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A sign at the Sonic Drive-In at 1303 Cooper Point Road SW says the west Olympia restaurant will close permanently Oct. 15. The general manager says a potential buyer is coming to look, so the business could still continue.
GovernmentI-645 and capital gains: What's on the Nov. 3 ballot, as neighbors debate it on NextdoorSome of the busiest political threads on Nextdoor near Olympia this week are about I-645, which would repeal the state's new 9.9% tax on income over $1 million. Here's what the measure does, what the capital gains tax actually collects, and what each side argues in the official voters' pamphlet.
Local EventsThis week downtown: a history-and-haunts walking tour and a Día de los Muertos family showSpooky season gets going downtown Friday, Oct. 16, with a 90-minute history and haunted walking tour from Percival Landing and the opening of Olympia Family Theater's "The Luna Sisters of Element.How much do the printed business ad signs staked along local roadsides bother you?
Read the story: printed business ad signs along our roadsides
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State Theater, 202 4th Ave E
Oct 11 & 18 · Sundays · 1 p.m.
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Oct 13 · Tuesday · 7 p.m.
Koval Center, 4155 6th Ave NE, Lacey
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