With Snowe in it, Democrats had virtually no chance of winning the Maine Senate race this year. Now they are likely to do so, given the state’s partisan bent.

The team will officially start playing in Spring 2022. Williams’s husband, Alexis Ohanian, who led the investment for the team, wrote a statement about how Olympia inspired this business move.

A woman was arrested for suspected arson after setting fire to her room at Sandy’s Flats in downtown Olympia, prompting a Capitol Way closure.

Scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on the West Campus of the State Capitol in Olympia, the service will honor eight individuals who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

Juneteenth, observed each year on June 19, marks the date in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States were finally freed, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. While the day ...

Olympia evaluates using City Hall buildings for court operations, focusing on security, accessibility, and restorative justice programs in partnership with the county.

Superintendent Murphy reopens school closure talks in Olympia to offset a $3.5M deficit, focusing on efficiency and facility utilization for future savings.

Adversity Helped Shape Snowe’s Health Care View Senator Olympia J. Snowe, a Republican whose vote is much prized by Democrats, was orphaned at 9 and widowed at 26.

Snowe crushed Democrat Mark Lawrence, a former state Senate president, by a 69-31 margin in the 2000 Senate contest. Vice President Al Gore, a Democrat, simultaneously won Maine’s presidential race.

Franciscan Health Olympia Fields’ intensive care unit has been accepted into the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) ICU Center of Excellence program. The hospital was one of only 60 worldwide ...

Conservation groups in Maine warned the U.S. Senate’s current reconciliation bill would do significant damage to the National Park Service. The legislation, often referred to as the “One Big Beautiful ...