Olympia Mayor Dontae Payne announced Wednesday that a plan is being developed to close a longtime homeless encampment in the ...
OLYMPIA — The Olympia City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night to ban camping on public property. The ban will take effect on Feb. 8. The Olympian reported that more than 20 people who spoke ...
Olympia resident Ben Charles, of Crazy Faith Outreach, has been serving food to the homeless in an Olympia parking lot for nearly three years. Now the city has banned the group, citing public safety ...
A Thurston County judge sentenced a man to over 55 years in prison this week for his role in killing a man who was set on fire at an Olympia encampment in 2024. Christopher Edward Snyder, 32, learned ...
In late July, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting homelessness in the United States by declaring mentally ill unhoused individuals as dangerous. Among other tactics, the order ...