This week, we bring you two interviews. The first with two trustees of the Timberland Regional Library and the president of the Timberland union. We discuss the financial crisis the district found its way into earlier this year and how the district can get out.
Background: <a href="https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article315076371.html#">Regional library cuts 25% of staff in South Sound layoffs. Here’s what to know</a>
<a href="https://www.chronline.com/stories/gloves-off-baby-messages-between-two-top-trl-administrators-stoke-public-outrage,403237">Gloves off baby!’: Messages between two top TRL administrators stoke public outrage</a>
<a href="https://olympiatime.com/2026/05/02/the-deep-history-and-structural-mismatch-of-timberland-regional-library/">The Deep History and Structural Mismatch of Timberland Regional Library</a>
<a href="https://olympiatime.com/2026/04/04/the-timberland-regional-library-doesnt-face-a-stand-off-it-faces-some-sort-of-evolution/">The Timberland Regional Library doesn’t face a stand-off, it faces some sort of evolution</a>