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The Port of Olympia will hold a public hearing Monday, Nov. 9 on its draft budget and operating plan for 2021. The hearing will be held during the port commission’s Monday night meeting, which …
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by JOLT staff
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11/4/20
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The Olympia School District wants to open up Ingersoll Stadium at Olympia High School to groups who are not affiliated with the district.
“The District’s consideration of this …
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by JOLT staff
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11/4/20
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OLYMPIA – The Thurston County Board of Commissioners postponed the 2021 application process for those seeking Lodging Tax (LTAC) funding for projects occurring in incorporated Thurston County …
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11/3/20
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The Thurston County hearings examiner is inviting the public to weigh in on three development projects at a public hearing next Tuesday, Nov. 10.
At 10 a.m., there will be a public hearing on a …
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by JOLT staff
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11/3/20
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Thurston County is hiring temporary contact tracers to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as several other positions in Public Health, including epidemiologists, a data analyst and a …
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10/30/20
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OLYMPIA – The Thurston County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 10, at 3:00 p.m. or soon thereafter, to accept public comment on development code …
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10/30/20
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OLYMPIA – Warning to health care professionals with Washington licenses: Beware of scammers falsely claiming to represent the Washington State Department of Health – and …
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10/29/20
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It’s been a wild year for the folks at Orca Books.
The long-standing downtown Olympia-based bookstore packed up and moved from their Fourth Avenue storefront to a new …
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by Cody Neuenschwander
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10/26/20
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The Olympia City Council began talks of forming a Social Justice and Equity Advisory Commission shortly after the death of George Floyd in May.
Once the council decided to form a …
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Linda Myers is the great grandmother of a kindergartner in a Thurston County grade school. When the child’s mother had to be hospitalized recently, Myers became this child's "at-home …
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by Kathleen Anderson
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10/22/20
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OLYMPIA – The State Auditor’s Office completed the last portion of their annual review of Thurston County’s finances. State auditors found the …
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10/21/20
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TUMWATER -- The city wants to pass a special ordinance that will allow it to increase next year’s property tax levy slightly above normal levels. A “Declaration of Substantial …
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by JOLT staff
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10/19/20
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Thurston County Achieves Major Milestone on Habitat Conservation Plan - Requests Comments on Scope of Environmental Impact Statement
EIS will examine the environmental impacts of the …
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10/16/20
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Changes to Olympia’s housing code will be considered at Monday’s meeting of the city’s Planning Commission. Possible code revisions concern accessory dwelling units (ADUs), …
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by JOLT staff
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10/16/20
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Hello Thurston County! Thank you for the very thoughtful questions you have been submitting, keep them coming!
Yesterday in response to rising transmission rates in our community, I made the …
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Dimyana Abdelmalek, MD, MPH
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10/15/20
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OLYMPIA – After a public hearing on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, the Thurston County Board of Health adopted new rules on smoking and vaping. The action formally adopts rules consistent with the …
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10/15/20
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The Olympia City Council passed an ordinance yesterday providing protection to renters in danger of eviction because of pandemic-related factors.
This meeting marked the second time the ordinance …
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OLYMPIA – The Thurston County Board of Commissioners have been working with Thurston Strong (thurstonstrong.org), a local economic recovery task force, administered by the Thurston County …
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10/13/20
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Thurston County Superior Court hasn’t had a new Superior Court judge position added since 2000, and in those two decades, criminal filings have increased by 18 percent.
Superior …
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by Cody Neuenschwander
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10/12/20
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Parents from the Olympia School District expressed their hopes for a return to high school athletics at a school board meeting on Sept. 28th. While students in the Olympia School District were …
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by Emma Dobbs
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10/12/20
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