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Officials in the Chehalis River Basin will have to continue their work without the leadership of one of their longest and most unflinching supporters.
Grays Harbor County Commissioner and …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/16/26
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Lawmakers from Washington’s 20th Legislative District have announced they will host a series of Zoom meetings to provide updates from the 2026 legislative session. The meetings will begin at 7:30 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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The Centralia City Council unanimously approved allocating $247,567 in Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) grant funding to eight recipients during its Tuesday meeting.
The city’s LTAC …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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Members of the Tenino City Council convened for their first regular meeting of 2026 on Tuesday, Jan. 13, and welcomed two newly elected councilors — Tianne Curtiss and Adam Carney.
To begin …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/16/26
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Lewis County approved two more union collective bargaining agreements (CBA) this week that approve small salary increases for Lewis County dispatchers as well as sergeants and lieutenants in the …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/16/26
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1/16/26
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Isaiah E. Mohr, 28, Chehalis, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for DUI, operating a vehicle without an ignition interlock device …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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A new bill sponsored by state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, would allow workers injured on the job to record independent medical examinations.
Abbarno pre-filed House Bill 2336, which would …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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• RICHARD ‘RICK’ D. SPENCER, 74, Centralia, died at Providence Centralia Hospital. Arrangements are under the care of Cattermole Funeral Home.
• KEVIN D. BLUHM, 66, Castle Rock, died …
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1/16/26
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Do the Democrats who run Olympia think Washingtonians are fools? It sure seems that way as we learn more about their plan to create a state income tax.
As I write this, we still don’t know the …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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1/16/26
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A recent Seattle Times editorial argued that "purity politics" in the state Legislature gets in the way of progress. But what some call “rigidity” is, for many people, a necessary moral line to …
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By Rob Richards
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1/16/26
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The Centralia Community Foundation is writing to express its full support for the Centralia School District Replacement Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) Levy, which will appear on the …
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1/16/26
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Gather Church is doing a tremendous job helping people who are suffering with poverty and people who are suffering with drug addictions in our community.
Our county commissioners should be …
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1/16/26
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Residents of the Centralia, Onalaska and Boistfort school districts should expect a ballot in the mail for upcoming school levy votes.
The Lewis County Auditor’s Office Elections Department …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office declared two of its K9s “hide and seek champions” Thursday night after they successfully tracked at least six subjects between two separate incidents.
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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Members of the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation were in attendance for the Napavine City Council’s first regular meeting of 2026 on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
During the meeting, …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/16/26
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Shortly after Gov. Bob Ferguson gave his State of the State address to mark the start of the year and a new legislative session, Thurston County leaders gave a localized State of the Community …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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1/16/26
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In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1956, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about a pair of runaways from Chehalis who had been caught after stealing a tractor …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/16/26
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The Lewis County Master Gardener Foundation selected the Centralia College Trailblazer Food Pantry as its 2025 holiday donation partner, continuing an annual tradition of giving back to the …
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1/16/26
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Lewis County Public Health and Social Services (LCPHSS) on Friday reported the county’s first influenza-related death of the current flu season.
The individual was a Lewis County resident who …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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