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Letter to the Editor: Kent Will Fight the Biden Agenda

The Biden administration has gone to war with fossil fuels by implementing a moratorium on all new oil and gas leases on federal land. America is no longer energy independent. We are dependent on … more

6/29/22

Letter to the Editor: Kent Is Campaigning as a Doormat for Donald Trump

It is said that people can be judged by the company they keep. If this is so, 3rd District congressional candidate Joe Kent is in deep trouble. Kent is campaigning to unseat fellow Republican … more

6/29/22

Letter to the Editor: Employers Should Not Hire Pro-Choice People

When Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933, his first goal was to dehumanize people of Jewish ancestry. He instituted a national program of propaganda to brainwash the public into having hostility and … more

6/29/22

Letter to the Editor: Vote for Marie Glusenkamp Perez to Prevent Far-Right Candidates From Spewing Lies in Congress

Earlier this week, Gov. Jay Inslee made a statement about the two far-right congressional candidates, Joe Kent and Vicki Kraft, running for Congress here in Southwest Washington. I commend him … more

6/29/22

Bill Moeller Commentary: Is Summer Really Here? And Another Trip to the Emergency Room

You’ll probably be reading this at least a week or more after I’ve written it, so I can only assume that, just maybe, summer is finally here. We can only guess how long it will be … more

By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle | 6/29/22

Letter to the Editor: I Will Vote for Change in 3rd Congressional District

I recently saw an advertisement for Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler where she claimed she was working to reduce gas prices for Washington families. In a telephone town hall, she also said that … more

6/27/22

Carol Ponder and her daughter Marilyn Gallagher pose with one of Ponder’s baskets.

Highlighting Lewis County: Ponder Family Has Deep Roots in Lewis County

While walking home from a Rainbow Girls meeting, Carol Matteson and her friends accepted a ride from a handsome young man, Richard “Dick” Ponder. “And next thing I knew, he … more

By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle | 6/27/22

Letter to the Editor: Out With Murray, in With Smiley

It’s past time to replace Patty Murray as U.S. senator from Washington state. She first ran some 30 years ago as the “Tennis Shoe Mom” — identifying as someone who wanted to … more

6/24/22

Letter to the Editor: Expand the U.S. Supreme Court

To protect our reproductive freedoms, we need to expand the U.S. Supreme Court. The Judiciary Act of 2021 would add four new seats to the Supreme Court, bringing the number of justices to 13. It … more

6/24/22

Letter to the Editor: Heidi St. John Would Be and Energetic Advocate for Southwest Washington

I am enthusiastically asking your support for Heidi St. John for Congress. She will be an energetic advocate for Southwest Washington. Here are a few of the reasons I will vote for Heidi, one for … more

6/24/22

Letter to the Editor: We Must Support January 6 House Select Committee

My name is Shawn Bates and I have lived in Chehalis since 2004. In America, voters should have the final say. But Trump and far-right extremists engaged in a criminal conspiracy by helping to … more

6/24/22

A Brewer’s blackbird looks on from a tree in front of Chehalis City Hall on Thursday.

Brian Mittge Commentary: Bad Blackbird of Chehalis an Apt Anti-Hero of Our Era

So many of the problems in our world today seem larger than life; far away but looming ominously as they cast a pall over our future and a threat over the present day. In a way, the latest villain of … more

By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle | 6/24/22

Ed Johnstone is the chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.

Being Frank: We Need All Hands on Deck to Slow the Spread of European Green Crab

Efforts are ramping up to control the explosion of invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in western Washington. The invasive species reached San Francisco in 1989 and was first detected … more

Commentary by Ed Johnstone | 6/24/22

Bill Moeller Commentary: The Aftermath of My Experience With a Virus

I don’t suppose there’s a policy on when you can stop thinking about something as serious as the coronavirus once you’ve come into personal familiarity with it, but here — and … more

By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle | 6/22/22

Letter to the Editor: How About Something More Than Thoughts, Prayers and Teddy Bears?

On Sept. 11, 2001, close to 3,000 Americans died as a result of an attack on our liberties. We avenged these deaths by devoting the next two decades in disposing of $8 trillion and one million … more

6/22/22

Letter to the Editor: Seniors Treated Unfairly

This is in response to a letter in Tuesday’s edition titled “Disregard for Dignity of Seniors Needs to Stop.” The trouble started when the Department of Licensing … more

6/22/22

Don Brunell Commentary: Drones Can Help Restore Scorched Public Forestlands

Regenerating millions of western forested acres scorched by large wildfires is a herculean task costing hundreds of billions of dollars. However, healthy growing woodlands are essential to reducing … more

By Don C. Brunell | 6/21/22

Letter to the Editor: Disregard for Dignity of Seniors Needs to Stop

Since we moved mom in with us several years ago, we have been filing her taxes for her. This year, for the first time, we were required to show proof of her identity. I went online and … more

6/20/22

Letter to the Editor: Responding to Morton Police Chief’s Letter on Sheriff Race

This letter is in response to the letter that was written by Roger Morningstar and published in the Saturday edition of The Chronicle. I’ve been a Lewis County resident since 1974 and my … more

6/20/22

At left, A young Carol Matteson Ponder is pictured. At right, Carol Matteson Ponder, left, and daughter Marilyn Gallagher.

Highlighting Lewis County: Octogenarian Recalls Childhood in Centralia and Salzer Valley

After physical education class, a teacher handed Centralia sophomore Carol Matteson the key to the girls’ dressing room, asking her to lock up after she and her friend, Marlene Christin, of Pe … more

By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle | 6/20/22