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Dear Advocate,
I just got my child’s Individualized Educational Program (IEP) progress report, and I’m honestly confused. For most of the goals, it has no data, and then has …
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By Shannon Sankstone
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6/16/25
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June is the peak month for weeding. Seeds have been germinating all spring — so many, so much and so fast you’d think it would make noise. Now, as the days are ...
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It is alarming to hear there are heavily armed Nazis in our community, but that’s exactly what we learned last week when Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders posted ...
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Once upon a decade ago, I stood on the stage of the James Koval Center at North Thurston High School (NTHS) and performed with all three of NTHS ...
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By Rachel Benton
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6/12/25
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Last month, I mentioned I was paying attention to the avian dawn chorus in my yard. I’d go outside with my smartphone in the early morning, which for me is ...
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By George Walter
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6/12/25
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No one physically influenced Olympia more than Edmund Sylvester. After taking his dead partner’s land grant, he platted the city and named the ...
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We have all seen it, you can’t drive down any main arterial in Thurston County without seeing trees, trees and more trees cut down in the name of ...
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As the summer sun shines, I find myself looking back to the rainy days of the Pacific Northwest, to a school year that left me drained and ...
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By Shannon Sankstone
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6/9/25
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On Sunday, June 22, the Thurston County League of Women Voters is sponsoring a tour of six local gardens, all tended by democracy-loving gardeners. All six gardens are the ...
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By Jill Severn
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6/6/25
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Those of us who listen to NPR heard recently about research into the bill length of our Pacific Northwest Anna’s ...
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The air in Thurston County is changing as we transition from spring to summer, students graduate, and arts companies close their 2024-25 ...
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By Rachel Benton
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6/4/25
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Individualized Educational Program (IEP) meetings can feel like a blur of goals, data collection, evaluation findings, service minutes, mysterious acronyms and educational ...
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By Shannon Sankstone
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6/2/25
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A walk in the neighborhood can be a gardening seminar. There’s so much to learn from other people's front yards, and if a neighbor or two happens to be outside ...
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There are countless wild wonders in Olympia’s 19.69 square miles — rolling hills, bubbling artesian springs, and beaches of gravel, sand, and mud — but much of this beauty is out …
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I always expect incredibly diverse and high quality art in Thurston County, and I love that our artists always keep their creations interesting and ...
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By Rachel Benton
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5/28/25
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On the last day of April, there were approximately 30 Washington legislative bills signed into law in Olympia.
One of the bills was House Bill 1046, which now provides civil immunity for …
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Since 2022, CACLMT has overhauled our internal practices across all levels of the Housing Department, from frontline case managers to supervisors and executive ...
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The flowers are blooming. The sky is blue. The birds are chirping.
And if you’re a parent of a child in special education, it’s time to prepare for ...
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By Shannon Sankstone
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5/26/25
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Out for a stroll on a gorgeous evening, as I walked past LP Brown Elementary School on Olympia’s west side, I was sad to see that our school district hasn’t learned something that every school …
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Back in the day, calling someone a pansy was an insult. It meant weak and wimpy. For boys or men, it meant effeminate. Today there are many newer and more pungent insults to choose from. But pansies ...
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