The parents were accused of trying to kill their teen daughter outside Timberline High School on Oct. 18, 2024.

So, The Olympian reached out to candidates in contested primary races and asked some of those pointed questions. Below you’ll ...

A Level 3 “GO” evacuation was ordered for areas near Lake Cushman in Olympic National Forest Thursday as the Bear Gulch fire grew to more than 3,000 acres and was only 3% contained.

Please join our journalists from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Squaxin Park’s Rose Garden shelter for Ice Cream with The Olympian! We will have ice cream bars, popsicles and other treats ...

Highway paint is special in that it has tiny little glass beads mixed into it, which is what makes it reflective at night,” WSDOT said.

The Thurston County Board of Commissioners approved an agreement on Wednesday, July 30.2025 that queue’s up the $34.9 million sale of a seven-acre property in downtown Olympia.

Air Operations with the Mason County Sheriff’s Office used helicopters for bucket drops filled with water from Lake Cushman to battle the Bear Gulch fire on July 31. The human-caused fire started on ...