Though she no longer manages the Tower Avenue Chevron where she began handing out free meals on holidays to anyone who wanted one on Thanksgiving Day 2022, Leah Rader will still be serving up free …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/23/24
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Nine animals — five cats and four dogs — now have new homes for Christmas after being adopted during the first Operation Adoption event at the Veterans Memorial Museum this past weekend …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/23/24
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The state of Washington plans to open a new, 48-bed juvenile rehabilitation facility in an unutilized building at Stafford Creek Detention Center near Aberdeen by early March, officials said during a …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/20/24
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With Christmas quickly approaching, the Borst Park Lights — a Christmas-themed drive-thru light display at Fort Borst Park in Centralia — will still be shining brightly for any interested …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/20/24
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Approximately 70 concerned Fords Prairie neighborhood residents attended a town hall at the Centralia High School library on Thursday, Dec. 19, to learn more about the recent announcement that their …
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12/20/24
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A school shooting halfway across the country is reverberating in Lewis County.
The Fords Prairie Elementary School and Centralia Christian School communities and others in Lewis County are …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/19/24
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Legislation to honor the late mayor of Bucoda by renaming the town’s post office in his honor will now head to President Joe Biden’s desk for final approval.
Spearheaded by Rep. …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/19/24
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With Christmas approaching, an area church is embarking on its annual effort to “proclaim the true meaning” of the holiday.
Christmas Island has returned at the Maytown Assembly of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/18/24
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Green Hill School announced Wednesday that it is in the process of implementing new restrictions and increasing the number of searches at the juvenile rehabilitation facility in Chehalis.
The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/18/24
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The Lewis County Salvation Army has transformed its Centralia headquarters into the North Pole as Santa’s elves prepare to hand out more than 7,000 presents ahead of Christmas.
“It …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/18/24
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Inslee proposes taxing wealthy residents and businesses to close Washington’s budget gap
His final two-year spending plan calls for raising about $13 billion over four years from …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Laurel Demkovich / The Washington Standard
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12/18/24
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A recently released report into a plane crash two years ago in Pasco gives the clearest picture to date of why the private jet slammed into the tarmac at the Tri-Cities Airport.
The small Cessna …
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12/17/24
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A break in the rain and slightly warmer temperatures arrived just in time for the 15th annual Lighted Tractor Parade in downtown Centralia on Saturday night.
Thousands of people attended the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/16/24
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Buoyed by funds from the recent annexation of 1,355 acres of land, the city of Winlock has avoided the fate of jurisdictions across the state during the 2025 budgeting cycle.
The city, Mayor …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/16/24
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With animal shelter space hard to come by in Lewis and Thurston counties, the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis is partnering with Rochester’s Red Rose Animal Rescue and Feisty Felines feral …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/16/24
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Chehalis School District teacher Halee Karnofski has turned the stories she grew up hearing from her grandma into a series of books she hopes will inspire kids to reach for their dreams.
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Submitted by the Chehalis School District
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12/16/24
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Thinking about taking a trip to Mount Rainier National Park this winter? You might want to think twice about it if you are not properly prepared.
The park was ranked the second-deadliest …
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Rosemary Montalvo / The News Tribune (TNS)
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12/16/24
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Some Centralia area residents living in the Fords Prairie neighborhood near Centralia High School and the banks of the Chehalis River are now questioning whether it's safe to drink the water coming …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/13/24
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Billed as the “person the media goes to to figure out how Democrats talk to the working class again,” U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, discussed how her party can best serve …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/13/24
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Christmas lights and decorations light up the home of Terry and Wendy Harris in Chehalis on Thursday, Dec. 12. The home is in the 600 block of Northwest Quincy Place.
The Chronicle will …
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12/13/24
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