Olympia: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

The Olympian is the city's daily newspaper. Three monthly newspapers published locally are The Thurston-Mason Senior News, Washington State Grange News, an agricultural paper, and Works in Progress, a community newspaper.

Television and Radio

Olympia has one cable television station, as well as two FM and one AM radio station with nostalgia, country music, classical, soft rock, and eclectic programming.

Media Information: The Olympian, 111 Bethel St. NE, PO Box 407, Olympia, WA; 98507; telephone (360)754-5400; fax (360)754-5408; email service@theolympian.com

Olympia Online

City of Olympia. Available www.ci.olympia.wa.us

Economic Development Council of Thurston County. Available www.thurstonedc.com

Olympia School District. Available kids.osd.wednet.edu

Olympia-Thurston County Visitor & Convention Bureau. Available www.visitolympia.com

The Olympian. Available www.theolympian.com

Thurston County Chamber. Available www.thurston chamber.com

Thurston Regional Planning Council. Available www.trpc.org

Timberland Regional Library. Available www.timberland.lib.wa.us

Selected Bibliography

Christie, Rebecca A., Workingman's Hill: A History of an Olympia Neighborhood (Olympia, WA: Bigelow House Preservation Association, 2001)

Newell, Gordon, So Fair a Dwelling Place: A History of Olympia and Thurston County, Washington (Olympia, WA: Gordon Newell and F. George Warren, 1984)