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In the confusion following Lee’s rout of the Union Army, members of the 18th North Carolina mistakenly fired into a party of Confederate officers.

  By Drew Crooks Olympia today is the capital of Washington State, county seat for Thurston County, and home to over 45,000 people. Over time this

A schoolboy was left devastated after masked men broke into his family home and stole with their beloved dog.

Even before Olympia was officially named, Michael Simmons took the helm as its first postmaster. The appointment began a long succession of postmasters, which started for him when this area was Oregon Territory, also when it became Thurston County and then Washington Territory.

By Ken Balsley In its early days, the City of Olympia had many names.   The local native tribes referred to it as Cheetwoot which meant the “place of the

  By Drew Crooks The history of Olympia is filled with people who have contributed to the community. Two such individuals are Edmund Sylvester

  By Emmett O'Connell Levi Smith died somewhere between Olympia and Tumwater. Before the Capitol dome was built, before Capitol Lake was created,

The link that binds together an evening of stories about parallel dimensions, reunited lovers, haunted games, a day in the life of a nursing home resident and a terrifying flight is that they are the work of Arkansas makers. Seven films that were created in the natural state and curated by Fayetteville Film Fest will screen during the Arkansas Filmmakers Showcase March 11 at the Walton Arts Center.

This weekend I traveled to Hot Springs to attend the 16th annual Arkansas Shorts Film Festival presented by Low Key Arts. What was formerly a one-night event is now a three-day, full-fledged festival with guest speakers, late night parties, and lots of films -- 67 films, to be exact.

The Southern Conference named its All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team, with two representatives from The Citadel included.