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Editor’s note: This is the second installation of a profile of Centralia’s Rev. Alta Smith by Chronicle columnist Julie McDonald. To read the first installment, visit https://tinyurl.com/bde7ahju …
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12/29/25
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The road to Paradise has ostensibly gotten easier to climb. After three consecutive seasons of limited openings at the gate to the state’s highest-elevation road-accessible winter wonderland, Mount …
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By Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/29/25
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On the Satsop Business Park, where Keys Road intersects Lambert Road, brand-new yellow Vexar tubing dots the hillside amongst the sword fern and logging slash. Protected within these mesh tubs are …
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By Andrea Watts / The Daily World
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12/29/25
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Grays Harbor County District 3 Commissioner Vickie Raines will not seek a fourth term and is stepping down from elected service. Raines made the announcement Friday afternoon.
“After months of …
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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12/29/25
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Nearly a month before his abrupt October resignation as Kalama police chief, Rafael "Ralph" Herrera received a unanimous vote of no confidence from the police union that represents the department, …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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12/29/25
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Dennis Anderson, 53, died after a tree fell on his tent during a storm earlier this month, the Cowlitz County Coroner's Office reported Friday.
The leader of a local nonprofit says he was …
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Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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12/29/25
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A Lewis County man accused of brutally assaulting and threatening to kill a woman in June has been arrested on a $100,000 warrant.
A Lewis County Superior Court judge ruled Friday, Dec. …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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A Centralia man accused of breaking a 2-month-old baby’s legs is facing felony charges.
Jonathan T. Murphy, 21, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail at 12:25 p.m. on Dec. …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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A Thurston County man accused of murdering another driver during a road rage incident earlier this month pleaded not guilty to all charges on Friday.
Tucker S. Shirk, 24, of Lacey, is …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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12/26/25
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One of the men accused of killing two teenagers in a drive-by shooting in Thurston County is wanted out of California for carjacking and assault charges.
Jaden Hawk Johns, 20, had a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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12/26/25
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A Thurston County Sheriff’s Office K9 and his handler located and arrested a domestic violence suspect on Christmas Day after a two month-long manhunt.
The suspect’s name had not been …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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A driver was rescued from a ravine in Thurston County on Christmas Day after their vehicle left the roadway and rolled down an embankment.
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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The Tumwater Police Department promoted two of its service members, Danielle Dawson and Bryent Finch, on Tuesday.
Following a swearing-in ceremony, Officer Dawson became Sergeant Dawson, …
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By The Thurston Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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As the Cowlitz River began to rise earlier this month, one group of riverside residents and property owners near Packwood worked fast to brace their neighborhood from the raging waterway.
Around …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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Residents of the Chehalis River Basin have spent lifetimes living with flooding and decades working with the state to find a more effective way to prepare.
But state flood insurance numbers show …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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CT Publishing launched its newest venture into local journalism when the Thurston Chronicle website went live earlier this month.
The digital-first publication — thurstonchronicle.com — will …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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The Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association will host an acoustic music jam on Friday, Jan. 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lewis County Historical Museum, located at 599 NW Front Way in downtown …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public input on a draft periodic status review for the Canada lynx that includes a recommendation to keep the animal classified …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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Riverside Fire Authority personnel responded to a reported structure fire in the 200 block of Blanchard Road in Centralia involving a manufactured home at about 3:31 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24.
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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A man who crashed his vehicle into a tree in Winlock Tuesday afternoon is now facing a felony DUI charge.
Brenden Keith Banta, 28, of Vader, allegedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.135 when …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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