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Olympia, Washington. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Thurston. Associated ZIP codes: 98501, 98502, 98504, 98505, 98506, 98507, 98508, 98512, 98513, 98516, 98599.
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OLYMPIA – Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said Wednesday that his office confirmed American citizens are among the 405 individuals the Department...
OLYMPIA – More than 1 million Washingtonians already have returned their midterm ballots, as officials caution voters to use a ballot drop box to ensure th...
OLYMPIA – The top two federal prosecutors in Washington say they’ve found 405 people who have unlawfully cast ballots, though they have not charged anyon...
Dwight William Brandt Sr., 83, passed away July 26, 2026 in Olympia, Washington. He was born in Chicago to William and Florence (Jednoralski). He grew up in...
LACEY — Rogue Everson has played softball for nearly five years and she’s never had a weekend quite like this one. The Olympia High School outfielder, wh...
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Block Inc., the company that owns Cash App, settled two disputes with Washington states on Wednesday, one of which also involved Oregon an...
U.S. marshals said they safely recovered a missing and endangered child in Washington state
U.S. marshals said they safely recovered a missing and endangered child in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will implement restrictions on campfires, target shooting and other activities on WDFW-mana...
Brian Heywood from Let's Go Washington joins John Curley with a number that's turning heads in Olympia: 165,000+ signatures collected in just the first week...
OLYMPIA – After a thorough review of Washington’s Roadside Memorial Program, which honors victims of traffic collisions with roadside memorial signs, the...
Five firefighters rescued a woman trapped in mud in Olympia, Washington, as the tide rose around her.
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BAKER CITY — A Washington man is charged with attempting to elude a police officer, a Class C felony, and reckless driving, a Class A misdemeanor, after he...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With diesel costs eating into farmers’ bottom lines, the Trump administration plans to dispense $8 billion as part of a one-time “ha...
WALLA WALLA — The Washington State Patrol reported a 20-year-old Umatilla died Sunday, Nov. 1, after the car she was riding in crashed. Charges are pending...
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Olympia is in Thurston County, Washington.
Region: Western Washington
98501, 98502, 98504, 98505, 98506, 98507, 98508, 98512, 98513, 98516, 98599
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BAKER CITY — A Washington man is charged with attempting to elude a police officer, a Class C felony, and reckless driving, a Class A misdemeanor, after he...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With diesel costs eating into farmers’ bottom lines, the Trump administration plans to dispense $8 billion as part of a one-time “ha...
WALLA WALLA — The Washington State Patrol reported a 20-year-old Umatilla died Sunday, Nov. 1, after the car she was riding in crashed. Charges are pending...
For thousands of years the site of Olympia has been home to the Lushootseed-speaking Stechass, now part of the Squaxin Island Tribe, and the Nisqually, Puyallup, Chehalis, Suquamish and Duwamish also came to the head of Budd Inlet. The peninsula where the city was built was called bescetxwed, "black bear place," and a Stechass village stood on the site. Peter Puget and a crew from the British Vancouver Expedition are said to have explored the site in 1792, the first recorded Europeans there.
In 1846 Edmund Sylvester and Levi Lathrop Smith jointly claimed the land that is now downtown. In 1850 the town took the name Olympia, at Colonel Isaac N. Ebey's suggestion, for its view of the Olympic Mountains. Congress made it the home of the customs house for the new Customs District of Puget Sound in 1851, and Oregon Trail emigrants swelled its population. A small fleet of steamboats known as the Mosquito Fleet served the area. Governor Isaac I. Stevens declared Olympia the capital of Washington Territory in November 1853, and it has been the only capital of Washington as territory and state. Sources Wikipedia: Olympia, Washington
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