By the time the Renaissance began, the oldest trees in the Grove of the Matriarchs may have already turned 300.
Today, “old growth” generally refers to trees that are older than 100 …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/2/23
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A month before two graduations may not seem like the best time to open a small business, but for Saige Brindle, the timing was right.
“I’ve always wanted to open my own …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/2/23
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Owner John Panesko has previously described the Pioneer Cemetery in Chehalis as “a place for people who were not wanted.”
People who died of tuberculosis in a nearby hospital were …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/29/23
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An educator, firefighter and avid outdoorsmen, Jordan Duncan constantly looks for ways to connect his different worlds.
“I like to give my administrators headaches,” said Duncan, a …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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9/29/23
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It’s not uncommon to see high school students working part-time as baristas, but it’s rare to see those same high schoolers managing the business as well.
That’s what you see …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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9/29/23
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Asked to write the three words that best describe 10-year-old Tylie Tobin, her mom instead wrote 600.
First, a few adjectives: feisty, loving, strong, nurturing, gracious, confident and …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/27/23
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Five years after the City of Napavine had to “red tag” Mayme Shaddock Park’s kitchen for demolition, the city broke ground Tuesday on new a community kitchen at the park.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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9/27/23
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Deep in the woods of the Weyerhaeuser Vail Tree Farm, over 40 exhibitors in the forestry industry demonstrated the ins and outs of timber harvesting at the ninth Pacific Logging Congress Live …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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9/26/23
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If the quarry walls could talk, they’d have a story to tell, one the Tenino Carvers Guild wants the next generation to hear.
The story also caught the ear of Rep. Peter Abbarno, …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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9/25/23
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Access to schools and family wage jobs, healthy wildlife populations, trails through towering evergreens, clean air, clean water, an abundance of fish, and wood processed in local mills.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/25/23
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Believers and skeptics alike attended the third Chehalis Flying Saucer Party Saturday In the city’s downtown area to celebrate the 76th anniversary of Kenneth Arnold’s historic UFO …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/25/23
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When the California Interagency Incident Management Team 13 arrived in Randle early this month, taking over for another team, there were 43 active fires scattered across the Gifford Pinchot National …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/22/23
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Equipment necessary for the favorite hobbies of 10-year-old Isaac Flores, of Centralia, doesn’t show up on the top of the page after an Amazon.com search for “cool gifts for 10-year-old …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/22/23
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Mr. 1,500 is no more. Now, he’s Mr. 2,000.
“Who's ready to rock!?,” Toledo High School Senior Chris Havey, 17, said in front of the roughly 200 students Thursday afternoon who …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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9/21/23
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An Olympia man is facing felony charges in Lewis County Superior Court after members of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET), Thurston County Narcotics Task Force (TNT) and the federal Drug …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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9/21/23
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For most of 2023, Lewis County has been on track to break its all-time fatal overdose record.
That didn’t make it easier to accept for Lewis County Coroner’s Office staff on Tuesday.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/20/23
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According to the National Library of Medicine, harm reduction during the HIV/AIDS epidemic took the form of condoms.
The theory today, while still controversial, is the same.
Now, …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/20/23
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Lewis County employees will not be required to adhere to a future mask mandate should the state decide to implement one.
“Some might say that ‘this means nothing,’” …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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9/19/23
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Thanks to some radio stations up north, thousands of people showed up in Mossyrock on Saturday, Sept. 16, for the city’s second annual Mexican Independence Day celebration, Mossyrock Mayor …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/18/23
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Following a nearly three-year-long ordeal trying to get memorial design plans approved, John Bailey, 78, has finally succeeded in preserving one of the last two remaining pieces of the …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/18/23
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