Olympia
Zarelli, GOP's top budget writer in state Senate, to retire
OLYMPIA -- The top Republican budget writer in the state Senate is retiring.Ridgefield Sen. Joe Zarelli said in a statement Friday evening that he hopes he left state government better than how he found it. He says the last few years have been both wearing and rewarding.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Steve Powell's legal troubles may not be over
OLYMPIA -- The voyeurism conviction of a missing Utah woman’s father-in-law may not be the last of his legal troubles, as an attorney said Thursday she is working on a lawsuit that could keep pressure on Steve Powell.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Coroner: Man shot by Olympia officer killed self
OLYMPIA -- An autopsy report has found that a man shot by Olympia police on Friday died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
State DOT selling 21 surplus properties
OLYMPIA -- The Washington Department of Transportation is selling 21 surplus properties.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Olympia homeowner sued over shooting
OLYMPIA -- A man who climbed a fence at an Olympia home is suing the homeowner who shot him as a suspected prowler.No charges were filed in the April 2010 shooting because the homeowner said he was guarding his property.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Board approves purchase of school trust land
OLYMPIA -- The Washington state Board of Natural Resources has approved the purchase of nearly 3,400 acres of irrigated farm land in Benton County for the school construction trust.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Powell attorney: Key search warrant was illegal
OLYMPIA -- An attorney for Steve Powell said Monday that investigators frustrated by their unsuccessful quest to find his missing daughter-in-law pursued an “illegal” warrant that eventually led to voyeurism charges.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Northwest
Former state man told to pay $25K in cat's death
OLYMPIA -- An arbitrator has ordered a former Lacey man to pay his ex-wife $25,000 in the death of her cat.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Northwest
2 Olympia schools briefly put on lockdown
OLYMPIA -- Two Olympia schools were put on lockdown after someone reported seeing a man with a rifle walking in front of one of the schools.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Sergeant gets 10 years for setting fire to wife's legs
OLYMPIA -- An Army sergeant has been given a 10-year sentence for setting his wife's legs on fire with lighter fluid and a match.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Northwest
Suspects in Olympia homicide arrested after chase
OLYMPIA -- The Cowlitz County sheriff's office says two suspects in Friday's homicide in Olympia are in custody after a chase on Interstate 5 ended in a crash near Kelso.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Northwest
2 killed in one-car crash in Olympia
OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Patrol says two people were killed early Sunday in a one-car crash in Olympia. A third person was injured.Trooper Guy Gill said speed and driver impairment involving alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Northwest
Judge tosses lawsuit against co-op over boycott
OLYMPIA -- A lawsuit against a food co-op that decided to stop carrying products from Israel was thrown out Monday, with a judge saying the boycott was protected free speech that was lawfully enacted by the co-op's board.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
New ideas considered for public records disputes
OLYMPIA -- A recent increase in large payouts from public records disputes has some in state government considering new ways to avoid costly and drawn out court battles.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
New Nisqually building to add to tribe's growth
OLYMPIA -- The Nisqually Indian Tribe is building a $7.9 million administration center, one of many projects helping to transform the small tribe into a major player in south Puget Sound.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Northwest
Stun gun robber hits Olympia ATM patron
OLYMPIA -- A robber used a stun gun to hold up a man who had just taken money from at ATM Friday morning in Olympia.Police say the robber shocked the victim through the open driver's window of his parked car and fled on foot.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
Santorum says gay marriage signing not last word
OLYMPIA -- Rick Santorum said Monday that Washington state's approval of gay marriage is "not the final word," as the Republican presidential hopeful rallied opponents who are exploring a referendum to block the law.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Northwest
Numerous trees near Capitol set to be removed
OLYMPIA -- The recent snow and ice storm in western Washington damaged numerous trees at the Capitol and surrounding areas, including some historic ones that are more than 100 years old.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Northwest
Storm knocked out power in capital campus
OLYMPIA -- The massive snow and freezing rain storm that pummeled the Pacific Northwest caused a power outage for several hours at Gov. Chris Gregoire's office, legislative buildings and other state agencies in Olympia.Power was mostly restored by about 2 p.m. Friday.
Date: 01/20/2012 | Northwest
Searchers in Olympia watching for goose with arrow
OLYMPIA -- An Olympia wildlife rescue group is asking the public to help watch for a Canada goose with an arrow through its breast.
Date: 01/12/2012 | Northwest
Man hits deer and found with 23 pounds of pot
SUTHERLIN, Ore. -- A Washington man is in custody after an Oregon State Patrol trooper watched him hit a deer near Sutherlin, Ore., and keep driving for seven miles.At the stop on Monday night, the trooper found 23 pounds of marijuana in the man's car.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Northwest
Wrong-way driver causes holiday crash on I-5
OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Patrol says an 86-year-old man drove more than two miles in the wrong direction down Highway 101 and Interstate 5 through Olympia and Tumwater on Christmas Day, causing at least one crash.
Date: 12/26/2011 | Northwest
Capitol holiday displays co-exist without angst
OLYMPIA -- The holiday displays that have previously competed for attention on the state's Capitol campus are now co-existing peacefully.
Date: 12/23/2011 | Northwest
Court rules for Ramtha leader in development case
OLYMPIA -- The state Supreme Court has ruled that the leader of the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, JZ Knight, had standing to oppose development near her school in Yelm.
Date: 12/15/2011 | Northwest
State issues deadline to Occupy Olympia camp
OLYMPIA -- Occupy Olympia protesters have been given a midnight deadline to vacate a park where they have been set up since mid-October.
Date: 12/15/2011 | Northwest
Judge: State owes in-home workers $96 million
OLYMPIA -- The state Department of Social and Health Services will have to pay about 22,000 in-home health care workers almost $96 million.
