Olympia News

A South Sound boy has a "starring role" in an episode of a cable television program that airs today.

Nov. 22--OLYMPIA -- About 150 current and former employees of Crown Beverage Packaging celebrated 50 years of manufacturing metal beer and soft-drink cans Saturday at the company's plant on Fones Road.

Olympia won't get its first city-owned parking garage anytime soon. The Olympia City Council scrapped its selection process for a developer for a parking structure Tuesday night because of concerns about its cost in the bad economy, some council members said.

Tim Eyman lost a round in court Friday over his effort to make state elections officials answer questions about their policy for making initiative-signers' names public.

An Olympia man with a history that a prosecutor called 'horrendous' was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison this week for his leadership in a cocaine ring and arranging the murder of a police informant.

Police have identified a suspect in the shooting death of a man whose body was found Monday on a street in Olympia.

An Olympia man was sentenced to life in prison under the state's 'three strikes' law today for raping and assaulting a woman who offered him a ride home April 12.

Police are searching for the man they believed fatally shot a 40-year-old man in downtown Olympia Monday morning.

OLYMPIA The Olympia School District will float three possibilities for a February ballot measure that could pay for building improvements throughout the district.

Olympia police have found the silver-colored 1993 Jeep Cherokee that they had sought in connection with the shooting death of an Olympia man Monday morning on Capitol Way.

The Thurston County Economic Development Council faces $10,000 in possible budget cuts, which could undercut its efforts to retain and expand business opportunities in South Sound, as well as recruit, officials with the 27-year-old organization said Thursday.

A man is dead after a shooting early Monday at Capitol Way and 18th Avenue in Olympia's South Capitol neighborhood, and police are investigating it as a homicide.

Olympia Police responded to several calls reporting the sound of gun shots in the 1700 block of Capitol Way at 2:37 a.m. Monday.

An Ohio woman is under investigation in the theft of H1N1 influenza vaccine from a Thurston County hospice center.

Olympia police have received two reports of a suspicious person trespassing or approaching children in the past three days.

OLYMPIA A donation of 1,000 pounds of food to the Thurston County Food Bank goes a long way for an organization that has seen demand for its services increase about 20 percent in the past year.

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington's inland marine waters officially have a new name -- the Salish Sea.

The state Transportation Department is using $1.7 million in federal stimulus money to install cable barriers along the 20 mile stretch of Highway 8 between Elma and Highway 101 in Thurston County near Olympia.

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Winter Break 2009: If you're going to have kids at home during winter break, Chanukah break, Christmas Break or whatever you call it, it pays to be prepared with a list of activities and outings that get you and the kids out and about while supporting local businesses and community treasures.