Correction: In the article on local candidates for public office in our last issue, we misspelled the names of some folks in Lacey. Jason Hearn is a Lacey City Councilmember… ☞
Citizens throughout Puget Sound will learn how to lead their friends and neighbors in Puget Sound recovery efforts beginning this fall with the launch of the proven Citizen Action Training… ☞
Join fellow fans of waste reduction and become a “green ambassador” for the three “R’s.” Thurston County trains Master Recycler Composter (MRC) volunteers with the purpose of inspiring others to… ☞
Lovers of great Vietnamese cuisine know that Saigon Rendezvous is not new. It’s been in downtown Olympia since 1989, the year Mui Nguyen opened it. She sold… ☞
Youth from high schools throughout Thurston County joined the Voice of Youth program, where they attended meetings and summits to bounce ideas off one another about projects to create and… ☞
Football The Washington Cavaliers semi-pro football team will be playing their next home game on Saturday, June 8, at Tumwater High School. The Cavaliers will take on the Pierce County… ☞
The atmosphere at an Oly Rollers roller derby bout is unlike anything most have seen before. For a visual jumpstart, imagine Hulk Hogan era WWF, put it in the Thunderdome from Mad Max, add a splash… ☞
Since 2003, Peregrine Falcons have been living on a crane behind the farmer’s market parking lot, eating pigeons and occasionally stealing Port of Olympia workers’ hats and dropping them on… ☞
When I was in high school in Lacey in the late 1990’s, discrimination against gays and lesbians in the Olympia area was still commonplace. I remember the terms “faggot” and… ☞
It was like something out of a Pacific Northwest thriller, a typical rainy grey evening in the parking lot outside of a cafe bakery on the far edge of town…. ☞
(Correlation & Causation) When god, free will, and happenstance are busy, they call me: John Swamini** Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19) Objects in the rear view mirror are behind you and… ☞
Date/Time: 5/16/2013, 22:24 Hours Location: The Evergreen State College Incident: Even Squares Can Have a Ball We have all heard, and possibly perpetuated, the rote stereotypes that are supposed… ☞
Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19) Don’t mistake excitement or enthusiasm for progress or accomplishment. For more information, look closely at children. A reasonable order of operations would have one complete a… ☞
Date/Time: 4/25/2013, 18:14 Hours Location: 3200 Yauger Way, Olympia Incident: Skate or Die For the initiated, skateboarding can become more than a pastime. The hard static rumble of wheels… ☞
Date/Time: 4/13/2013, 13:05 Hours Location: 621 S. Capitol Way, Olympia Incident: Good Try, Spy There are at least a few sure methods to obtain a discounted rate on a… ☞