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More money coming to WA for housing for people with disabilities
Washington is getting a boost in funding to help subsidize rent for adults living with disabilities. The state will get $8 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which announced last week it would be awarding nearly $140 million in grants nationwide to 18 state housing agencies as part of its Section […]
Olympia, Thurston County team up for second chance at federal housing funds
Olympia and Thurston County are again jointly pursuing a federal grant to boost affordable homeownership through the Housing and Urban Development's $100 million Pathways to Removing Obstacles Housing Grant (PRO) Housing funding program. At yesterday’s Thurston County Regional Housing Council meeting, Jacinda Steltjes, Affordable Housing Program coordinator, outlined the plans...
Olympia needs to double its budget for criminal defense attorneys each year until 2027
New state standards obligate the City of Olympia to spend more money in coming years to provide criminal defense attorneys to those who cannot afford to defend themselves in the city's municipal court. According to Diane Whaley, the city's public defense coordinator, Olympia will need an additional $600,000 to comply...
Chain with 'best burger in Clark County' to open six South Sound locations
PORTLAND, Oregon — A Portland-based burger chain that has been voted "best burger in Clark County" for six years in a row plans to expand into the south Puget Sound region. Killer Burger announced this week it has signed an agreement with Cascade Dining to open six new locations in western Washington. No specific addresses were revealed, but the company's release mentioned Tacoma, Puyallup and Olympia would be getting locations.
Thurston Regional Housing Council gives thumbs up to Family Support Center project
The Thurston Regional Housing Council (RHC), on Wednesday, recommended approval of a $1 million funding award to the Family Support Center (FSC) for a new affordable housing project. Now it's up to the Board of County Commissioners. The FSC is seeking funding for a three-acre parcel adjacent to its most...
Demand for gravel leads to conflict in Pierce County city where mine expansion proposed
A proposed mining expansion in the city of DuPont has generated some concern with its potential environmental impacts, including the draining of local groundwater that feeds into a creek along the popular Sequalitchew Trail. Walkers on the trail earlier this month could hear the shallow trickle of Sequalitchew Creek mumbling...
People in Public Service: Hazel Loomis, Olympia High School Librarian
The heart of a school is its library. For many years in the mid-20th century the Olympia High School library was led by Hazel Loomis, herself an Olympia High School graduate. Hazel was born to Eli and Katherine Hank Loomis on October 15, 1888, in Walla Walla. Her father was a minister and the family moved to South Bend and Snohomish before settling in Olympia in 1901. Her father was pastor of the First Congregational Church. Later, he taught at Olympia High School.
New Bucoda councilor, improvement club president joins effort to enhance South Thurston County town
As summer nears its end, many residents in Bucoda are looking toward the future with hope as they seek to improve their small South Thurston County community amid the appointment of a new mayor and
Lacey set to allocate its free day at the Washington Center
The Lacey City Council is set to award a free day of use at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts to a local nonprofit organization. During a council work session on August 27, city officials discussed the application process and criteria for selecting the recipient. Each year, the city...
wear blue: run to remember Team Completes 150,000 Kilometers Around Mount Rainier to Raise Money for Gold Star Families
The 150,000 kilometer challenge aims to raise $150,000 and honors fallen military heroes. Lisa Hallett, co-founder of wear blue: run to remember, a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring fallen service members through purposeful steps every week in community runs, recently completed a 150,000 kilometer challenge along the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier, Washington. The challenge set a fundraising goal of raising $150,000 along Lisa's 150,000 kilometers and has currently raised over $111,000 to create opportunities to honor and remember the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much.
History of Chambers Bay (Part 3)
Via Chambers Creek Foundation Newsletter. Perhaps nothing changed our Chambers Creek area — and many other areas across the United States and beyond—like the onset of rail transportation. For Chambers Creek, that impactful first railroad company was the Tacoma-Steilacoom Railroad, and it came to town in the early 1890s, just shortly after Washington became a state.
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