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The Brief The Capital Metro Independent Investigative Team (CMIIT) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Olympia around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday after officers responded to a disturbance…
Read more Police shooting investigation underway in Olympia, WAOLYMPIA, Wash. – A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump Administration’s plan of mass layoffs during the federal government shutdown. The court agreed with government employees and unions…
Read more State superintendent says WA special education system remains intact amid federal layoffsOLYMPIA, Wash. – The man accused of breaking in and damaging property in the Washington State Capitol building has been charged. Gunnar Schubert, 29, was charged by Thurston…
Read more Man charged in WA State Capitol break-in, vandalismFour soldiers killed in JBLM black hawk crash Four U.S. Army service members were on board a helicopter that crashed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord Wednesday night. The Army…
Read more All 4 soldiers believed dead in WA helicopter crashJosef Strau and ASMA presented by Gaga, Mexico. © Margot Montigny. A constellation of salon-style fairs opened in Paris this week, perfectly timed to coincide with an increasingly…
Read more A Constellation of Salon-Style Fairs Rounded Out Paris Art WeekNo one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved.Every two years, a new interpretation of the ancient performance gets a global audience.…
Read more Olympics flame-lighting ceremony feels a pull of the ancient pastCall for tougher laws to protect children A lawmaker says the death of 4-year-old Everett boy Ariel Garcia might have been prevented were it not for a change…
Read more Lawmaker says tougher child protection laws in Washington could help save kids like Ariel Garcia in the futureOLYMPIA, Wash. – Thurston County detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a person who was found inside a house fire in Olympia Saturday morning. Deputies originally responded…
Read more 1 dead in Olympia house fire, deputies call death ‘suspicious’Washington paraeducators rally for respect, higher pay The educators who take care of students with special needs and language barriers rallied on the steps of Washington’s Capitol Building…
Read more Paraeducators demand respect and higher pay from lawmakers
