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Recess Monkey will perform Saturday at the Minnaert Center for the Performing Arts on the South Puget Sound Community College campus.

7 things to do in South Sound this weekend, Feb. 27-March 1

Yes, there will be plays, music (such as Recess Monkey) and lots of amazing dancing, but the icing on the cake is actually pie — as in the Olympia Bakers Guild’s annual Pie Fest fundraiser.

South Sound

This vacant building at 505 Fourth Ave. W. on the city's downtown isthmus underwent an interior demolition in December 2014 by the 555th Engineer Brigade from Joint Base Lewis-McChord as part of a training exercise.

Olympia seeks bids for demolition project after JBLM brigade backs out

The estimated cost for demolition by a private contractor is between $75,000 and $125,000, according to the city. Bids will be accepted through March 11.

Government

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, second from left, speaks Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, at REI's flagship store in Seattle. Inslee was at the store to propose a cap-and-trade program to require the state’s largest industrial polluters to pay for every ton of carbon they release. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Oil industry not buying Gov. Jay Inslee's cap-and-trade plan

Shell has endorsed cutting greenhouse gases through cap-and-trade policies that put a price on carbon. It's not the only oil giant to talk that way - BP also says it favors a global carbon price, and that national or regional carbon policies are "...

Sports

Nelson Cruz talks with the media Wednesday in Peoria, Arizona.

Batman Nelson Cruz unfazed by possible Safeco effect on his power

Mariners’ new cleanup hitter says he just concentrates on hitting line drives

Business

Recruiter Tamu Nyasha has joined the Smart Talent office in Lacey.

People news: Nyasha joins Smart Talent in Lacey

Tamu Nyasha has joined the staffing agency Smart Talent in Lacey as its second recruiter.

Opinion

State still needs to raise new revenue

Washington legislative budget writers received $274 million worth of good news in last week’s revenue forecast. The expected money would land on top of a projected $2.9 billion increase – measured from one biennium to the next –...

Living & Entertainment

Freshly cut slices move out of the kitchen area at the Olympia Center during the Olympia Pie Bakers Guild’s Pie Fest in 2014.

Eat a slice and raise money for food programs at Olympia’s Pie Fest

Enter a pie contest, eat as much pie as you can stomach, raise money for local food support organizations – all at Pie Fest in Olympia.

Nation & World

A woman and two children are unaccounted for after fire destroyed a home in Winlock early Thursday morning.

Woman, 2 girls feared dead in fire that ripped through house

Investigators expected to find the remains of a woman and two girls when they were able to search the debris of a house destroyed by fire early Thursday, authorities said. 1 hour ago