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The importance of that comeback could bring clean water, a rebound of other native organisms, and a renewed availability of a traditional food source for the region’s Indigenous peoples.
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The Olympia Police Department plans to install 16 automatic license plate cameras surrounding the Westside Capital Mall area and near I-5 entrances on the city’s east end.
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Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.
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Washington state Sen. Sam Hunt, a Democrat who has served eight years in the Senate, said he will not seek reelection this year.
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Pro-Trump protesters broke through a gate at the Washington state governor’s mansion Wednesday afternoon, and dozens of people gathered on the lawn.The…
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Port of Olympia officials and Thurston County sheriff’s deputies displaced an estimated eight unsheltered people from a wooded Tumwater property on…
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What does it look like when a city's downtown reopens after weeks of lying dormant?Washington's capital, Olympia, is among the first and largest cities in…
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Homelessness is at the top of many voters’ minds across the Puget Sound region heading into the Nov. 5 general election.A few years ago, frustration…
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Olympia City Council members canceled a sweep of a homeless encampment hours before it was scheduled to begin Wednesday morning, a victory for camp…
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How tense is the debate around homelessness in Olympia? Enough that business owners have sought to conceal their identities in a lawsuit against the city,…
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The City of Olympia, which saw a striking rise in visible homelessness last year, cleared away the last of its large unsanctioned downtown encampments…
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Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins says it’s hard to tell what will become a lightning-rod issue during the “fire hose” phase of the legislative…
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State lawmakers returning to Olympia for this year’s legislative session are arriving in a city transformed by homelessness.Since August, the number of…
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David Zeeck grew up in West Texas, but considers Tacoma home.“Texan by birth, Tacoman by choice,” the outgoing News Tribune publisher told Morning Edition…