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February 11, 2019Uncategorized

#33: Concerns about Downtown

Continuing our series on perspectives of downtown Olympia, we interviewed Brianne. She loves to come downtown, but lately doesn’t feel that it is a safe and welcoming environment based on […]
January 28, 2019Downtown

#32: Downtown Business

This is the second episode on our series of perspectives on downtown Olympia. We interviewed two business owners, Jacob David of Nineveh Assyrian and Nathan Reilly of Three Magnets Brewing. […]
January 14, 2019Downtown

#31: Living in Downtown Olympia

This episode is the first of a series about perspectives of downtown Olympia. We recorded an interview with two residents, Kento Azegami and David Scherer Water, to learn their story […]
December 28, 2018General Interest

#30: Our 2019 Agenda

For our last episode of 2018, we solicited topics and questions that our listeners would like to hear about in the next year. We reviewed the most intriguing questions to […]
December 10, 2018General Interest

#29: Timberland Regional Libraries

We interviewed Cheryl Heywood, director of Timberland Regional Libraries to talk about the past, present, and future of our library system. We discussed the value that the library brings to […]
November 26, 2018General Interest

#28: City Budget 101

The city is close to finalizing their budget for 2019. We sat down with councilmember Jim Cooper, chair of the finance committee, to talk about the basics of the city […]
November 12, 20182018 Election

#27: 2018 Election Recap

What happened in the 2018 election? We reviewed all the items that were on the ballot for the city of Olympia. How did voters in our county fall on the […]
October 29, 20182018 Election

#26: Ballot Review: 2018 General Election

This episode is a complete review of everything that appears on the 2018 general election ballot for voters in the city of Olympia. We talk about each initiative and race […]
October 15, 20182018 Election

#25: Thurston County Commissioner Race

We interviewed Thurston County Commissioner candidates Bud Blake and Tye Menser. Other than three-letter folksy nicknames… what do these candidates have in common? Where do they diverge in their approaches […]
October 1, 20182018 Election

#24: County Prosecutor Candidates

On this episode of The Olympia Standard, we sat down with the candidates for Thurston County prosecutor, Jon Tunheim and Victor Minjares. We asked about caseflow management, diversion programs, and […]