Olympia News

Attorney General Rob McKenna will ask state lawmakers to approve longer prison terms for domestic violence felonies when the abuser has a history of misdemeanor abuse.

A record number of motorcycles delivered more than $100,000 worth of toys in the 31st annual Olympia Toy Run Coalition event this year.

Rhenda Strub is not going to like this editorial. She's the Olympia city councilwoman who's miffed that a guy named Steven Segall had the gall to question the City Council's practice of conducting private ...

A developer has purchased a half-block-long parking lot in downtown Olympia and plans to build market-rate housing there, the first such project downtown in more than a decade.

A former employee of an Olympia-area fitness company pleaded not guilty this week to first-degree theft and possession of stolen property for allegedly taking equipment that had been traded in or repurchased by ...

Hundreds of students in Olympia just found out they now have an extra week off school.

The first 25 gold-star license plates in Washington state have been unveiled at the Capitol.

Recycling programs in the south Puget Sound area remain on solid footing, despite a precipitous drop in the market value of recycled materials such as cardboard, plastic, aluminum and newspaper.

A woman who works at McDonald's on Plum Street in downtown Olympia pulled an 8-year-old girl from the grasp of a man who now is being held at the Thurston County Jail on second-degree kidnapping charges.

OLYMPIA a ' Capital High School won't open as scheduled Monday because engineers discovered damaged natural-gas lines that will have to be repaired and relocated, and it's unknown when students will be able to ...

Thurston County's insurer million has abandoned further appeals of a jury's 2006 verdict that three former county prosecutors were forced to endure a hostile work environment and suffered retaliation after they ...

State regulators have approved the sale of Puget Sound Energy for $7.4 billion to a group of investors from Canada and Australia.

The state Parks and Recreation Commission may close 14 of the 121 state parks in Washington to save money.

The union for rank and file workers in the state Ecology Department says their pay increased 28 percent over the past eight years, compared with a 42 percent raise for middle managers.

Former Kazakhstan Olympian Beibut Shumenov , fresh off of his impressive 10-round decision victory against Columbian knockout artist Epifanio "Diamente" Mendoza , arguably is the most ambitious, fastest-rising ...

The committee planning the governor's inaugural ball says it has sold 5,000 tickets for the black-tie event Jan.

The roof of a riding arena in Olympia collapsed early Saturday under the weight of rain-soaked snow.

The proposed Heritage Center for the state's Capitol Campus has become a financial headache for state leaders who are looking for ways to keep the project alive.

State Rep. Brendan Williams, D-Olympia, says he's planning to make another legislative push to give buyers of new homes extra protection against home defects.

The Washington State Patrol at the state Capitol took the baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph from a Nativity display into protective custody until Christmas morning.