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The original ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Cluttered Closet was scheduled for Dec. 10, but it was canceled due to the flooding the county was experiencing.
Owner Madison Horn has rescheduled …
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12/26/25
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• ALANA M. DAVALOS, 75, Randle, died Dec. 15 at her residence. Arrangements are under the care of Cattermole Funeral Home.
• MATTHEW J. KLEMMENSEN, 68, Napavine, died Dec. 20 at Providence …
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Centralia Police Department
Drug arrests
• Nathan S. Page, 35, and Colin B. Scott, 35, both from Tumwater, were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for alleged unlawful …
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12/26/25
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A 1980s federal law gives the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the authority to dredge the Cowlitz River of the sediment still flowing from the last Mount St. Helens eruption, but agency leaders say it …
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12/26/25
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A 48-year-old Mason County woman died after she lost control of her vehicle on state Route 106 near Skokomish on Christmas Eve.
Speed and drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash, …
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12/26/25
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An interlocal agreement (ILA) is now in place between the City of Yelm and Thurston County to work together on Yelm’s plan to annex some properties in unincorporated Thurston County.
The City …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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12/26/25
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In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1955, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about Centralia police asking for tips on suspects who “played Santa Claus in …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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Earlier this year, the Mineral School — an overnight artist residency based at the old Mineral School in the East Lewis County community of Mineral — was rebranded to the Mineral Arts & …
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12/26/25
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Winlock resident Tommy Thompson was honored by the Winlock City Council as the Volunteer of the Year during the Monday, Dec. 22, council meeting at Winlock City Hall.
And he wasn’t the only …
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12/26/25
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In response to December’s catastrophic flooding that displaced hundreds of families across Washington, global stay and experience platform Airbnb is providing 700 free nights of temporary housing …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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This year was exceptionally heavy with news on the outdoors beat, especially as national politics intruded on the solitude of hikers and backpackers. Changes in federal public lands policy had direct …
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By Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/26/25
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recent emergency declaration for Washington state signals continued federal support as communities recover from a series of severe December storms …
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By Spencer Pauley | The Center Square
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12/26/25
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Twenty-year-old Mikayla Foreman knows her experience is meaningful. Dealing with homelessness since 18 and currently living in a shelter, Foreman has managed to continue her academic journey, …
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Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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12/26/25
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In early August, the leader of Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife had become so concerned with alleged behaviors of the citizen panel that he answers to that he asked Gov. Bob Ferguson to …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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12/26/25
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George David Friedman, a cherished husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, passed away peacefully on Dec. 12, 2025, in Centralia, Washington, at the age of 79. He was born on March 24, …
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Tracy Allen Bonagofski, 64, of Olympia, Washington, passed away Dec. 4, 2025. Born Aug. 6, 1961, Tracy spent his life in the south Puget Sound region of Washington State. He attended Washington …
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12/26/25
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Theodore Lee Goebel left behind his tired, worn-out body on Dec. 20, 2025, to go to our Heavenly Father. He greatly enjoyed all the visits from friends through his year-long decline in health. Ted …
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12/26/25
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A well-dressed man in a suit and tie apologized as he handed a bank teller a note demanding money — a tactic investigators say he used to try to rob three banks along Southwest Portland’s …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/26/25
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A 2.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kitsap County near midnight on Christmas Eve, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The earthquake hit about three miles west of the town of Gorst in Kitsap …
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Isha Trivedi / The News Tribune (TNS)
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12/26/25
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A man was in custody Thursday afternoon after he pushed a Washington State Patrol lieutenant on I-5 in Seattle and stole her vehicle, authorities said.
The vehicle was stolen on I-5 near North …
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Denisa R. Superville / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/26/25
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