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Driving around Lewis County, I often wonder about the people behind the names of the roads I’m traveling, and thanks to my friend Maeve Mitchell, I’ve learned about the family behind the name of …
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By Julie McDonald
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9/7/26
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More rare and unusual catches continue, including another striped marlin and a mako shark hitting the decks for stunned fishermen off the Washington coast.
Marlin and mako
Cody Meyers and …
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The Chinook Observer
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9/7/26
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The Backbone Fire in East Lewis County was 89% contained, while fire activity continued to slow at the High Lava Fire in Skamania County, according to a Saturday news release from the U.S. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/7/26
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The Centralia Ballet Academy will hold auditions for an annual production of “The Nutcracker.”
Those 8 years old or older enrolled in any ballet class within or without the Centralia Ballet …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/7/26
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In March, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) announced that it would join a new day-ahead wholesale power market to buy and sell power for near immediate use, the result of a years-long …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/7/26
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If you had Centralia volleyball coach Marti Smith concoct her ideal Centralia volleyball match, she very likely would have imagined a night like Saturday on Ron Brown Court, when Centralia hosted its …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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9/7/26
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The Centralia College volleyball team got tested against a pair of top-five teams in the NWAC coaches preseason poll and eventually dropped three-set decisions to No. 3 Linn-Benton and No. 5 Yakima …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/7/26
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Ignited by four goals from star striker Callie Mickelson and four assists from Kyla Watson, the Beavers recorded their second consecutive blowout with a 7-0 win against the Mountain Goats on Saturday …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/6/26
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The crowds came to Portland’s Pearl District this weekend to look at paintings, woven tapestries, metal sculptures, pottery and other handmade art.
Buying it was another matter.
At Art in …
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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9/6/26
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The historic wave of layoffs that rocked Oregon in 2024 and 2025 appears behind us now, with the pace of job cuts down sharply this year.
Fewer layoffs doesn’t mean more new jobs, though. Not …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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9/6/26
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A pro-Palestinian mural in downtown Olympia outside of the Stonewall Youth building for LGBTQ+ youth was burned in an arson last week in the latest of a string of vandalism, police and the youth-led …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/6/26
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Seattle's population growth has slowed since the 2010s boom, but housing here is still stretched thin. We usually blame zoning, construction costs or new arrivals. But an often overlooked factor is …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/6/26
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Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez stood inside a brewery in this sleepy town where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, explaining to a crowd of supporters about how Washington, D.C., is often …
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Anumita Kaur / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/6/26
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It’s time for one last ride on the Wild Waves waterslide.
The cherished Federal Way institution, home to candy-colored waterslides and countless childhood memories, is shutting the doors of …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/6/26
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A woman and a man were shot to death early Sunday morning around Belltown in separate shootings, according to the Seattle Police Department, with two others wounded in one of the incidents.
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Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/6/26
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When Dana Wilson steers his boat through northern straits of the Salish Sea and catches sight of sandy bluffs on the horizon, his emotions churn.
Wilson mostly feels a deep sense of belonging, …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/6/26
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The U.S. military said it launched strikes against three Iranian crude oil tankers in retaliation for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeting two U.S. Navy warships with ballistic missiles.
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Kevin Whitelaw / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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9/6/26
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NAPAVINE — Even after 20 years and winning state championships, Josh Fay is still evolving as the head football coach at Napavine High School.
Case in point: He has ditched the traditional …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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9/5/26
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