Tribal leaders and state lawmakers on Monday urged a joint approach to tackle the fentanyl crisis and sought more funding to help tribes provide a spectrum of treatment for substance use disorder. … more

Billy Bartlett, the Amanda Park man accused of killing a 46-year-old man and injuring a 12-year-old in Chehalis in December 2021, pleaded guilty to murder, assault and burglary charges in Lewis … more

The Green Hill School staff member arrested last week for allegedly bringing marijuana into the facility was charged Monday in Lewis County Superior Court … more

The state Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) has formally revoked former Centralia Police officer Phil Reynold’s peace officer certification, The Chronicle confirmed Monday.  … more

CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Criminal trespass • Just after 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 19, officers were asked to check on two homeless men camped out behind a mission in the 400 block of North … more

About one in eight Washingtonians have reported being the victim of spousal violence, with injuries most common among females between the ages of 25 and 64 years, households with a below-average yearly income and those without a college degree. During a visit to a domestic violence advocacy organization in Centralia Friday afternoon, Gov. Jay Inslee Inslee recalled one such incident. more

Concerned about drug overdoses among teenagers, Lake Washington High School seniors Theodore Meek, Joanna Lymberis, Olivia Milstein, Sofia Lymberis and Reilly Jones transformed a school assignment … more

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) on Wednesday issued a plea for help in locating a female Mount Vernon teen who has been missing for nearly two weeks. Ella Jones, … more

An inmate at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla died Sunday, Jan. 7, a state Department of Corrections spokesperson has confirmed. Jarrod J. Torres, 46, was found unresponsive in … more

inistration agents in 2023 seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder — the most the DEA has ever seized in a single year. The quantity … more

CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT Criminal trespass • Two male subjects reportedly trespassed on property in the 1500 block of North National Avenue just after 9:05 a.m. on Jan. 16. • A … more

The Toledo Police Department has a new officer on its roster: Tarryn Carter, a U.S. Army veteran with experience in military police and reserve police officer work. “It is very exciting to … more

The Chehalis Police Department has asked the public for help identifying a suspect or suspects accused of using a forklift to remove an ATM from the front of the Washington State Employees Credit … more

After over two years of delays, the trial for the Amanda Park man accused of killing a 46-year-old man and injuring a 12-year-old in Chehalis in December 2021 is scheduled to commence in Lewis County … more

Detectives are investigating a fatal structure fire that occurred in the Toledo area early Thursday morning, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office announced. Firefighters and deputies were … more

Bail is set at $100,000 for a Centralia man accused of assaulting a three-year-old boy on Tuesday, causing significant bruising to his face and head. The victim’s mother reported the assault … more

Five current and former Green Hill School inmates had preliminary hearings in Lewis County Superior Court on Tuesday, Jan. 16 for allegedly participating in a fight at the facility in October of … more

More details have been released about a man who apparently was shot to death in self-defense on Thursday, Jan. 11 Tenino, according to the Thurston County Coroner’s Office. The 50-year-old … more

CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Suspicious circumstances • Just before 11:15 a.m. on Jan. 12, a caller reported a case of “erratic driving” in the 1900 block of Northwest … more

Bail is set at $100,000 for the Olympia man arrested Sunday morning after an alleged “four-day crime spree” in Lewis County. ... more