Lewis County commissioners, ToledoTel staff and others gathered at KR Rentals in Winlock Friday, May 3, to celebrate the first connection for an ongoing project to expand high-speed internet access …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/3/24
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After first opening 3 Dog Cider and Brewstillery in 2021 on a small remaining portion of his family’s old apple orchards in Silver Creek, Joshua Hail has successfully recultivated the land to …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/3/24
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The parking lots at the vacant Yard Birds shopping mall in Chehalis have been mostly empty for most of the last 21 months following the mall’s permanent closure.
This week, the lots were …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/1/24
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Days after winning the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tournament of Champions just outside Akron, Ohio, Marshall Kent found himself at Fairway Lanes in Centralia.
For Kent, a native of …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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5/1/24
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The owners of the former Chehalis Wells Fargo in downtown Chehalis, which closed in 2021, had the branch’s drive-thru demolished on Monday, April 29.
According to Experience Chehalis …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/1/24
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Scatter Creek Animal Clinic in Rochester hosted veterinary students from the Oregon State University School of Veterinary Medicine on Saturday and Sunday as they practiced spay and neuter surgeries …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/29/24
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JJ’s ToGo celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, April 22, in downtown Centralia.
The ceremony, provided by the Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/22/24
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A typical household garden runs on an annual cycle, with gardeners planting their plots in the spring and harvesting later that same year.
Sam Madsen’s garden, however, runs on a 50-year …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/20/24
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When Jim and Laurie Judd’s daughter, Jocelyn, broke her neck during an April 2014 skiing accident in Wyoming and ended up paralyzed, her parents feared she might never walk again, let alone …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/12/24
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Got an axe to grind? Why not throw it instead?
Area residents and visitors can now challenge coworkers, friends and family in axe-throwing games at the newly opened PNW Axe House in downtown …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/8/24
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Animal-style cheeseburgers and the Southern California cultural phenomenon of In-N-Out Burger is coming to Ridgefield, the fast food chain’s first location in the state.
The City of …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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3/4/24
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The Jester Auto Museum and Event Center in Chehalis was packed Friday night with more than 200 local business owners and elected officials for the 41st annual Economic Alliance of Lewis County …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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2/5/24
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Members of the Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce gathered on Friday, Jan. 19, for the Chamber’s annual banquet in Centralia College’s TransAlta Commons.
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By Owen Sexton /
owen@chronline.com
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1/19/24
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Originally founded in 1983 by Dick Haakenson, the Chehalis-based business Pacific Mobile Structures just finished celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2023 and has grown from a local company to now …
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By Owen Sexton /
owen@chronline.com
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1/19/24
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After originally getting their start in Centralia as tattoo artists at Black Pearl Tattoo, Adrian and “Pigpen” Spear are now more than half a year into an entirely new endeavor: opening …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/11/24
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Glasses with pre-programmed virtual reality displays for a wide array of classic literature. A windshield that never freezes. Bubble gum that replaces vitamins and supplements.
These were …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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12/15/23
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While a delivery truck means a long-awaited package has finally arrived, one town is just as appreciative of the man behind the wheel.
So much so, the town has named a day after him.
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/1/23
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In an interview earlier this month, Daryl Lund, Robin Ronnell and Shakara Ryan each spoke of the new Minuteman Press store at the Lewis County Mall the way a wide-eyed, experimental scientist would describe a brand new laboratory.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/24/23
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When Lori and Mike West, owners of Puyallup business British Bites, purchased a home in Centralia in 2021, they had no idea that the seller's agent, Levi Althauser, of Coldwell Banker Voetberg Real …
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By Hallie Ralls / For The Chronicle
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11/14/23
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The Chronicle’s annual “Best of Lewis County” online competition and in-person awards show is as close to the Academy Awards as Lewis County gets.
Unlike the elite Oscars, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/20/23
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