Olympia

OLYMPIA (AP) — Smoking and vaping at all Olympia public parks will be prohibited starting in 2018. The Olympian reports the Olympia City Council approved the proposal Tuesday to take effect in January 2018. Associate Parks Director Jonathan Turlove says there are no plans to issue civil infractions or to trespass people from parks...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Officials in Olympia are seeking a private contractor to clean up homeless camps. The Olympian reports that the Olympia City Council accepted applications through Thursday and is expected to approve a contract by Dec...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Voters in Olympia have rejected an income tax on the city's highest earners. Initiative 1 sought a 1.5 percent tax on household income in excess of $200,000 for residents of Olympia, a city of about 50,000 people. The measure sought to raise an estimated $3 million a year for a public college tuition fund that would give all Olympia public high school graduates and GED recipi

MONTESANO (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a young boy was apparently thrown from a railroad bridge about 25 feet into the Wynoochee River west of Olympia. The Seattle Times reports authorities are looking at reckless endangerment charges for the mother and the 35-year-old man who tossed the 4-year-old last week...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The University of Idaho is working with officials in Olympia to try out new lighted and raised pavement markers. The Olympian reports the markers are being installed next week on Capitol Boulevard to see if they help improve lane visibility...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Kianz Froese scored in the first half and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Honduras' Olympia 1-0 last night in CONCACAF Champions League play. The Whitecaps (1-0-1) moved into a tie with the Seattle Sounders (1-1-1) atop Group F heading into their game next week in Seatte...

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A major push to get state lawmakers to pass the DREAM Act is the aim of the immigrant rights group One America. Rep. Charles Ross of Naches supports the measure but he is not confident it will pass in the special session now underway in Olympia...

State Representative David Taylor of Moxee is not confident lawmakers will agree on a state budget in a special session that started Monday in Olympia. Taylor says passing a budget is the number one priority. But he says the Governor wants lawmakers to also take action on the reproductive parity and DUI bills among others policy issues...

One policy bill that could make a comeback during the Special Session is the state's DREAM Act. A spokesperson for OneAmerica, a pro-immigration reform group said the bill is referenced in the House Budget, which essentially keeps it alive...