The Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has officially ruled Olympia Police Officer Mike Hovda's May 8 shooting of Bradden W. Ferber as justified use of force. Ferber, 53, died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head while walking in a ...

The Olympia City Council got a little closer to turning the city’s vacant Smith Building into a homeless center Tuesday night. The council voted 4-1 to support the Family Support Center’s proposal to provide 32 beds of emergency shelter and ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - The countdown to the London Olympics began with the kindling of the Games torch by the sun's rays in ancient Olympia on Thursday, sparking a relay that will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic stadium's cauldron ...

WASHINGTON -- One of the Senate's departing moderate Republicans expressed openness on Tuesday to the idea of filibuster reform, lamenting the ideological rigidity that has paralyzed the chamber. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who announced her ...

Marilou Powers Russell’s collection of marathon items begins with the 20 pairs of running shoes that sit inside her Steamboat Island home. Running marathons hasn’t been a lifelong hobby for Powers Russell, but she’ll be reaching a major mi ...

HERO Theatre presents a benefit staged reading of William Shakespeare’s KING LEAR tonight, May 21st at 7:30PM to be held at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre, 111 West 46th Street. Academy Award-winner ...

PORT ORANGE — Spruce Creek used small-ball and gutsy pitching by sophomore Kyle Marsh to take the lead and parlayed clutch two-run hits by Austin Hays and Darryl Whaley for insurance in a stunning 8-1 baseball win over previously unbeaten ...

OLYMPIA -- Police are looking into a string of thefts from medical mailboxes that may have compromised patient privacy, personal information and bank accounts. At least nine thefts from area mailboxes have been reported over the past several ...

Charlotte Olympia Dellal has officially set up shop in the Big Apple — and the designer toasted her arrival with a fitting fete at Monkey Bar on Thursday night. “This is my era,” she mused of the restaurant’s 1940s vibe. “But we made a special ...

Mike Janes/Four Seam Images via AP ImagesOlympia (Orlando, Fla.) seniors Walker Weickel (left) and Jesse Winker have helped raise their draft stock while dominating for the No. 1 team in the FAB 50. Each Friday from now until the end of May ...