Parfait Bassalé helps people learn to befriend and cultivate belonging in his new book, “The Way of Befriending – ...

Your daily roundup of local news from Thurston County, Washington — covering Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Yelm, Tenino, and ...

Little Red Schoolhouse Project is committed to providing school supplies and backpacks to low income families so that children in Thurston County can begin the school year with basic necessities […] ...

The last thing your yard needs is a swimming-pool-sized mud puddle created by a leaking underground sprinkler or irrigation system component. At Boggs Inspection Services, they can make sure ...

As part of efforts to restore the Deschutes Estuary, water levels in Capitol Lake will be drawn down in late July 2026.

The Urban Evergreen Bee Sanctuary, a nonprofit founded by Heather Wood, offers education, community enrichment opportunities, ...

In Olympia, city leaders and contractors are preparing for a series of street closures and parking restrictions in downtown areas beginning next week. Work is concentrated around Fourth Avenue and ...

According to the Thurston Regional Planning Council’s 2024 report, there are around 1,636 students in Thurston County that ...

In downtown Olympia, a locally operated coffee shop that had signaled it might close will remain open, according to its co-managers. The article says the operators reversed their earlier closure ...

After 38 years in the YMCA movement, and a decade leading the South Sound YMCA, President & CEO Kyle Cronk will retire on December 31, 2026. The YMCA Board of Trustees will launch a nationwide search ...

H? Cattle and sheep? Maybe horses? Or maybe sewing projects and growing produce. For many families in Thurston County, 4-H is ...

In Olympia, local and regional officials say the sprawling homeless encampment known as the “Jungle” has long posed public-safety challenges, a concern renewed after a missing teenager from Mesa, ...