OLYMPIA — In a span of about three months, the number of tents in the state capital’s downtown increased tenfold. City leaders were at a loss. They couldn’t just sweep the camps away, because the U.S.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Homeless people sleeping on sidewalks in downtown Olympia could lead to expanded measures by city leaders. People are already prohibited from sitting or sleeping on sidewalks, streets ...

An elected official along with Lacey and Olympia city staff members tour the sprawling homeless encampment along Martin Way East in the Olympia city limits known as the “Jungle.” An elected official ...

A tip led police in Olympia to human remains in a wooded transient camp. Police detectives checking out the transient hangout in southeast Olympia, found the body and talked to several people believed ...

Days after The Olympian published a story about an elected official and others touring the homeless encampment known as the Jungle - a meeting that was spurred by concerns about recent violence at the ...

Two men who set fire to a man at an Olympia homeless encampment last year have been convicted on murder charges. Following a three-week trial that ended on Friday, a Thurston County Superior Court ...

Hundreds of boulders now fill space previously occupied by a homeless encampment between southbound I-5 and the Hobby Lobby store in Olympia. Rolf Boone [email protected] A former Days Inn in ...

Kevin Hinzpeter was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for setting a man on fire at an Olympia homeless camp in 2023.

Correction: The chance of homelessness rises 4.5 times if a student leaves high school without a high school diploma or a GED. A source misspoke at the Tuesday, May 13, meeting of the North Thurston ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A proposal to start a homeless shelter with fewer rules drew a big crowd at a public meeting Wednesday night. Members of local faith communities are collaborating for 'The People's ...