Olympia News

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The Washington State Patrol says a semi-truck driver fell asleep and crashed into a tree Saturday morning, blocking the eastbound lanes of state Route 8 for hours.

A man was seriously injured late Sunday when a suspected drunken driver trying to get away from police broadsided his car.

"View of the Dome" : The South Puget Sound Community College Theater Program presents a humor-filled tale of political corruption and revenge.

The Washington State Department of Transportation and Tri-Cities drivers can feel safe when they drive across our local bridges.

A 47-year-old man who shot his friend at his Olympia home during a brawl after an evening of drinking in November pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault Friday as part of a plea deal and will serve no time in jail.

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Board of Regents has voted to limit a fall tuition increase to 2 percent, no matter what the Legislature decides concerning the state budget.

The Washington Court of Appeals has overturned a Thurston County kidnapping and robbery conviction, due to "insufficient evidence" and a prosecutor's misconduct, according to an opinion filed Tuesday.

The Grays Harbor County prosecutor says Thurston County SWAT officers were justified in fatally shooting a man during a standoff in March in Hoquiam.

Don't let this week's weather fool you. Washington state is nowhere near a rainy day, at least not economically speaking.

OLYMPIA, Washington: Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in rural Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and drivers tumbling into the frigid water, authorities said.

You can call Calvin Johnson a weird-out. But "low-fi," "twee," "twee-pop" are another story for the singer-songwriter who hits Cleveland on Saturday.

Doctors at Western State Hospital have restored the competency of an Olympia woman accused of murdering a 76-year-old woman as she worked on a jigsaw puzzle at the Casa Madrona Apartments in October.

Gov. Jay Inslee and most statewide elected officials and lawmakers won't get a pay raise this year, but judges will see a salary hike under the salary schedule adopted by the Washington Citizen's Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials.

Running is part of Kendl Winter's creative process, and it's on one of her 18- or even 30-mile runs that she is able to connect with nature and brainstorm ideas for her music.

Crosscut has expanded its coverage of Olympia, including the state Legislature and Gov.

That's the thinking behind a new event coming to Thurston County, which was announced Wednesday as part of the Olympia Lacey Tumwater Visitor & Convention Bureau's annual meeting at the Red Lion Hotel Olympia.

Washington State parks have suffered considerably in the recession-era trend of funding cuts.

Four screeching peregrine falcon chicks squirmed in a cardboard box as a small crowd gathered around, cameras at the ready.

Olympia police have arrested a 22-year-old Olympia man in connection with a stabbing that occurred outside Bayside Quilting on State Avenue downtown Monday night.