Olympia

Giant pumpkins are a fixture of the fall. And this year the certified giant-est one belongs to Jeff Uhlmeyer, a retired Washington State DOT pavement engineer from Olympia.

Officials in Thurston County are experimenting with a new way of responding to homelessness. Instead of breaking up encampments, they plan to support…

Among the hundreds of people who died from heat-related issues during the Pacific Northwest’s record-breaking heat wave last week, one man was a common…

A Bremerton man filed a lawsuit demanding the restoration of public access to the state Capitol and surrounding grounds.Tyler Miller's lawsuit seeks a…

At least $1.6 million has been spent by the state and the Washington State Patrol over the past two weeks in costs related to security at the state…

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…

Port of Olympia officials and Thurston County sheriff’s deputies displaced an estimated eight unsheltered people from a wooded Tumwater property on…

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…

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…

Olympia City Council members canceled a sweep of a homeless encampment hours before it was scheduled to begin Wednesday morning, a victory for camp…