After three years as the director of Lewis County Public Health & Social Services (LCPHSS), JP Anderson is leaving for a position as the CEO of CHOICE Regional Health Network in Olympia.
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/18/22
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The Board of Lewis County Commissioners is looking for someone who would be willing to volunteer as the representative for District 1 on the Lewis County Public Facilities District (PFD) Board of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/18/22
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Hope Alliance, a local nonprofit that advocates for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, is putting out a call for help finding a new office location in the Chehalis-Centralia area that …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/18/22
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MORTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Morton Incidents
• An officer was dispatched to the Bucksnort Pub just before 5:05 p.m. on May 6 regarding a possible drunk driver. After following the vehicle, …
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5/18/22
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With just two more days for candidates to file for local, county and state elected positions, matchups began forming Tuesday and Wednesday as state Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, picked up a Democratic …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/18/22
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On Monday, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its decision to release approximately $191 million for Washington state farmers who lost their crops due to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/18/22
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Centralia Police Department Seeks Community Representatives to Assist in Deadly Force Investigations
The Centralia Police Department is seeking applicants for a pool of six to 10 non-law enforcement community representatives to assist independent investigation teams when they investigate officer use …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/18/22
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The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) announced on Tuesday that the library system’s staff is looking for community input regarding a new library building in Randle.
“All ideas …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/18/22
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Editor’s Note: The following article was published last month by WDFW.
The spring Chinook salmon hatchery program on the Cowlitz River does double duty: not only does it provide angling …
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By The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
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5/18/22
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In 1965 — the heyday of kitschy roadside attractions — Lee Hobbs had an idea to advertise his Army surplus store in Medford.
Though he had no artistic background, Hobbs thought his …
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By Samantha Swindle / The Oregonian
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5/18/22
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The U.S. Department of the Interior released the first volume of its Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report on last week, highlighting 150 years of mistreatment in federal …
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By Shaun Goodwin / The Idaho Statesman
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5/18/22
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Heidi MacDonald, 51, was “a little busy” last Friday morning as she prepared for her first time at the Centralia Farmers Market.
For MacDonald, the experience of selling produce at a …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/18/22
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On the 99th episode of News Dump, area man Aaron VanTuyl, Chronicle editor Eric Schwartz, reporter Isabel Vander Stoep and Nightcrawler discuss filing week posturing, the Aussies bringing sweet clean …
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5/17/22
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A 49-year-old Centralia man is facing felony charges for allegedly slapping a 9-year-old boy in the face in February then breaking into the child’s mother’s residence in April.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/17/22
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The stench emanating from 275 Lone Yew Road in Toledo quickly overwhelmed the three Lewis County Animal Control officers who toured the property alongside a veterinarian on March 31.
They …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/17/22
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New cases of COVID-19 in Thurston County increased in the health department’s latest report as 631 cases were tallied during the period of May 9 through May 15.
The prior week there were …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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5/17/22
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Gas prices started to decrease after the shock of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but prices are now on the rise again in the Evergreen State.
In Washington, the average of gas recently rose …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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5/17/22
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Wednesday marks the 42nd anniversary of the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens.
At 8:32 a.m. May 18, 1980, the mountain's top collapsed in the largest landslide in recorded history. It …
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Erin Middlewood / The Columbian
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5/17/22
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A powerful winter-like storm will bring rain and wind to western Washington on Wednesday. A foot of snow could fall in the Cascades.
"It's something we would be used to seeing in November or …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune
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5/16/22
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The road to the August primary election and the November general election officially began Monday with the start of filing week.
Would-be candidates have through Friday afternoon to file the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/16/22
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