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With the sun shining on a beautiful, clear day, 97 entrants brought their prized cars out to the fourth annual Onalaska Volunteer Firefighters Association (OVFA) Car Show on Saturday, Aug. 9, with …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/11/25
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A 2024 crime report released by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs revealed that crime in both the state as a whole and Thurston County specifically dropped from the previous …
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Ann Duan / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/11/25
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Nearly 200 birds, including chickens, turkeys and geese, 33 pigs, four dogs and one bull were recently rescued from “truly horrific and unacceptable living conditions,” the Thurston …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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8/11/25
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The Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners is considering not participating in a state grant aimed at housing and homelessness, which it has received for at least 10 years.
County …
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Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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8/9/25
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A 28-year-old registered sex offender who sexually exploited 10 different minor teens after cutting off his electronic monitoring device and absconding from Department of Corrections community …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/9/25
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A man accused of attempted murder and arson is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Olympia police arrested Darius Robert Smith, 25, on July 28 on suspicion of …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/8/25
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Ten months after Tumwater installed a solar-powered electric vehicle charger in a city park, new data obtained by the Washington Policy Center think tank indicates the EV charger has not lived up to …
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By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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8/8/25
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Ruben Ramirez, the now retired police officer who served with the Centralia Police Department for over 23 years, won’t be facing charges for the fatal Jan. 12 shooting of 23-year-old Alecandro …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/8/25
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Around two dozen people attended a town hall at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis on Wednesday, Aug. 6, organized by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Washington State Department of …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/8/25
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More than a month after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s release of a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” deemed oppositional to federal immigration aims, another agency has …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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8/8/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Danica Ann Nikolich, 44, of Centralia, was arrested for alleged possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl. The arrest stemmed from Centralia …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/8/25
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As Morton celebrates its 82nd Loggers Jubilee this weekend, a dedicated hometown couple will be grand marshals of the big parade.
Greg and Janet Norris have volunteered with Jubilee for decades. …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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8/8/25
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Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 2, the Lewis County Public Health & Social Services WIC Program will operate under revised office hours.
The new hours will align with the other departments within …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/8/25
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The Onalaska School District will hold its annual Stuff the Bus School Supply Drive Aug. 11-15. According to the school’s website, the event will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
The Stuff …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/8/25
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The Friends of the Centralia Timberland Library invites community members to attend their upcoming meeting on Friday, Aug. 23, at 11:30 a.m. in the library’s meeting room.
The Friends is a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/8/25
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Earlier this month, the Lewis County Public Utility District Board of Commissioners approved the next step of the process in negotiating a new contract with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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8/8/25
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For about five years, Dan Anderson and his wife, Jennifer Johnston, batted around her idea of opening a frozen yogurt shop in their home city of Toledo.
But when Johnston passed away in a …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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8/8/25
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Registration is now open for the ninth annual Cornhole Tournament & Sausage Fest hosted by Dick’s Brewing Company in Centralia.
The event takes place Saturday, Sept. 6, at 3516 Galvin …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/8/25
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Cornerstone, a community-centered Chehalis partnership, recently received $863,420 through the Washington Student Achievement Council’s (WSAC) Regional Challenge Grant (RCG) renewal.
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/8/25
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During a mid-July football drill, incoming Tenino High School junior and Beavers running back and linebacker Parker Minerich made a cut and felt a crunch in his left foot.
Immediate fear rushed …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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8/8/25
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