Thurston County is centrally located to some of the best the Pacific Northwest has to offer. Any day of the week, you can embark on a new adventure. Visit spectacular mountains, like Mount Rainier, one of the most glaciated mountain peaks in [...]

The Olympia Downtown Alliance is excited to bring back LoveOly SummerFest 2024! Presented by MultiCare Capital Medical Center and Providence Swedish, this fun, FREE, three-day street festival is set for June 21, 22 and 23 in Downtown Olympia. Enjoy live music from [...]

Get in on the thrill and live action of professional-amateur women’s and men’s soccer. Oly Town Artesians signs talent from across the United States to play in USL (outdoor) soccer and arena (indoor) soccer. “The women’s team this year is filled with [...]

Entrepreneurship and Creativity are Nourished at Lacey MakerSpace The Lacey MakerSpace is a community workshop space that provides tools and equipment for learning job skills, prototyping, and expressing creativity. It is a partnership with the Thurston County Economic Development Council, the City [...]

The last three years have been anything but predictable. With the onset of the pandemic and all that’s transpired, both our everyday life and economy have been deeply impacted. Now more than ever, it’s critical to have a trusted partner you can [...]

Ballet Northwest’s The Nutcracker, Olympia’s holiday favorite for 40 years, is returning to the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in December with breathtaking sets brilliantly created by local artist, Jill Carter. The Sugar Plum Fairy’s Cavalier will be danced by professional [...]

Love and service comes from deep within the spirit of L.J. Cirilo, owner of Cultivating Kindness Landscape & Design. Her business is pleased to invite you to walk through her expanding, outdoor nursery to find the right greenery and flowering plants for [...]

We have good news to share! The City of Lacey (City) will receive $1 million in federal funding through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) from Senator Patty Murray and Senator Maria Cantwell to complete an upgrade and expansion of the Lacey MakerSpace (LMS). The City [...]

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 [...]

After more than 38 years with OlyFed, Lori Drummond will retire as the bank’s President and CEO on June 30. Promoted from within, like most of the team at OlyFed, Drummond started her career as the bank’s receptionist in 1984 and now [...]