Olympia News

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.

Beginning next summer, new homes built in Olympia will have to have sprinkler systems, the Olympia City Council decided in a preliminary 6-1 vote Tuesday night.

It's more than a little disappointing that 65 percent of this fall's contests for public office have already been decided.

In a story May 14 about insurance premiums, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner, reported erroneously the premiums for an insurance plan.

University of Washington coach Steve Sarkisian earned $2.7 million last year, followed by Washington State University coach Mike Leach at $2.3 million.

Growing out of an idea conceived in a local church four decades ago, and now a multicounty, multifaceted, multimillion-dollar program, Senior Services for South Sound is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

The May 7 edition of The Olympian included an article on taxes which referenced how "state and local governments in Washington are missing out on more than $1 billion every two years in uncollected tax revenue from online sales according to the Department Of Revenue." Missing out on? This statement reads as if it's government's right to collect ... (more)

A man was seriously injured late Sunday when the car he driving was broadsided by a suspected drunk driver who was trying to get away from police.

Olympian reporter Matt Batcheldor took second place for social issues reporting as part of the 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest.

It didn't rain on the Rhody Parade on Saturday. The highlight of the 78th annual Rhododendron Festival celebration finished with only a few drops getting in the way.