https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article317209694.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/88fd924f-33bc-4d75-964c-69883a728f26/1_th.jpg Timberland kicks off levy discussion in Olympia Timberland Regional Library seeks a levy lid lift raising rates to 35 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article317209694.html/video-embed 38 2026-09-12T11:55:00Z no https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/traffic/article317216258.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/692b8eae-a333-4b3b-8aff-55284f6063bf/1_th.jpg Work crews remake bus stop sidewalk in downtown Olympia Work crews remake a sidewalk at the southwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Olympia on Thursday, Sept. 10-11, 2026. The work is part of an Intercity Transit project to improve 147 bus stops across Thurston County. https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/traffic/article317216258.html/video-embed 50 2026-09-11T23:57:28Z no https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article317195722.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/686b15a6-7700-48d1-9886-79ca84577fb6/1_th.jpg Downtown Olympia gets a new spice shop Olympia Spice Co. opened at 209 Fifth Ave. E., bringing 130 spices to downtown Olympia and focusing on small, regenerative farmers. https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article317195722.html/video-embed 24 2026-09-11T11:55:00Z no https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article317202694.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/567fbcbd-acc8-4902-b2a0-7e08b32f5256/1_th.jpg Tacoma man allegedly being found asleep with drugs in Lacey A Lacey police officer wakes up a 39-year-old Tacoma man moments before he allegedly flees from officers in a car with drugs and a gun on Aug. 29, 2026. The Lacey Police Department shared video of the incident to Facebook on Sept. 1. https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article317202694.html/video-embed 167 2026-09-11T00:43:48Z no https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article317185484.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/96c0b746-a26d-4c9a-9463-080c8892bc45/1_th.jpg Chinook salmon make their seasonal return to downtown Olympia Chinook salmon have returned to downtown Olympia to begin their journey from the sea back to the hatchery where they were born that sits above Tumwater Falls in the Deschutes River. Their first hurdle is the 5th Avenue dam. https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article317185484.html/video-embed 28 2026-09-09T20:54:02Z no