Reported Articles

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Home & Garden

• Our family grew, but our space didn’t. Now we sleep in the living room (The Washington Post, online & print)

• Jeff Uhlmeyer of Olympia Grew a Grand Prize-Winning Giant Pumpkin in World Championship Contest (ThurstonTalk)

• What Do Vietnamese Food, a War, and a Historic Home Have in Common? More Than You Think… (ThurstonTalk)

• Rachael Tuller of Lost Peacock Creamery Gives Five Reasons Why Her Military Service Prepared Her for Farming (ThurstonTalk)

Construction

• Earth Homes Redefines What We Call Home (VOICE Magazine, online & print)

• Tumwater’s Old Brewhouse Tower: Restoration is Underway to Ensure it Stands Another 100 Years, at Least (ThurstonTalk)

• What Has Thurston County Been Brewing? What you need to know — Distilled (ThurstonTalk)

• The Montgomery Ward Building Downtown Gets Another Chance to Serve Olympians (ThurstonTalk

• The City of Olympia and its Partners to Determine if a Regional Aquatic Facility is Feasible (ThurstonTalk)

Wellness

• The Canoe Journey Herbalists Project Turns Community Efforts into Healing Medicines (ThurstonTalk)

• The Seeds Planted by the Canoe Journey Herbalists are Coming to Fruition (ThurstonTalk)

Food

• Bordeaux Wine: A Local Family’s Love Story of Wine and Each Other (ThurstonTalk)

• Olympic Mountain Ice Cream Expands to Offer Retail Pints (ThurstonTalk)

• Shipwreck Café Restaurateurs Retire and Leave New Captains at the Helm (ThurstonTalk)

Education

• Anthony Brock Shows What Equity in Education Can Look Like (ThurstonTalk)

• Olympia Author/Illustrator Corinna Luyken Has Earned a Spot on The New York Times Best-Seller List (ThurstonTalk)

• Unsung Hero of the Pandemic: School Lunch Lady Laurie Panter (ThurstonTalk)

• Good Times Childcare’s Mother Daughter Duo Overcome COVID Adversity (VOICE Magazine, online & print)

Art

• Mixed-Media Sculpture Artist Grey Brogdon Turned 80 and Isn’t Slowing Down Any Time Soon (ThurstonTalk)

• A New Place to Unwind: Our Local Yarn Shop Opens on State Avenue (ThurstonTalk)

Automotive

• Mid-Nite Timers: 1950s Car Club Revives and Brings Back Original Members (ThurstonTalk)

Advertorials

Service-Providers

• Acme Fuel: Warming Homes and Warming Hearts (ThurstonTalk)

Construction

• Thurston County Keeps Bubbling with New Developments: Brewery, Distillery, and Restaurant are Underway in Grand Mound (ThurstonTalk)

Municipal

• Regional Aquatic Facility Study for a Thurston County Public Pool Nearly Complete, Results to be Presented at October Public Meeting (ThurstonTalk)

Arts and Entertainment

• The Cat’s Meow of Caberet is Coming to the Washington Center this April (ThurstonTalk)

Food

• Well 80 Artisan Brewing with Paul Knight to Brew Leopold Schmidt’s First Lager (ThurstonTalk)

• Travel the World Without Leaving Olympia with Batdorf & Bronson’s Summer Specialty Coffee Drinks (ThurstonTalk)

Grocery

• Ralph’s Thriftway Offering More Groceries To Go (ThurstonTalk)

• Sweet, Juicy, and Covered in Chocolate: Thriftway’s Berry Good Event Happens Twice a Year ThurstonTalk)

Health and Wellness

• New Fitness Studio in Olympia Geared Toward Female Fitness (ThurstonTalk)

• Relay for Life of Thurston County: Relay, Like Your life Depends on It (ThurstonTalk)

• Life at Jubilee: Hawk’s Prairie Retirement Community is Just as Jubilant as You’d Expect (ThurstonTalk)

• Nutritional Therapy Principals Can Help You Lose Weight and Keep It off With ‘Get at the Roots’ Weight Loss Program at Temple Fit (ThurstonTalk)

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Profiles

• Andrea Wilbur-Sigo, Celebrated Squaxin Carver, Tells Stories Through Wood, Stone and Shell (ThurstonTalk)

• Anthony Brock Shows What Equity in Education Can Look Like (ThurstonTalk)

• Whitney Bowerman is All About Community Service, Christmas Lights and Cats (ThurstonTalk)

• Turning 90-Years-Young This Month, Momoyo Crane Has Been Attending a Local Fitness Class for 27 Years (ThurstonTalk)