Daily news with a focus on the Olympia and South Puget Sound area of Washington.

Set on the shores of south Puget Sound, with the rugged Olympic Mountains rising in the distance across the water and the dome of Washington's Capitol soaring above the town, Olympia ranks as one of America's loveliest cities. We enjoy all the pomp and pageantry that come with being a state capital...the marble halls, the monuments, and the gorgeous capitol grounds. Surrounding the stately dome, there is still a small town at heart.

The Hands on Children's Musuem is the fun place to be for kids 10 years old and under. Right now the museum exhibits focus on the oceans and the fish, animals, and plants that live there. It's called Ocean Odyssey, and we have lots of suggestions about where to find information and pictures from the internet about whales and seals and other ocean life.

KAOS Olympia Community Radio is a 1.5 kilowatt, noncommercial, educational station, licensed to The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. Broadcasting 21 to 24 hours every day in the south Puget Sound area, KAOS offers a very diverse schedule of news, information, cultural and entertainment programs. Most KAOS programs are produced and hosted by local citizen-volunteers from the Olympia/Thurston County area. Via satellite, KAOS also carries many nationally-distributed programs, including Pacifica and Mon