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• RENEE ELIZABETH SAUER, 71, Chehalis, died Feb. 24 at Three Rivers Care in Centralia. Arrangements are under the care of Funeral Alternatives of Washington.
• TERESA J. ROWLAND, 69, …
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2/27/26
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’Twas a touch rainy last Saturday morning, a good day to stay hunkered down. But I had business in town, so up I arose to leave the comforts of home and hearth. Into Centralia I went.
I’m …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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2/27/26
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Based on what we’ve seen from the Senate’s majority Democrats, the final version of the new operating budget that emerges from Olympia this year will top out at over $80 billion.
If so, …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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2/27/26
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There has been a lot of commentary on the pages of The Chronicle about taxes lately. However, none of the commentators have addressed the new tax we have been levied in Lewis County. One that came …
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2/27/26
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In the first months after cancer treatment ends, people often ask the same question: How does it feel to be done?
It’s an understandable question. We like clean endings. We like the idea that …
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By Wayne Fournier
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2/27/26
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By the time most of us learn the name George Washington in Lewis County, we’ve already heard the story: Centralia was founded by a formerly enslaved Black pioneer who traveled west to escape racial …
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By Zac Eckstein
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2/27/26
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On behalf of the Centralia School District, I would like to express my profound gratitude to our Centralia community for the recent passage of our school levy.
While the margin was close, the …
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2/27/26
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Accountability, accountability, accountability.
This word slips repeatedly out of the mouths of Lewis County Commissioners Scott Brummer and Sean Swope with no less velvety smoothness than a …
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2/27/26
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By Owen Sexton
owen@chronline.com
In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Friday, Feb. 28, 1936, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about Chehalis police and Lewis County …
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2/27/26
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The Chehalis Fire Department has a new labor agreement with the city it serves that, among other things, sets salary increases and invests in the fire department's gym.
The Chehalis City Council …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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2/27/26
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A decision from the federal government not to list a specific variety of Washington salmon as endangered also stated the proposed Chehalis River flow-through dam is unlikely to seriously harm salmon …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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2/27/26
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The sound of a K9 helped Thurston County Sheriff’s Office sergeants stop a fleeing suspect during a foot pursuit on Wednesday.
Only, the sergeants didn’t have a K9 with them. One of …
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By the Thurston Chronicle staff
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2/27/26
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A Silver Creek woman faces allegations she was caught driving children with methamphetamine and an unlawful firearm inside her vehicle.
Breayla B. Vickers, 35, is charged with one count each of …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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2/27/26
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Businesses, nonprofits, homeowners and renters in Lewis County now qualify for low-interest federal loans to help economic recovery and physical repairs in response to storms and flooring in December …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/27/26
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The Centralia City Council is opening conversations about annexation back up nearly one year after it passed a resolution commencing negotiations for an interlocal agreement with Lewis County to …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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2/27/26
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Woodland Village in Chehalis will hold a Dementia Support and Education Group the third Thursday of every month at 5:30 p.m.
The support group will be led by Assured Hospice and will offer …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/27/26
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In his first call since coming out of retirement, Fire Chief Phil Congdon and Lewis County Fire District (LCFD) 18 — known as Glenoma Fire & EMS — responded to a large residential structure …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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2/27/26
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Councilors once again discussed having city-issued cellphones to use for official business during the Morton City Council meeting at the Bob Lyle Community Center on Monday, Feb. 23.
Also …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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2/27/26
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For the first time in nine years of offering in-home care to vulnerable community members, Capital Homecare Cooperative yielded a profit in 2025 that went back to co-op members.
Co-op General …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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2/27/26
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Abby Craig, the woman charged in Lewis County last month for allegedly participating in a money laundering scheme that stole over $26,000 from a Centralia resident, had referred to two of her …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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2/27/26
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