Downtown Olympia’s ‘filling station’ has new owners. Here are their plans

The former downtown Olympia business Filling Station Espresso, which is on Fourth Avenue East at Plum Street, has new owners, ...
KHQ

Debate over proposed millionaire income tax continues in Olympia

The discussion over a potential income tax on millionaires is ongoing in Olympia, with lawmakers deliberating its details in the House chamber. The debate, which began Monday ...

A major Olympia-area pool is closing. There’s a petition to keep it open

The Evergreen State College swimming pool as seen on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (rboone@theolympian.com/Rolf Boone) The ...
Columbia Basin Herald

More dead bills pile up in Olympia

Numerous bills did not pass the opposite chamber policy committee cutoff earlier this week, marking the death of some high-profile legislation, including increasing protections for children in the ...
The Olympian

Olympia police investigate shooting at ‘Jungle’ encampment. Here’s what to know

The Olympia Police Department was investigating a shooting Friday at the encampment in the 3200 block of Martin Way East ...
The Olympian

Nisqually quake shook Olympia 25 years ago. ‘It felt like the end of the world.’

Saturday marks 25 years since the Nisqually earthquake rattled the South Sound and caused billions of dollars in damages.
Artnet

Why ‘Olympia’ Was—and Still Is—Shockingly Modern

Olympia stares out from the canvas, her level gaze almost a dare. In Édouard Manet’s famed 1863 painting, a woman—a courtesan, in fact—reclines on a chaise lounge. She is naked and her body is pale, ...