The Olympia Historical Society’s Holiday Tour of Historic Homes, once an annual tradition, is back after a five-year pandemic pause. “Our Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum members, ...

The downtown vacancy study looked at 34 retail spaces. About 22 of those spaces have been empty long term.

Many of the historic mill houses are rental properties like this one on Carolina Street. Tracy Glantz tglantz@thestate.com In our Reality Check stories, The State journalists dig deeper into questions ...

Looking Back’s theme for 2026 is Downtown by the Decades. Each week will feature a view of downtown Olympia over the years. Photographs are selected and captioned by Deborah Ross on behalf of the ...

Ballet Northwest’s “The Nutcracker,” returns to the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Jerome Tso Courtesy of Ballet Northwest Known for screening independent and alternative films, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Looking Back’s theme for 2026 is Downtown by the Decades. Each week will feature a view of downtown Olympia over the years.