OLYMPIA, Wash. – As lawmakers continue debate on how to close the state’s multi-billion-dollar budget shortfall, questions are coming up about how services for the homeless could be affected. “It was ...

A jury convicted the man of first-degree murder and other crimes while a co-defendant who pleaded guilty got a much lower sentence.

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 ...

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 ...

It is as if this policy comes straight out of a Charles Dickens story,” Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said.

A 47-year-old man is in stable condition at a regional hospital after Olympia police say he was set on fire at a homeless encampment known as the Jungle. About 1 a.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched ...

An anonymous business owner in Olympia cannot continue to challenge the city’s sanctioned homeless camp in court without revealing his name, a Thurston County judge ruled Friday. The business owner, ...

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 ...