The Port of Olympia’s new relationship with an Alaska-based logistics company came to life last week. PacArctic Logistics expects to use the port’s marine terminal monthly to ship goods and equipment to Alaska and occasionally south to destinations along the Columbia River.
A man in the military with a concealed-carry permit detained a man who assaulted him outside of Jake's on Fourth in downtown Olympia Friday afternoon until police arrived to arrest him, a police spokeswoman said.
Rescue personnel with the McLane Black Lake Fire Department rescued a woman in her 40s Friday afternoon after she fell 20 feet from a rope swing on a trail off the F lot at The Evergreen State College.
An aide at an Olympia care center for Alzheimer's patients was arrested there Thursday after police learned she had stolen at least four rings from three different patients, according to court papers.
My husband says I’m an entertaining companion because of my habit of acting enthusiastically with little forethought. The results can be hilarious sometimes. He says I changed ‘ready-aim-shoot’ into ‘ready-shoot-aim.’ It works for me. Poor planning gives my life many rich, exciting experiences.
State retirement officials have ordered the city of DuPont to pay a total of $600,000 for incorrectly classifying three former city employees as independent contractors.
Olympia parks employees closed the city’s first and only off-leash dog park Friday, bowing to complaints from neighbors, after opening it 21/2 years ago.
A Yelm man was in jail Thursday after Fife police said he left his two young daughters alone in a parked semitrailer while he gambled at the Emerald Queen Casino for more than five hours.
When Eric Strawn walked out of City Hall on Tuesday night, he left behind his position as mayor - and a litany of grievances.
At the end of February, Anthony’s Homeport hosted a table for five that racked up a total bill of $343.88.
Intercity Transit has narrowed its search for a general manager to four finalists, all of whom were to be in Olympia this week for interviews.
An ongoing labor dispute between The Evergreen State College leaders and a union representing 57 student-support services workers still is at a virtual impasse, and the college announced Thursday it is postponing a Saturday gathering of alumni out of worry about disruptions from workers.
DuPont Fire Chief Greg Hull has announced his resignation, just days after state officials notified him they were stopping his pension following a review of his “independent contractor” status with the south Pierce County city.
A judge sentenced a 28-year-old woman to two years in prison Wednesday after she pleaded guilty to theft in connection with trying to leave the Olympia Target store in October with 152 items concealed in storage bins — including CDs, DVDs, Seahawks T-shirts and women’s beauty products, according to court papers.
The Olympia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to scrap a requirement that the city secure $1 million in state funding to purchase property on the downtown isthmus for a park.
About 135 homeless veterans in Southwest Washington and Northern Oregon will benefit from a federal grant to provide permanent housing for them.
The Grant County coroner has determined that drowning caused the deaths of a family of four from Stanwood who died over the weekend when their SUV crashed into a flowing irrigation canal and sank.
A Washington Corrections Department spokeswoman says an inmate serving time for assaulting a law enforcement officer punched corrections officers in the dining hall of the state prison at Shelton.
About 40 of Thurston County’s law enforcement and criminal justice personnel are expected to hit the street Friday for the annual Special Olympics Washington Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Lawmakers are debating how to close a potentially $160 million loophole in Washington’s estate tax even as the Department of Revenue prepares to begin issuing refunds to comply with a state Supreme Court ruling.
It has been a year of anniversaries for Temple Beth Hatfiloh. Last year marked the 75th anniversary of the incorporation of the Jewish congregation, and this year marks the 75th anniversary of the dedication of the temple’s longtime former location at Eighth Avenue and Jefferson Street.
Seven weeks ago, Tyler James Deutsch held his newborn daughter in his arms and smiled for the camera.
A team from Olympia High School took third place recently in the David Ricardo division of the Council for Economic Education’s National Economics Challenge.
The bargaining unit of 57 Evergreen employees, which includes resident advisers, academic counselors and athletic coaches, were joined by dozens of supporters from the state employees union, the Evergreen faculty union and on-campus student organizations.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County will host its annual Foundation for the Future Breakfast from 7-9 a.m. Thursday in the Marcus Pavilion at Saint Martin’s University, 5300 Pacific Ave. SE, Lacey.
Timberline High School’s newspaper staff was recently recognized by the North Thurston School Board for winning first in state and fourth in the country in student journalism competitions.
Allison Savin’s eyes widened as the list of vaccines and medications grew: Hepatitis A, Japanese encephalitis, rabies, typhoid, yellow fever and malaria.
Sue Gunn, a scientist and environmental policy expert, has decided to challenge Port of Olympia commissioner Jeff Davis for the District 3 seat.
About 20,000 Washington residents use alcohol-sensing devices in their motor vehicles, putting this state among the top five for use of these DUI-prevention devices.
A 29-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man walked into the Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester Sunday with a duffle bag containing more than $66,000 cash. He also had methamphetamine in his jacket pocket and a stolen handgun, a prosecutor said in court Tuesday.
A private investor who owns almost 6 percent of the common stock of Lacey-based Anchor Bancorp proposes that the board of directors consider a sale or merger of the company to maximize shareholder value.
Monday was a busy and solemn day on Washington’s Capitol Campus, which is home to several veterans monuments.
The Olympia City Council will get right back to work Tuesday night after a long holiday weekend. At the meeting, expect a discussion of the city’s Shoreline Master Program, neighborhood pathways projects and an update on the council’s goal to acquire two properties on the downtown isthmus.
A Tacoma mom and her son were arrested in Centralia on Saturday afternoon after an alleged exchange of words with a Tumwater man escalated into a fight and pepper-spraying incident outside a Nike outlet store.
Two men and a woman were arrested Sunday on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle, an incident that involved several law enforcement agencies and a resident who tackled one of the suspects, according to the Thurston County’s Sheriff’s Office.
About 50 people — veterans, families and their children — took part in an annual waterside memorial at Percival Landing on Sunday to remember the men and women who served the country and died at sea.
The family of a woman who was struck and killed in 2010 after a fleeing felon’s vehicle collided with hers in Yakima has sued the state Department of Corrections, alleging that had DOC correctly supervised him, the woman might still be alive.
About 300 students and parents gathered last week for Arts Recognition Night, a nearly 20-year tradition at Capital High School.
WASHINGTON — More than a year after it took effect, a highly touted trade deal with South Korea has failed to produce as expected for the U.S.: Exports are down, imports are up and the trade deficit with the Asian economic powerhouse has ballooned.
A semitrailer driver is being accused of negligent driving after falling asleep at the wheel Saturday morning and crashing into a tree on state Route 8, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The University of Washington says it received more first-year applications than ever before, and even though the university plans to enroll 150 more Washington students this fall, it was still more difficult to get into the UW this year compared with last.
Before the officers stepped inside her home to say her Army pilot husband was dead in a training accident, Kryste Buoniconti had a thought she could not bear to speak. Losing her husband, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Frank Buoniconti, meant she would have to give up Hunter, the HIV-positive baby adopted by the couple just a few months earlier.
Olympia Thunder Run: 9:30 a.m. signup at Northwest Harley-Davidson, 8000 Freedom Lane NE, Lacey, and 11 a.m. departure to the Vietnam Memorial Wall on Capitol Campus. All donations ($10 single, $15 couple) go to the Fisher House.
TA-OY, Laos — In military lingo, the location of the lost crew of Spooky 21 was a classic SWAG:
A semitrailer driver is being accused of negligent driving after falling asleep at the wheel Saturday morning and crashing into a tree on state Route 8, according to the Washington State Patrol.
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