It was quiet outside Life Center in Tacoma on Saturday as family and friends gathered within the sanctuary’s walls to celebrate the lives of Charlie and Braden Powell.
At Saturday’s memorial service for Charlie and Braden Powell, the tears started when the children in the Life Christian school choir filed onstage and launched into a sweet, innocent version of “Amazing Grace.”
At least the waiting is over. That’s small consolation for friends and family of 12 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker soldiers who spent much of the past two years ensnared in a sprawling war crimes investigation.
Seventy-seven sailboats took part in Saturday’s 41st running of the Toliva Shoal Race, which begins in Budd Inlet and heads northeast to Toliva Shoal, not far from Steilacoom in Pierce County. It was the largest field in five years.
The Olympia Kiwanis Club, Olympia Historical Society and Olympia Woodturners Association share something in common: They’re all putting to good use some of the big trees that came down or were fatally damaged in the January snow and ice storm.
At Saturday’s memorial service for Charlie and Braden Powell, the tears started when the children in the Life Christian School choir filed onstage and launched into a sweet, innocent version of “Amazing Grace.”
Mary Day of Olympia says competition is in her blood. She has shown dogs and horses at various shows; her favorite is Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City.
An Olympia man serving nearly 12 years in prison for abusing his son faces additional charges because the boy since has died.
If 11-year-old Alex Penny of Olympia could have one wish come true, it would be world peace.
A man burned down his mother’s Yelm home early Friday morning after a dispute with her turned violent, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
People of faith are concerned about human society, not just whatever happens after this life. We have always tried to improve people’s quality of life.
For additional coverage of the Legislature, go to www.theolympian.com/ underthedome.
Disposing of troubled assets and strong loan growth were among key factors that helped the parent company of Timberland Bank earn a profit in its fiscal first quarter after reporting a loss in its fiscal fourth quarter.
Plastic shopping bags can easily end up becoming big, nasty problems, like the islands of bags floating in the oceans.
A man sleeping in the bed of his truck woke to it being stolen early Thursday morning.
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