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An anti-tax crowd gathered at the state capitol in Olympia on Saturday, with protesters expressing frustration over a lack of affordability and even touching on concerns about alleged daycare fraud …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/5/26
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The Thurston County Clerk’s Office is closing its in-person customer service counters and shifting entirely online, effective Jan. 20.
The change is due to budget cuts, the Thurston …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Fentanyl and other deadly drugs continue to ravage neighborhoods across Seattle and Washington state.
A recent decision by newly elected Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson to allow open use of …
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By Rep. Peter Abbarno
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1/5/26
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In the last year, one word has taken hold of American politics more than any other.
It has been featured in speeches on government budgets and championed by winning political campaigns.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/5/26
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One person was killed and two adults were displaced after a structure fire in the 100 block of Yetter Lane in a rural area east of Napavine at approximately 11 a.m. Sunday.
Lewis County Fire …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Three Tenino High School alumni will be inducted into the 2025 Tenino Athletics Hall of Fame class during halftime of the boys basketball game on Friday, Jan. 23.
Jessica Brathovd, Matt Whitmire …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Austen O. Petty, 29, of Centralia, was arrested in the 1200 block of Lum Road at 11:55 a.m. on Jan. 2 and was booked into the Lewis County Jail on a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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• ANTHONY “TONY” LEE RODRIGUEZ, 82, Toledo, died Dec. 27 at Providence Centralia Hospital. Service details are being planned at this time. Arrangements are under the care of Newell-Hoerling’s …
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1/5/26
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Families are stretched thin right now. Taxes are high, costs keep rising and many people are understandably worried about how much more they can manage.
Those concerns are real, and they deserve …
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1/5/26
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Interesting how the America First MAGA crowd is very silent about this latest move on behalf of the Trump Administration.
Remember the Iraq war, Afghanistan or even Vietnam? Long, endless wars …
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1/5/26
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The recent praise The Chronicle’s letters to the editor section received from a contributor is entirely earned, and the distinction has been deserved for quite some time now.
Personally, I am …
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1/5/26
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It’s another year, and the warm glow of the holidays is fading once again.
Surrounded by my grown children, I kept reflecting on how I’ve morphed into one of those people I often met in …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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1/5/26
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Former Centralia resident and Southwest Washington congressional candidate David B. Castillo has found his way to a position in the nation's capital.
In October, the U.S. Senate, in a mass …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/5/26
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Fertile Ground has announced the 2026 Grow Your Own Produce Workshop Series, a seasonal educational online program designed for gardeners of all skill levels who want to grow abundant food in their …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Chehalis Outfitters will host a free pressure canning seminar on Saturday, Jan. 17, offering community members a hands-on opportunity to learn how to safely make and preserve homemade stock.
The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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The City of Vader passed its recent Office of the Washington State Auditor’s accountability audit, Vader Mayor Joe Schey announced during the final Vader City Council meeting of 2025 on Dec. 17.
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/5/26
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Starting late last month, Canadian power company TransAlta started the first steps of addressing any needed environmental cleanup at the company's Centralia plant.
The public will have the next …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/5/26
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A missing juvenile was located on top of a train trestle in Rainier over state Route 507 and guided down by police Monday morning.
The Rainier School District school resource office, employed …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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Rural Lewis County Indivisibles is once again coming to town with a sign-waving protest event to be held near the Centralia Safeway.
The group announced last week that it would hold a peaceful …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/5/26
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