishing a tax levy of $1.50 of $1,000 of assessed value to help fund Thurston County Fire Protection District operations, passed with 63.49 percent of the vote, or 1,407 votes, as of preliminary results at 8 p.m. Tuesday. more
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Olympia School District will be all virtual in the fall
OLYMPIA –– The Olympia Board decided Monday night in a four-hour-long meeting to move to a fully remote fall semester. more
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Protestors marched through a West Olympia neighborhood on Sunday to protest chemical dispersion methods against crowds during demonstrations. The neighborhood was said to be the neighborhood some Olympia City Council members live in.
Protestors gather in Woodruff Park to confront Olympia City Council
OLYMPIA –– Dozens of protestors gathered in Woodruff Park on a warm, humid Sunday afternoon this week to confront Olympia City Council members in their own neighborhood in West Olympia. more
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Racial justice town hall touches on race and economic opportunity
OLYMPIA –– The second in the series of racial justice meetings in Olympia Thursday night focused on economic opportunity across race lines. Like the first meeting last Friday centering on the legal system, this endeavor brought together a diverse lineup of panelists of color to bring to light their perspectives. more
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City officials hire new department directors
TUMWATER –– The Tumwater City Council is expected to approve two current city employees moving into new roles with the city government on Tuesday night, Aug. 4. more
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The state's first diverging diamond interchange is coming to Lacey, and will be constructed on Marvin Road and Interstate 5.
State prepares for first-ever diverging diamond interchange in Lacey
LACEY –– Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is building the state's first-ever diverging diamond interchange in Lacey next month, a project intended to improve travel and safety. more
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Thurston County business leaders spoke about child care and working families in the area at this week's Declassified meeting, a virtual meeting between business professionals in the area.
Local business leaders talk childcare and the workforce
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. more
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Olympia School Board to approve a school reopening plan
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. more
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Olympia city officials talked about a new apartment building set to go up on 7th Avenue. The project is expected to be completed in two phases.
Plans for new Olympia apartment building on 7th avenue SW
OLYMPIA –– A new four-story apartment building is in the works in Olympia. more
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The Tumwater City Council talked trees this week to discuss the city's urban forestry program.
Tumwater tree canopy to be expanded in coming years
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. more
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Nicole Barer, 16, started her own soap company, NRB's Beauty, in March. Her first quarter of sales was so successful, she said, that she wanted to host two pop-up shops this summer to celebrate.
Local girl launches successful soap company
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. more
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The now-empty Olympian building, where The Olympian set up shop. The current staff at the local daily moved operations to a new, nondescript building in Olympia.
McClatchy sold to New Jersey hedge fund
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. more
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A protestor holds a Black Lives Matter flag at Heritage Park in Olympia.
Olympians gather in Heritage Park to support Portland protests
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. more
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