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For those interested in Lewis County’s quest for a water bank, a Wednesday morning meeting had bits of hopeful news.
Firstly, the county’s updated agreement with AMP Insights, a …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/4/23
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On the 125th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl and Eric Schwartz discuss the first baby of 2023, Toledo’s enormous cheese ball, the termination of a PUD manager, Murder Owls and a very …
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1/3/23
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The future of Centralia is bright. To outsiders, the story of Centralia has been a sad one. A doomed coal town with high poverty, failing schools, catastrophic flooding — a script we all know. …
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By Kelly Smith Johnston / Mayor of Centralia
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1/2/23
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To add upcoming events to the Community Calendar, email reporter Matthew Zylstra at matthew@chronline.com.
Newaukum Golf Course Weekly Bingo
Jan. 3 at the Newaukum Golf Course, 153 …
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1/2/23
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A great blue heron flies from a perch off Big Hanaford Road in Centralia on Tuesday near TransAlta.
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12/28/22
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The Southwest Washington high school and middle school chess championships are set to be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 at Centralia College. Middle and high school students of all skill levels are …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/22
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The superheroes of ornithological data collection live among us in Lewis County — that is, everyday people who count birds can genuinely make a difference in science.
The Lewis County …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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12/21/22
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The Centralia City Council addressed a number of agenda items at its regular meeting Tuesday, Dec. 13, including the approval of an addendum to a water rights purchase from TransAlta that allows the …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/19/22
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The Port of Olympia’s real estate and business development director has been put on paid administrative leave, The Olympian has learned.
Allyn Roe, who joined the port in August …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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12/16/22
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The Chehalis City Council on Monday approved an addendum to the City of Centralia’s purchase and sale agreement with TransAlta for water rights, adding the City of Chehalis as an …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/16/22
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If Lewis County Commissioner Lindsey Pollock wanted to laugh all the way to the water bank, she’d have to laugh for well over a year.
In November 2021, Pollock first expressed her …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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12/14/22
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The United Way of Lewis County will host a gift giveaway on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Centralia College TransAlta Commons. The TransAlta Commons is located at 600 Centralia …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/12/22
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The Washington State Department of Ecology has finished writing the rules for the Clean Fuel Standard, a program that requires a 20% reduction in 2017 transportation emissions over 12 years.
The …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald
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12/4/22
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The Chehalis City Council convened Monday night for its regular meeting and a number of items were on the agenda, including a new contract with Harold LeMay Enterprises raising rates for garbage …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/2/22
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As call volumes soared in the face of growth and voters twice denied levies necessary to keep them open, three out of five West Thurston Fire Authority stations closed this week.
Across the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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12/2/22
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In a Nov. 10 news release, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced it is increasing the adult Coho salmon daily catch limit throughout the Chehalis Basin.
Anglers are now …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/11/22
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Seattle-based carbon reduction company First Mode has announced plans to use its proving grounds at the former TransAlta Centralia mine to test zero-emission mining equipment, including Komatsu …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/2/22
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To add upcoming events to the Community Calendar, email reporter Matthew Zylstra at matthew@chronline.com.
Southwest Washington Mushroom Club Meeting
Nov. 1 at the WSU Extension Office, 17 …
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10/31/22
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Around 30 officials from the Centralia city government and other local entities attended a presentation hosted by Zap Energy, TransAlta and the Centralia Coal Transition Board to assess the …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/26/22
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On the 120th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Eric Schwartz, Franklin Taylor and Isabel Vander Stoep discuss quiet quitting in Pe Ell, mountain goats running wild in the forest, a prolifically …
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10/24/22
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