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With Christmas just days away, Santa’s staff who were helping run The Polar Express trains at the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad and Museum (CCRM) are celebrating a successful season of the train …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/22/25
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Owners and operators of short-term rental properties in Lewis County must register with the local government starting in 2026.
The Lewis County Board of Commissioners released an announcement on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/22/25
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Skiers and snowboarders finally hit the slopes of the White Pass Ski Area this past weekend, as the East Lewis County ski resort opened to the public after unseasonably warm December rains postponed …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/22/25
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Two Tyrannosaurus statues recently installed at the United Learning Center in Centralia are pictured here on Thursday, Dec. 18. It would be irresponsible and incorrect to say they “spared no …
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12/22/25
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After 13 years and more than 430 graduates, the Mount St. Helens Institute's Volcano Naturalist Program (VNP) has opened registration for its 2026 season, according to a news release.
The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/22/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle accident
• A non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of North Pearl and West First streets just before 12:25 p.m. on Dec. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/22/25
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• CHARLES PATRICK EGAN, 92, Centralia, died Dec. 13. Arrangements are under the care of Sticklin-Brown Funeral Chapel.
• JERALD R. CLARK, 56, Tenino, died Dec. 14 at Providence Centralia …
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12/22/25
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Members of the Tenino City Council met on Dec. 9 for their first regular meeting of the month to discuss city business and consider approval of various ordinances, including one for the South …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/22/25
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A few years ago in Washington Hall at Centralia College, Rev. Alta Smith swapped one hat for another, including a long white wig, as she spoke of the many roles her friend Doris Wood-Brumsickle has …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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12/22/25
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Adults tend to remember Christmas by what we provide.
Children remember it by how it felt.
They don’t catalogue the cost of the gifts or the size of the tree. They don’t remember …
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By Richard Stride
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12/22/25
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On a cold December morning in Olympia, Ebenezer Scrounge sat hunched over his ledger inside Scrounge & Austerity, his counting house. He counted taxes. He counted regulations. He counted every …
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By Zac Eckstein
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12/22/25
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Every election season produces a familiar ritual. Candidates run on ideas, critiques, promises and energy. Voters choose. Ballots are counted. And then, almost overnight, something profound happens.
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By Wayne Fournier
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12/22/25
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Members of the current and future Centralia City Council, as well as city staff, Port of Centralia officials and Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce leaders, toured the United Natural Foods Inc. …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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12/22/25
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The federal government awarded funding to five projects across Southwest Washington last month after requests were filed by U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, according to a news release …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/22/25
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Washington state troopers stop and search drivers of color more often than white Washingtonians, new data shows.
Washington State Patrol’s total traffic stops statewide dropped slightly in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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12/22/25
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Providence Swedish is working with local child abuse intervention advocates to prevent an interruption of services when its Abuse Intervention Center (AIC) in Lacey closes Dec. 31.
The AIC …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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12/22/25
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Two barn owls at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Thurston County have died of avian influenza, the refuge announced Friday.
The owls were found dead in one of the …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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12/22/25
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Tacoma police believe a second vehicle hit a Washington State Patrol trooper who died Friday night on Highway 509.
Officials said Saturday that Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting, 29, was struck and …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/22/25
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Officials in timber-dependent counties around Southwest Washington say the state Forest Practices Board’s new rule expanding no-logging zones around some streams amounts to an economic siege.
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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12/22/25
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Authorities say alcohol or drugs were involved in a one-car accident Friday afternoon on Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, just before Seaquest State Park near Castle Rock.
An injured passenger from …
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The Daily News
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12/22/25
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