Olympia News

It's time for our legislators in Olympia to honor the will of the voters and implement Initiative 1163.

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.

The Olympic Flight Museum will hold a paper airplane flight school on Feb. 25. The workshop will be from 1-3:30 p.m. Participants will learn the skills needed to make paper aircraft from the simplest folded airplanes to "cutting edge" paper airplanes.

The wheels are coming off Gov. Chris Gregoire's $3.6 billion transportation plan, and there doesn't appear to be anything she can do to prevent it.

Giving adopted children in Washington state greater access to their birth records is an idea that hits close to home for state Reps.

A convicted sex offender's official request to move into a home on Green Bay's west side where he... OLYMPIA, Wash.

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Thousands of images and emails on Steve Powell's government-issued laptop provide a small glimpse into his increasingly scrutinized world.

Urban public spaces are appealing to many of us because they tend to emphasize the beauty of unique physical and cultural features.

On February 18th citizens of Olympia are invited to attend a free Tumbleweed Tiny House event featuring an 84 square foot home.

In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, file photo, Ken Jackson, right, and Don Taylor carry a sign that reads "Stand Up For Marriage; One Man + One Woman" following a rally at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., on the day Sen.

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Gov. Chris Gregoire and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark have signed an agreement to conduct a cross-border earthquake readiness exercise.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Washington dog owners could soon have tougher regulations to follow as a bill make its way through the state house in Olympia aims to limit the amount of time a dog is chained up outside and would also ban choke and pinch type collars.

An Olympia man serving nearly 12 years in prison for abusing his son faces additional charges because the boy since has died.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is headed to Tacoma and Olympia Monday, according to this report.

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.

A man who was sleeping in the back of his pickup truck when it was stolen from an Olympia parking lot is worried about his cat, which was also in the truck.

OLYMPIA, Wash. A man snoozing in the back of his pickup truck in Olympia early Thursday morning got a rude awakening when he says a thief got in and started driving while he was still in the back.

A man who was sleeping in the back of his pickup truck when it was stolen in Olympia is worried about his cat that was also in the truck.

State wildlife authorities had no right to cite a Yakama Nation fisherman for catching undersized fish at a Columbia River tribal fishing site, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a split decision.

Plastic shopping bags can easily end up becoming big, nasty problems, like the islands of bags floating in the oceans.