The winner of the 2022 Washington Center Anacker Scholarship for the Arts is Camille McLean. Camille is graduating from Olympia High School where she has served as concertmaster of the Chamber Orchestra. She has also been involved in Student Orchestras of Greater [...]

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Letter from the Publisher Welcome to the New Neighbors Guide! On behalf of the local community, we welcome you to Thurston County. Whether you’re here temporarily or plan to make this a permanent home, we know you’re going to love our region. [...]

Around our region, students, staff, families and alumni will have a new way to wear their school pride with OlyFed’s new Affinity Card Program. These custom designed cards feature the local high schools in Thurston and Mason counties and also include Saint [...]

The owners of Cabinets by Trivonna, Amber and Rick Bevacqua, and their team enjoy getting to know their clients and how they use their space. Their goal is to design a space that’s not only beautiful but as functional as possible for [...]

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There’s a good reason that El Sarape has four restaurant locations. The food is authentic and delicious, and the service is consistently inviting. When the Mexican restaurant first opened in Olympia in 1979, its owners believed that local and fresh foods shouldn’t [...]

Kelly Levesque, owner of Capitol City Honda, understands better than most what it means to do business in your hometown. According to Kelly, “It means your neighbors are buying from you and it is so important that they walk out of our [...]

Founded in 1948 by Anton Panowicz Sr., the local, family-owned jewelry store recently celebrated its 72nd anniversary serving the Thurston County community. After seven decades, Panowicz Jewelers still holds true to its founding: a legacy of quality, integrity and value — helping [...]

Some things are just meant to be. As L.J. Cirilo describes how she started Cultivating Kindness Landscape & Design in Olympia, you are definitely left with the impression that her rapidly growing business is one of those “meant to be” things. “Cultivating [...]