Looking Back’s theme for 2026 is Downtown by the Decades. Each week will feature a view of downtown Olympia over the years.

Olympia City Councilman Jim Cooper, who has served on the council for 14 years, recalled a day when he and his wife dined at the Thai Pavilion, a restaurant downtown on Fourth Avenue, between Franklin ...

Learn about the latest happenings with Thurston County businesses.

The city of Olympia announced this week that the fast-food chicken sandwich business Chick-fil-A intends to open a new location at 4505 Martin Way E. — which happens to be the current location of a ...

Listen closely next time you’re in downtown Olympia. You might be able to hear a strange sound like quacking, barking, chirping and screeching all at once. That’s the sound of the great blue heron, a ...

Listen closely next time you're in downtown Olympia. You might be able to hear a strange sound like quacking, barking, chirping and screeching all at once. That's the sound of the great blue heron, a ...