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WOODLAND — In the past 15 years, the W.F. West girls basketball team has assembled a legacy.
The Bearcats expect league titles. They expect to compete for district titles. They expect to pack …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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2/17/26
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Washington state moved one step closer Monday to creating a personal income tax two years after the Legislature said it wouldn’t.
Majority Democrats in the Senate advanced legislation on a …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/16/26
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The “Tracy Murphy for Sheriff” campaign issued a statement shortly before 4 p.m. Monday addressing what it called a "politically motivated” anonymous complaint filed with the Washington state …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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2/16/26
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After several hours of heated debate, legislation that many consider to be the most contentious bill to come before the Washington Legislature in many years passed the state Senate Monday.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/16/26
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As majority Democrats in Olympia push ahead with a controversial income tax bill, they are also moving to roll back another tax-the-rich policy passed during the 2025 session.
Senate Bill 6347, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/16/26
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Washington state budget writers finally got some rosy news Monday, as they prepare to release their spending plans.
Revenue collections are predicted to increase $827 million in the current …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/16/26
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It's not just raising and releasing fish in a hatchery that gets students out of the classroom in Onalaska.
For several years, students from Onalaska High School have had the opportunity to step …
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By Ridley Hudson / ridley@chronline.com
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2/16/26
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The Port of Centralia Commission is nearing completion of its job posting for its next executive director following a workshop Wednesday, Feb. 11.
Commissioners Peter Lahmann and Ally Pickard, …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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2/16/26
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A Cowlitz County Superior Court judge did not lower the sentence of a Kelso man convicted of murder eight years ago after a Washington state Supreme Court decision allowed him to be resentenced.
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By Hayley Day / The Daily News
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2/16/26
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Though rain was in the forecast, it never fell in Winlock on Valentine’s Day morning — which was good news for the dozens of customers gathered outside of The Evergreen Egg, Lewis County’s …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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2/16/26
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A Boys and Girls Club of Lewis County event on Monday morning sent 36 local children home with free bikes.
But first, volunteers, family members and friends helped the young ones assemble them.
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/16/26
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Anthony J. Benoit, 21, Kansas, was arrested in the 500 block of North Iron Street at about 1:14 a.m. Feb. 14 after allegedly pointing a firearm at …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/16/26
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• ROBERT OSCAR GODFREY, 73, Onalaska, died Feb. 11 at his residence. Arrangements are under the care of Funeral Alternatives of Washington.
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2/16/26
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The Washington state Department of Health charged a Lewis County home care aide with unprofessional conduct in January, according to a recent news release from the agency.
The state agency …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/16/26
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Of the many churches, businesses and organizations in Lewis County that host annual Easter egg hunts, The Huntting’s Pumpkin Patch and Haunted Forest’s egg hunt draws the biggest crowds by far, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/16/26
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As a teenager in the late 1940s stranded in Lewiston, Idaho, where she knew nobody, Mazie (Donner) Schlickeiser, of Chehalis, ate occasional meals at a small restaurant in a five-and-dime store.
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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2/16/26
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The recent closure of two California refineries will force a regional squeeze on fuel supplies across the West Coast. Less refining capacity means tighter markets and higher wholesale prices for …
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2/16/26
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The recent repeal of Lewis County Ordinance 1354 is not a “unanimous win for accountability,” as some might spin it. Instead, it is a $500,000 monument to the legal incompetence and ideological …
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2/16/26
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The weekend of April 24 through 26 is going to be special. The kids might say, “it’s going to be real.”
And yeah, that’s literally true. Real life, I mean.
A new effort is …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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2/16/26
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