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Today’s edition · Fri., Nov. 6

Regional flights return to Olympia for the first time in 22 years

Plus, razor clam digging opens at Copalis and Mocrocks this weekend.

The Daily Olympia team2 stories11 sources5 min read

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Getting AroundTop story

SeaPort Airlines will fly between Spokane and Olympia starting Jan. 8, 2027

The new Spokane route by the numbers

22 years
since regional air service last flew to Olympia
1 hour
expected flight time between the two airports
$279
for a one-way ticket out of Felts Field

Sources: Spokane Journal of Business, The Olympian

If you travel between Spokane and Olympia, your trip is about to get shorter. The Port of Olympia and SeaPort Airlines announced Thursday twice-weekly flights between Spokane's and . It's the first regional air service there in 22 years. The last was Big Sky Airlines in 2004.

Kent Craford, SeaPort's founder and CEO, said getting to Olympia “will no longer require an entire day of travel.” Spokane Airports CEO Dave Haring said in the release that about 500 passengers each way travel between Spokane and western Washington every day.

  • Days: Fridays and Sundays during the legislative session
  • Aircraft: nine-passenger Pilatus PC-12 turboprops
  • Speed: capable of 200 knots

Olympia's airport gets regional flights again after 22 years

  1. 2004Big Sky Airlines flies the last commercial air service at .
  2. 2025SeaPort Airlines relaunches flight services.
  3. Jan. 2027SeaPort's Spokane to Olympia flights begin.

Sources: Spokane Journal of Business, The Olympian

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Razor clam digging opens this weekend at Copalis and Mocrocks beaches

If you're headed to the coast, razor clam season finally starts. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife approved five days of digging at Copalis and Mocrocks from Saturday, Nov. 7, through Wednesday, Nov. 11. KOMO reports the season was first scheduled to start Oct. 9 on four beaches.

Digs run Nov. 7 through Nov. 11 at two beaches

Approved razor clam digging days, evening low tides

November 2026

  • Mocrocks
  • Copalis

Nov. 11 is Veterans Day.

Sources: KIRO 7 News Seattle, KOMO

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Days
MocrocksNov. 7 and 10–11
CopalisNov. 8–9

Long Beach and Twin Harbors stay closed until further notice because levels still exceed health guidelines. A beach needs two samples, taken seven to 10 days apart, below the safety threshold to open. A summer assessment found fewer clams at Copalis and Mocrocks, so expect fewer open dates there this season.

  • Mocrocks: Nov. 7, 5:06 p.m.; Nov. 10, 6:54 p.m.; Nov. 11, 7:29 p.m.
  • Copalis: Nov. 8, 5:44 p.m.; Nov. 9, 6:19 p.m.
  • License: anyone 16 or older needs a 2026-27 license

15razor clams per person each day

Keep the first 15 you dig, whatever their size or condition, and store each person's catch in its own container.

Sources: KIRO 7 News Seattle, KOMO

News Notes

Budd Inlet

Recreational shellfish harvesting for all species is closed in Budd Inlet after high levels of the biotoxin that causes diarrhetic shellfish poisoning turned up in shellfish. Warning signs will be posted at public beaches at Burfoot County Park, and cooking doesn't make the shellfish safe to eat. ThurstonTalk

Lacey bond

Lacey Fire District 3 said Wednesday that its $98.3 million Proposition 1 has passed the 60 percent approval state law requires for bond measures, based on unofficial returns. The Thurston County Canvassing Board is scheduled to certify the final count later this month. The Jolt News

Tumwater

The Tumwater City Council approved a $290,000 contract with BERK Consulting on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to complete a planned action environmental impact statement for the . It covers the area around the former Olympia Brewery. The Jolt News

Get involved

If you'd like a say in city policy, Olympia has vacancies on the Arts Commission, Heritage Commission, Lodging Tax Advisory Committee, and Social Justice & Equity Commission. Applications are due Monday, Dec. 14 at 5 p.m. The Jolt News

Applications for Olympia's advisory bodies close Dec. 14

  1. Nov. 2Olympia announces vacancies on four advisory bodies.
  2. Dec. 14Applications close at 5 p.m.
  3. April 2027Applicants selected by the Olympia City Council begin serving.

Source: The Jolt News

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Thurston County has some amazing family-owned Christmas tree farms, and one of them, Christmas Valley Tree Farm in Rochester, sells tabletop trees and 12-foot showstoppers. Its owner, Don Tapio, calls Nordman fir the farm's star. The farm opens Nov. 21 and runs through Dec. 24, Thanksgiving Day included. Tall tree, tall order.

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Daily Olympiato me · Fri., Nov. 66:00 a.m.

Regional flights return to Olympia for the first time in 22 years

Plus, razor clam digging opens at Copalis and Mocrocks this weekend.

The TLDR

  1. SeaPort Airlines will fly Spokane to Olympia starting Jan. 8, 2027
  2. Razor clam digging opens Saturday at Mocrocks and Sunday at Copalis
  3. Budd Inlet is closed to shellfish harvest over a biotoxin
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