r/olympia • • 7h ago

Visiting these WA geological wonders is mystical — if you can stand the gunfire

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22 Upvotes

Is there too much gunfire at Mima Mounds?


r/olympia • • 20h ago

Anyone up for a little protest tomorrow around noon?

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169 Upvotes

Edited: According to Mercato this event is no longer happening there.


r/olympia • • 20h ago

Nuance Zone Mercato to host Brian Heywood

95 Upvotes

@Olyqueerfyrd on Instagram is calling to boycott the restaurant. Brian Heywood, the founder of Let's Go Washington (the people who brought the anti-trans bill to the ballot) is being hosted at Mercato Ristorante by Thurston County Mainstream Republicans (via Facebook).


r/olympia • • 6h ago

Moving Questions Whre are the Halloween spots

1 Upvotes

Anyone know any good Halloween spots in oly?


r/olympia • • 22h ago

Evergreen?

0 Upvotes

Is it true that employers in the area don’t take Evergreen degrees seriously? Or is that just a rumor.


r/olympia • • 3h ago

Food Thai Pavillion closed?!

1 Upvotes

Google says it is temporarily closed. Is this true?! I hope not! I love this place. It is one of our main go tos.


r/olympia • • 20h ago

Best running routes in Olympia/Tumwater/Lacey? Roads or trails!

7 Upvotes

Hey everyone! My wife and I recently moved to the area and I’m looking for some good places to run around Olympia, Tumwater, and Lacey. Ideally looking for routes anywhere from 3–10+ miles, especially places that are scenic, relatively safe, and good for longer runs.
Would love to hear everyone’s favorite spots! Bonus points if you have specific routes or Strava maps you can share. Thanks!


r/olympia • • 11h ago

Sunday Night! Jamie Keenan-deVargas here, running for State House in our district (LD22, Seat 2). AMA

65 Upvotes
My opponent (left) and I (right) in the Voters' Pamphlet
Me (left) and a volunteer (right) near the yard of a canvassed constituent who was very enthused with my platform

Hello!

My name is Jamie Keenan-deVargas. I have lived in Olympia since I was 8 years old, and I just finished up my bachelor's in Planning and Urban Engagement at UW Tacoma. I've worked in retail and agriculture my whole life; I currently work at a local plant store! Now I'm running for State House (LD22, Seat 2, Olympia area) because life is becoming less and less livable for working people in my community (including myself), and I feel that we should not sit idly by whilst the democratic establishment utilizes their position of immense power to continually offer no solutions and do the bidding of their corporate donors.

My highest priorities are to

  • Restructure our highly regressive tax code by repealing the billionaire wealth exemption (amending RCW 84.36.070), fixing the B&O tax to exempt small businesses while appropriately taxing mega-corporations, and perhaps by replacing our sales tax with something more progressive (though THAT exact mechanism will rest on the outcome of the Benjamin Petter et al. v. State of Washington et al. battle)
  • Get corporate money out of politics (only possible via citizen's initiative - union collaboration has already commenced)
  • Implement a comprehensive universal healthcare system as detailed in this video of mine
  • Create a public housing developer to massively disrupt the price-gouged real estate industry in Washington and make housing far more affordable to rent and buy as detailed in this video of mine
  • Implement universal childcare
  • Much more! My website has more details :)

I pride myself on platforming data-driven (scientifically validated) solutions to the issues we're dealing with. I detest politicians that fail to offer substantive solutions. "I can't wait to keep fighting for a brighter future for all of us!" Yeah. Ok. Show the RCWs, show the literature, show the budgetary analysis, or get bent ☺

Ask me anything about taxation, housing, transit, education, healthcare, or anything else you'd like and I'll answer. I’ll be starting at 7PM on Sunday at the moderators' gracious behest and will continue to answer more the following day or until I am cut off!


r/olympia • • 16h ago

Local News Huge police presence by Bayview Thriftway

42 Upvotes

Think they have a k9 but have road blocked off. 10-15 patrol cars probably.


r/olympia • • 20h ago

Request Uber availability Olympia/ Tumwater after midnight?

19 Upvotes

Hey gang, wanting to plan a safe and sane bar crawl. I’ve never ordered a ride share in this town, how available do they tend to be in the midnight to 2 am range on a weekend? Would it be wildly expensive to go from downtown to Tumwater?

Also let me know which bar has the cheapest well drinks!

Thanks in advance! 🫶🍻🥂


r/olympia • • 6h ago

Local News DNR removed tires from the shoreline of Frye Cove Park. Incredibly, they were put there in previous decades by “state groups” as fish habitat.

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Wow, what we have learned. This gift link to The Olympian’s story is really interesting. Hope you guys dig it as much as I did.

One thing that isn’t explicitly discussed in the story is the emerging science around some of the ingredients in tires that have been found to kill salmon. That’s only been discovered recently, so the tragedy of using tires as “fish habitat” along the shoreline is doubly heartbreaking. People thought they were doing the right thing. All the more reason for us to question our own well-intentioned work in this era, isn’t it?


r/olympia • • 22h ago

Request Looking for a fake crow

4 Upvotes

I dont want to buy it online. Anyone know where I can buy a fake crow? Im striking out at all the halloween stores. Thx


r/olympia • • 22h ago

event space

3 Upvotes

I need some recommendations for places to host a baby shower:) ???
probably around 50 to 80 people