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 ...

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 ...

Man arrested for assaulting officer with dog, faces multiple charges including trespassing and animal cruelty.

An interior view of the “Jungle,” a homeless encampment in Olympia between Martin Way East and Pacific Avenue Southeast near Interstate 5. Olympia Police Department Courtesy All suspects connected ...

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 — 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 ...

In late July, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting homelessness in the United States by declaring mentally ill unhoused individuals as dangerous. Among other tactics, the order ...

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 ...