Date: 12/02/2011 | Northwest
In budget crisis, Wash. lawmakers take their time
OLYMPIA -- Despite a budget crisis and a governor anxious for action, state lawmakers returned to Olympia this week with no signs that the emergency is translating into urgency.
Date: 12/02/2011 | Northwest
Man dies in jump from Thurston County jail bunk
OLYMPIA -- Sheriff's officials say a man arrested for investigation of third-degree assault is dead after jumping head-first off a bunk in the Thurston County jail.
Date: 11/26/2011 | Northwest
Olympia school cancels zombie day over Nazi signs
OLYMPIA -- Zombie dress-up day had been scheduled Wednesday at Reeves Middle School in Olympia, but it was canceled because students were caught calling each other Nazis, drawing swastikas and making the "Heil Hitler" salute.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Northwest
Lawmakers eye $42 million Wenatchee bailout
OLYMPIA -- Reluctant state lawmakers outlined a plan Wednesday that would provide a $42 million bailout package for a Wenatchee-area agency that's nearing default on the city's arena.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Northwest
Olympia fast-food worker arrested in credit card fraud
OLYMPIA -- Detectives noticed something about all the Washington State Employees Credit Union members in Olympia who were reporting fraudulent use of their credit cards.Everyone had used their cards at a fast-food restaurant in downtown Olympia.
Date: 11/17/2011 | Northwest
State wants tents gone from Occupy Olympia
OLYMPIA -- State officials asked Occupy Olympia protesters Friday to remove dozens of tents from a lakeside park, saying the makeshift community they've established is unsustainable.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Twitter hiccup leads Inslee to follow racy site
OLYMPIA -- This isn't exactly the type of working Washington that Jay Inslee is seeking to build.
Date: 11/10/2011 | Northwest
Husband says he did not kill ex-trooper in 1998
OLYMPIA -- The husband and stepson of a former state trooper said Thursday they are not responsible for her death 13 years ago, disputing the conclusion of an inquest jury and publicly describing their recollections for the first time.
Date: 11/10/2011 | Northwest
Spokane detective receives more than $700K
SPOKANE -- A Spokane County jury has awarded more than $700,000 to a police detective who contended he was wrongly fired by Chief Anne Kirkpatrick.
Date: 11/04/2011 | Northwest
Accused boy can attend father's funeral
OLYMPIA -- A 13-year-old boy accused of killing his father will be allowed to attend his father's funeral Saturday.
Date: 11/04/2011 | Northwest
Woman accused of threat to bomb Wash. Lottery
OLYMPIA, -- A 58-year-old former Washington Lottery employee is accused of threatening to bomb the lottery building in Olympia.
Date: 11/03/2011 | Northwest
15-year sentence in Olympia underwear theft case
OLYMPIA -- A man who pleaded guilty to charges related to underwear thefts was sentenced Tuesday in Olympia to 15 years in prison.
Date: 11/02/2011 | Northwest
'Discord' between teen and dad shot at Olympia
OLYMPIA -- The Thurston County Sheriff's Office says there was "discord" between a man and his 13-year-old son who shot him to death as he slept at their home near Olympia.
Date: 10/27/2011 | Northwest
Olympia School District fined $14,000
OLYMPIA -- A Thurston County judge has ordered the Olympia School District to pay $14,000 for withholding a public record.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Northwest
Olympia school bus helper sentenced for molesting
OLYMPIA -- A school bus helper who pleaded guilty to molesting two 6-year-old girls last December apologized to the families in court Thursday in Olympia as he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Date: 08/19/2011 | Northwest
Man sentenced to 23 years in Olympia shooting
OLYMPIA -- A man who shot and paralyzed a robbery victim in Olympia was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison.The 24-year-old Tacoma man, Phil Phillips Jr., pleaded guilty to assault and robbery charges for the 2008 shooting in a bank parking lot.
Date: 08/19/2011 | Northwest
Olympia baby found in trash in stable condition
OLYMPIA -- Olympia police say the baby that was found in a trash can at a hospital is in stable condition at Tacoma General Hospital.
Date: 07/15/2011 | Northwest
Olympia anarchist's home vandalized
OLYMPIA -- The Olympia home of a self-described anarchist was vandalized with windows broken and the message "Get Out of Oly" spray-painted on an outside wall.Daniel Wilson told The Olympian he did not want to press charges for the Tuesday night damage to the rental home.
Date: 07/14/2011 | Northwest
Baby found in trash at Olympia hospital
OLYMPIA -- Police say a newborn was found in a restroom trash can at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia.Hospital staff found the baby at 5:10 a.m. Tuesday and took it to another part of the hospital for emergency care.
Date: 07/12/2011 | Northwest
Olympian newspaper disciplines photographer
OLYMPIA -- The Olympian newspaper is disciplining a photographer for showing unpublished photos of protester vandalism to police and misleading editors about the photos, Managing Editor Jerry Wakefield wrote to readers in the Sunday paper.
Date: 07/12/2011 | Northwest
Olympia newspaper, photographer targets of vandals
OLYMPIA -- Authorities say The Olympian and one of the newspaper's photographers were targets of vandalism that included anarchist graffiti and an acidic substance.
Date: 06/12/2011 | Northwest
Vandals target Olympia photographer, newspaper
OLYMPIA -- A photographer's home was tagged and his car's tires were slashed as vandals in Olympia targeted the city's newspaper overnight Wednesday.
Date: 06/10/2011 | Northwest
Olympia officer wounded in SWAT raid in Lacey
OLYMPIA -- An Olympia police officer who was wounded while helping a SWAT team serve a search warrant at a suspected drug house near Lacey was shot through the bicep of an arm.
Date: 06/06/2011 | Northwest
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