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ONALASKA — Progress isn’t linear. Mazen Saade understands that better than most Class 2B coaches.
The Onalaska High School football team returned a plethora of starters on both sides of the …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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9/19/26
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The Rochester football team earned its third straight win on Friday, breezing past Ellensburg for a 36-8 win on the east side.
“The boys played really hard,” Rochester coach AJ Easley said. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/19/26
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Points were not at a premium in Sammamish on Friday night, when the Centralia football team came out on top of a 57-40 shootout against the Totems.
The Tigers are now 3-0 for the first time …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/19/26
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Just one week after winning by one point, the W.F. West football team picked up another victory by the slimmest margin possible by beating Kelso 7-6 at Schroeder Field.
W.F. West’s only points …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/19/26
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TUMWATER — If there’s a series of plays that sums up the first three weeks of Tumwater’s 2026 season, it was the final three plays of the T-Birds’ first drive against Mount Si on Friday …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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9/19/26
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The Lake Washington School District is facing a federal lawsuit brought by a father who says the district repeatedly denied his requests to opt his son out of LGBTQ instruction.
Konstantin …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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9/18/26
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There seem to be two words that have suddenly become difficult to print in Washington state: income tax.
Sure, you can find the phrase easily on the state’s own website. In fact, the …
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By Chris Cargill / Mountain States Policy Center
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9/18/26
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Voting rights groups and Democratic officials are looking to defend against what they see as possible election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, now …
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By Jacob Fischler / States Newsroom
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9/18/26
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A Democratic candidate for the Washington state House of Representatives pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence Friday in her first court appearance after she was arrested last month …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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9/18/26
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The Tigers controlled Friday afternoon’s league dual with Aberdeen without their top two players and came away with a 6-0 victory at home. The only uncontested match was No. 3 doubles.
Zander …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/18/26
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DNA from a vape left at the scene of a residential burglary in 2025 led to the arrest of a Chehalis man Thursday.
Aaron D. Malone, 37, made a preliminary appearance in Lewis County Superior …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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9/18/26
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Albert “Skip” Friese passed away peacefully at his home in Lebam, Washington, on Sept. 15, 2026, surrounded by his loving family.
Born in South Bend, Washington, to Albert George and Ethel …
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9/18/26
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Fired Centralia Police Sgt. Tracy Murphy will take the next step in his grievance process against the city in an arbitration hearing scheduled for Nov. 19 and 20.
Centralia City Manager Michael …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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9/18/26
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More than 40 years ago, a group of Centralia business owners known as Centralians Inc. had the forethought to realize that the economic lifeblood of the area, the nearby coal mine, might one day …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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9/18/26
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Deep in the shadow of Mount Rainier, Gifford “Marco” Pinchot IV stands in a dense true fir grove of trees.
Pinchot, executive director of the Nisqually Community Forest and great-grandson of …
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By Candra Burns / For Thurston Chronicle
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9/18/26
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First opened in the Hub City back in March 2023, Hash: Centralia is now permanently closed, according to a Sept. 12 post on the breakfast diner’s official Facebook page.
“After many years of …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/18/26
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Caleb G. Sawyer, 32, Centralia, was arrested for alleged fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and third-degree malicious mischief (domestic …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/18/26
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The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) this week announced a new kindergarten curriculum centered around “Many Places, Many Lives,” an illustrated poetry collection that …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/18/26
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The Pumpkin Trains are returning to the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad and Museum, just in time for the arrival of autumn.
On Oct. 10 and 11, Pumpkin Trains will depart the depot at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/18/26
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