Thursday, October 1, 2026
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The Olympia City Council approved a proclamation designating June 2022 as Ride Transit Month.
The proclamation, signed by city council members yesterday, endorses the Transportation Choices …
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By Lorilyn C. Lirio
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6/8/22
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At the Olympia School District regular board meeting on May 26, the district’s Executive Director of Human Resources Scott Niemann announced five recipients of the 2022 OSD …
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By Lorilyn C. Lirio
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6/7/22
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The City of Lacey and Paymentus, an electronic billing platform, are working on a new online payment portal that residents can access to make their utility bill payments …
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Olympia announced in a press release that it has reinstated its Rental Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Fund, which provides loans to rehabilitate homes being rented by low-income community members …
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By Edwin Oscar Gutierrez, Jr.
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6/6/22
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The Lacey City Council voted 3-1 in favor of the approval of the controversial Meridian Market Gas Station amid a furious crowd who attended the public meeting last night.
Councilmembers Lenny …
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Two days after a Lacey Board of Park (BOP) Commissioner resigned over related issues, residents attended the BOP meeting on Wednesday, June 1 to raise concerns about the controversial Meridian Gas …
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The Olympia School District is willing to pay for police officers’ training that meets the legislative requirements of School Resources Officers (SRO) program, OSD Superintendent Patrick Murphy …
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By Lorilyn C. Lirio
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6/3/22
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The Olympia Site Plan Committee heard a proposal to construct 4,987-square-foot one-story Chick-fil-A restaurant at 2930 Capital Mall Drive Southwest, Olympia, on Wednesday, June 1.
The location …
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Experience Olympia and Beyond, the county’s official tourism and destination marketing organization, held its annual meeting yesterday, June 1, giving out awards and hosting a Hollywood …
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By Edwin Oscar Gutierrez, Jr.
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6/2/22
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An award-winning news photographer, an environmental sculpture artist and a retired teacher will be recognized by the Olympia High School Alumni Association in a ceremony at the school’s …
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6/2/22
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Linger Boutique, specializing in elegant lingerie, sleep and loungewear opened in Downtown Olympia last month, with a commitment to normalizing rest and pleasure by reimagining the shopping …
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By Lorilyn C. Lirio
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6/2/22
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Olympia Schools District Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Jennifer Priddy reported that student enrollment has not returned to pre-pandemic levels of 9,678 in School Year (SY) …
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The Nisqually Indian Tribe is working to install affordable fiber-optic internet connections to tribal and non-tribal communities in South Puget Sound to address what they identified as …
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By Edwin Oscar Gutierrez, Jr.
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6/1/22
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At the Port of Olympia's third open house for the Olympia Regional Airport Master Plan Update yesterday, port consultant project manager Leah Whitfield reiterated that Olympia Regional Airport is not …
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Lacey Board of Park Commissioner Sarah Daniels announced Monday her resignation from the board as a protest against the City's process of hearing public comments on the controversial Meridian Market …
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By JC Medina
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5/31/22
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Capitol Lake is the city’s highest risk for downtown flooding.
Olympia Water Resources Director Eric Christensen said this during the Olympia Sea Level Response Collaborative …
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The Olympia Site Plan Committee on Wednesday, May 25, conducted presubmission hearings for two potential downtown housing development projects.
221 Fifth Avenue SW: Apartments
Architect Jeff …
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Olympia School District received $2.8 million in enrollment stabilization funds, 50% less than they expected to get from the federal government.
In a report to the OSD board of directors during a …
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By Lorilyn C. Lirio
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5/27/22
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The Port of Olympia will hold its third public open house on the Olympia Regional Airport Master Plan Update (MPU) on Thursday, May 26, 2022, from 2 – 3:30 p.m. via Zoom.
For details about …
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Thurston Youth Climate Alliance members staged a die-in protest at the recent Olympia city council meeting, urging the city to act on the climate crisis.
Louisa Sevier, the alliance’s …
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