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The Associated Press • Published November 27, 2009 No one’s going to blame you for keeping holiday gift expenses to a minimum this year. But if you decide you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a high-tech gadget or...
Tags: Roku SD, Roku HD, Netflix, Wii MotionPlus, Olympia, Wii Remote, LaCie, Roku, video games, Technology Internet, Touch! Generations, Wii
The public can make suggestions for climate change responses by state agencies at a public meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the state Department of Ecology headquarters, 300 Desmond Drive, Lacey. The 2009 state Legislature directed six state agencies...
Tags: climate change, Olympia, Environment, Individual and political action on climate change, Diplomatic conferences, Politics, Global warming, Action on climate change
An attorney for a man charged with robbing an Olympia bank last year says his client is innocent, wrongly accused by a man already convicted of the crime. Brian Wilson, 29, was convicted earlier this year of robbing the Timberland Bank at 423 Washington...
Tags: Brian Wilson, Scott Pyle, court papers, Richard Woodrow, bank robberies, Timberland Bank, Olympia Transit Center, prison sentence, plea deal, nisqually jail, Olympia, Robbery, Accomplice, Criminal law, Law Crime, Bank robbery
Wednesday at United Churches in downtown Olympia, 800 meals had been served, coordinator Rodney O’Neill said. He attributed the high turnout by midday to the slow economy and high rate of unemployment, although about 2,500 meals were served last year...
Tags: community meals, Olympia, Rodney Livingston, Rodney O’Neill, Meals, Dinner, Gastronomy, Hospitality Recreation, Charities, Mark Foutch, Olympia Washington, Meals on Wheels
The historic KGY radio studios that overlook Budd Inlet potentially have received a new lease on life after the Port of Olympia commission voted this week to explore a new, long-term lease for the station as well as possible improvements to the KGY building....
Tags: KGY radio studios, NorthPoint, Kari Qvigstad, port commission, George Barner, Olympia, Business Finance, Olympia Washington, KGY
David Schaffert, president and chief executive of the Thurston County Chamber of Commerce, is the new chairman of the board for the Washington State Chamber of Commerce Executives.
Tags: Olympia, United States Chamber of Commerce, Thurston County Washington, Business Finance, Chambers of commerce
And like that offering, this one — also starring Lavon Hardison as Stardust owner Loretta Mae — is more of a traditional musical than a revue, with songs integrated into the plot. The plot revolves around the rationing instituted during World War II,...
Tags: Linda Whitney, world war, stardust homecoming, holiday shows, war ii, Olympia, Holiday, Harlequin, Christmas music, Stardust, Entertainment Culture
The infestation was confirmed by Fish and Wildlife surveys of the area. The lake closure invoked Wednesday by the state Department of General Administration, the agency that manages the man-made lake, bans all forms of water contact by the public and...
Tags: Olympia, Environment, Capitol Lake, New Zealand mud snail, Snail, Politics, Hydrobiidae, Gastropods, Invasive species, Olympia Washington
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated an $8 million default judgment against Hyundai Motor Co...In a 7-2 ruling, the high court reversed the Court of Appeals, which had overturned a trial court's finding for Jesse Magana of Vancouver. The justices...
Tags: Hyundai Motor Co., Hyundai Motor Am., Jesse Magana, Washington Supreme Court, Judge Barbara Johnson, default judgment, James Weldon Johnson, trial courts, supreme courts, Olympia
The Tri-Cities Research District will get $250,000 from the state Department of Commerce's Innovation Partnership Zone grants, a news release from the department announced Tuesday. The money will help to support the extension of broadband infrastructure...
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