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In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Thursday, Dec. 6, 1945, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about approximately $30,000 in damage being reported following a fire that broke out …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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The race for Napavine’s newest fire commissioner will come down to a hand recount.
Rick LeBoeuf defeated the deceased Tom Crowson for Commissioner Position 2 at Lewis County Fire District …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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Three people were hospitalized after a six-vehicle crash involving a school bus and a car hauler on northbound Interstate 5 in Thurston County on Thursday morning.
There were no kids on the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/5/25
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Members of the Morton City Council convened on Nov. 24 for their regular monthly meeting where they approved the city’s budget for 2026 along with a state-allowed 1% property tax levy cap …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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The Office of Chehalis Basin is bringing the party to the lower basin to talk about a new environmental impact statement for a proposed flood-mitigating flow-through dam.
The Office of Chehalis …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/5/25
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced in a news release that its new MyWDFW mobile application is now available for free download in the Google Play and Apple app stores.
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/5/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, this week joined a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing concerning sea lion predation in the Pacific Northwest.
Gluesenkamp Perez is not a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/5/25
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Thurston County intends to relinquish its ownership of 1.6 miles of the Yelm-Rainier-Tenino Trail within the limits of Yelm’s urban growth area.
Five parcels along state Route 507 totaling …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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With the council chambers of the Winlock City Hall filled to capacity and more Winlock residents listening outside in the hallways, members of the Winlock City Council voted to table both the …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners has finished its 2025-27 budget deliberations and is set to vote on Dec. 16.
“This was not an easy year,” Thurston County Manager …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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On the 83rd anniversary of the Imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor — Sunday, Dec. 7 — a pair of World War II veterans will be honored during the annual WWII dinner at the Veterans …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/5/25
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After 30 years and 50 productions as W.F. West High School’s theater director, Brian Adams will fold up his director’s chair after the school’s winter musical, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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Trumpeter swans are pictured at a pond near the Willapa Hills Trailhead in Chehalis on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Seeking dairy farm fields and wetlands, the swans, like clockwork, show up in late …
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Photos by Ridley Hudson / ridley@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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House and Senate Republicans say they have a “front row seat to a train wreck” next month as the Legislature prepares to fill a $2 billion state deficit with more taxes amid record …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/4/25
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A 77-year-old Chehalis man was killed in a traffic collision on state Route 6 near Chehalis on Thursday.
The man was identified by the Washington State Patrol as Gordon E. Johns.
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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A 67-year-old Olympia man was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday, Dec. 3, following a single-vehicle collision on Interstate 5 near Grand Mound, according to a news release from the Washington …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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The proposed annexation of the Chehalis urban growth area (UGA) will move forward as planned after a week-long delay in approving the process by Lewis County.
The Lewis County commissioners …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/4/25
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The Port of Chehalis announced Wednesday that Amazon has requested an assignment of sale through an existing purchase and sale agreement in the amount of $9,320,080.18 between the Port of Chehalis …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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Brady Wojtowicz, a 33-year-old man currently residing in Longview, made a preliminary appearance in Lewis County Superior Court Thursday, Dec. 4, to face one count of motor vehicle theft — a …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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12/4/25
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The Lewis County Farm Bureau will host its Christmas Party and Toy Drive from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at Red Barn Studios, 207 Goff Road, Chehalis.
The cost of entry is a donation to the toy …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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