OLYMPIA - The Washington State Department of Commerce announced last week $1.4 million in grants to state and local government agencies to install solar panels at public buildings in communities throughout the state. The 14 projects awarded funding in this round will support community efforts to move toward sustainable energy sources and result in long-term energy cost
May 30 One of the busiest communities in the county for issuing new single-family building permits is not Olympia or Lacey, which for years showed strong annual growth in that category, but Tumwater, which is about half the size of both cities. Tumwater issued a record number of permits in 2020 and appears to be on pace to exceed that total this year. The county also had a busy 2020 and it, .