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The application period for 2026-2027 Master Recycler Composter (MRC) Volunteer Training program is open now through 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17.
In addition, the application period for the 2026-2027 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/12/26
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Travelers should be on the lookout for orange signs, cones and flashing lights announcing lane closures starting in August as work begins to repair areas of Interstate 5 between Lacey and DuPont.
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/12/26
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Tucked away off of Rhoades Road North in Winlock, Winolequa Memorial Park now has a pair of new basketball hoops thanks to donations from a pair of local businesses.
Winlock’s Elevated …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/12/26
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Nisqually Tribal Chairman Ellery “Ken” Choke Jr. has died, the Nisqually Tribal Council announced last week.
He passed away at his home in Nisqually the evening of Aug. 3. He was 62.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/12/26
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A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up to support a local youth soccer player and his sister who were injured in a crash in Chehalis last month.
The boy had his leg amputated at the hospital …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/12/26
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The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce is welcoming The NexGen Children’s Salon to the community with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon Tuesday, Aug. 18.
The celebration will …
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Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce
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8/12/26
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Washington state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, received the Friend of the Floodplains Award from the Floodplains by Design program this week.
The award, presented by Bonneville Environmental …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/12/26
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After an initial announcement in June that the annual Chehalis Flying Saucer Party was cancelled, a small group led by Lewis County Historical Museum Interim Executive Director Doug DeVany announced …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/12/26
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Members of the Winlock City Council convened on Monday, Aug. 10, for their first regular meeting of the month to discuss a number of different agenda items.
Among these items included a proposal …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/12/26
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Firefighting crews on Tuesday continued suppression efforts at the site of the Backbone Fire in East Lewis County, according to a joint statement from the Washington state Department of Natural …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/12/26
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Chehalis is poised to acquire three service vehicles for its fire department in order to serve an expanded city limits after its recent annexation.
The Chehalis City Council approved a request …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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8/12/26
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The Tuesday, Aug. 18 Lacey City Council meeting will be first-term City Councilmember Nicolas “Nic” Dunning’s last.
Dunning, fresh off a primary win in his bid for the Thurston …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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8/12/26
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The Spokane Regional Health District announced Tuesday that household hazardous material cleanup operations have begun under the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency for fire-damaged …
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Julia Pentasuglio / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/12/26
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Answers about the lengthy delay in informing the public during the police response to the Bite of Seattle shooting scene were elusive Tuesday, with promises of a full review into the communication …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/12/26
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The Seattle City Council voted to ban most types of rental fees on Tuesday — a move welcomed by tenants' advocates, who argue that tacked-on charges make housing more expensive and obscure its true …
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Jessica Fu / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/12/26
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Several shiny black fins emerged from the water near the Ballard Locks just after 5 p.m. Monday, as onlookers snapped photos and videos. They belonged to transient orcas, or Bigg’s killer whales, …
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Ann Duan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/12/26
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In 2021, Washington lawmakers expanded the state's power to strip cops of their certification. In an effort to keep officers fired for certain types of misconduct out of law enforcement, they passed …
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By Melanie Henshaw/InvestigateWest
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8/12/26
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In Seattle, as in most big cities, the population swells on weekdays as commuters flood into town for work — a key part of what's called the daytime population. But recent census data shows that in …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/12/26
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Oregon voters’ narrow passage of some of the nation’s strictest gun control restrictions in 2022 prompted thousands of new gun purchases in the state despite the restrictions never going into …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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8/12/26
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The Trump administration has pulled federal support from the Arctic Report Card, an annual, peer-reviewed report that has been published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration since …
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Yereth Rosen / Alaska Beacon
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8/12/26
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