Gov. Jay Inslee and Secretary of Health John Wiesman yesterday announced changes to “Safe Start,” Washington’s phased approach to reopening. The changes target activities that data have shown provide a higher risk of COVID-19 exposure. It has been four months since the governor announced the state’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order. Since then, cases in…
In early June, the Thurston Chamber surveyed its members to gather data about reopening our community. One of the questions we asked was whether the Stay Home, Stay Healthy order would permanently change their company’s policy around telecommuting? What we learned is not statistically significant, but anecdotally, we learned that quite a few Thurston County-based…
Intercity Transit will resume scheduled bus service beginning June 21, 2020. Local bus service will follow normal routes with reduced schedules. Temporary bus schedules, effective June 21, are available at intercitytransit.com/bus/routes. Most local routes will run hourly between 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. with a couple exceptions. Route 94, service to Yelm, will run approximately every…
Leadership Thurston County (LTC) and the Thurston County Chamber Foundation are pleased to announce the graduating members of the LTC Class of 2020! They began their journey in September of 2019 and have wrapped up their program year virtually over the course of the last several weeks. Though not the traditional full day Challenge Day…
Chad Redinbo and his wife Cat first learned of hyperbaric therapy while exploring treatment options for their six-year-old daughter, who was experiencing health challenges. “We were so impressed with the results that we decided this was something we needed to share,” says Redinbo. They did research, put a team in place and opened New Leaf…
Q1 2020 Highlights 1st quarter 2020 net income of $314,383, 50.00% higher than 1st quarter 2019 Loans outstanding grew by 1.42% over Q1 2019 Total Deposits decreased 12.65% over Q1 2019 Bank remains well-capitalized at 15.20% Tier 1 Capital Jon M. Jones, President and CEO, of Washington Business Bank today announced…
Olympia Family Theater is your community partner in raising imaginative, loving, joyful and confident children. Our educational programs provide opportunities for personal development for young people, teaching creativity and responsibility, encouraging teamwork and personal integrity, and fostering self-esteem and appreciation for the performing arts. Our motto is Learn! Laugh! Perform! Olympia Family Theater’s fall education programs offer a full…
The North Thurston Education Foundation has awarded scholarships with a total value of $125,000 to 38 graduating seniors from North Thurston Public Schools. Recipients of the scholarships — which range in value from $2,000 to $12,000 —were selected on the basis of factors that included financial need, academic performance, school and community activities, personal essays,…
Olympia Family Theater is your community partner in raising imaginative, loving, joyful and confident children. Our educational programs provide opportunities for personal development for young people, teaching creativity and responsibility, encouraging teamwork and personal integrity, and fostering self-esteem and appreciation for the performing arts. Our education program motto is: Learn, Laugh, Perform! Olympia Family Theater’s…
Olympia Family Theater is thrilled to add an all-youth summer production to our education offerings! Summer Stage is an opportunity for young performers to participate in a full-length audition, rehearsal and performance process. Summer stage will focus on ensemble building, collaboration and inspiring a sense of confidence in the theater making process. This will be a…