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 ...

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 ...

We’re in Olympia, a half mile from Washington state’s capitol. The city, Joshua tells me, has been raising fences and blocking alleyways in order to redirect the “undesirables,” while police usher ...

The city of Olympia earlier this month completed the final phase of a long-term plan to move homeless residents out of Percival Creek canyon on the city’s west side and into housing. When the day was ...

Kevin Hinzpeter was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for setting a man on fire at an Olympia homeless camp in 2023. Prosecutors say Hinzpeter and another suspect, Christopher Snyder, attacked ...

Nov. 10—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 ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The growth rate of homelessness in Washington slowed in 2025, according to results from the annual Point in Time (PIT) count and the Department of Commerce’s Snapshot of Homelessness ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Despite a slowdown in the growth rate of homelessness in Washington, the numbers remain alarmingly high according to the 2025 Point In Time (PIT) count and the Department of ...