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Shelby Wise sits with her daughter, River, 11 months, in their market-rate apartment in downtown Olympia on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Wise, who describes herself as a former street kid, says getting into an apartment has been a life-changer. "I had to lose my first kid because I didn't have a place to go," she said of her two-year-old son. "I didn't have a choice."

Low-income housing in downtown Olympia: How much is too much?

A proposed low-income housing development on prime downtown Olympia real estate has prompted city officials to explore ways to control the location of such housing.

Government

A small group of demonstrators stand on the steps of the Temple of Justice and in view of the Legislative Building as they advocate for more state spending on education prior to a hearing before the state Supreme Court Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, in Olympia.

Some parts of state budget can't be raided for schools

As lawmakers struggle this year to find the money to comply with court mandates to fund schools and mental health services, complicating the budget picture is that those aren’t the only programs the state legally must fund. The state Office...

Sports

Fife's Kyle Mozzone (22) and Tony Aguilar celebrate after Tumwater's David Cooper missed a last-second shot to win Saturday night's boys basketball game, 70-69, at W.F. West High School in Chehalis on Feb. 28, 2015.

Fife stuns Tumwater in state regional

Thunderbirds cough up 13-point deficit in second half, as season comes to an end with 70-69 loss to Trojans.

Business

Gary and Laurie Lippincott hold a rare, blue-colored vinyl record of Pink Floyd’s “Division Bell" at their Boomerang Music and Video store in Lacey, Feb 23rd.

Classic rock lives on at Lacey’s Boomerang Music and Video

Records from the ’60s, ’70s and more can be found at Boomerang Music and Video.

Opinion

How the Kochs wasted a fortune on campaigns

What if the fuss over big money in elections is mostly over nothing?

Living & Entertainment

Visitors check out the middle falls at Wallace Falls State Park, near Gold Bar. A 2.9-mile trail passes nine falls on the Wallace River. With only 5 percent of the usual snowpack in the Olympic Mountains this winter, along with light snowpack almost everywhere else, it’s tempting to head for the hills,

Balmy Northwest days offer pleasant garden, waterfall walks

It’s hard to believe it’s not spring outside. With only 5 percent of the usual snowpack in the Olympic Mountains this winter, along with light snowpack almost everywhere else, it’s tempting to head for the hills. But if a walk...

Nation & World

A woman in training to become a police officer with a PKM machine gun at a shooting range in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2, 2014. Hiring and training policewomen in Afghanistan have been key priorities of Western governments and funders, but those efforts have run up against the sexual taboos that haunt every interaction between men and women in the country, and female officers have become frequent targets of harassment or worse.

For Afghan policewomen, history of repression adds to danger

Hiring and training policewomen have been key priorities of Western governments and funders, but those hopes ran up against the sexual taboos that haunt every interaction between men and women in Afghanistan. 32 minutes ago