The Community Investment Partnership (CIP), a public/private partnership between Thurston County, the cities of Bucoda, Lacey, Olympia, Rainier, Tenino, Tumwater, and Yelm, and the United Way of Thurston County, today announced awards totaling $4,132,377 in funding for 20 nonprofit organizations serving Thurston county’s most vulnerable residents. “These awards reach into every area of the county,”…
On April 9, the Saint Martin’s University chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society welcomed 39 new student members, including graduate and undergraduate students from all of the University’s colleges and schools. “Phi Kappa Phi is Saint Martin’s first all-discipline national honor society,” said University Director of Institutional Assessment Sheila Steiner, Ph.D., professor of…
Apple, a hint of cinnamon and the perfect amount of sweetness. Thurston County loves the delicious taste of Apple Fritters, reminiscent of a trip down the Thurston Bountiful Byway with a stop at Lattin’s Country Cider Mill and Farm. The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater Visitor & Convention Bureau (VCB) celebrated National Travel and Tourism Week at their Annual…