With Lewis County Transit’s fleet of diesel engine buses aging and incurring more repair costs, the public transit system on Monday, March 18, accepted the first of three hydrogen-powered buses …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/18/24
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Though it was balmy by mountain standards and conditions were a tad bit slushy, dozens of competitors stepped into their ski or snowboard bindings to compete in the White Pass Ski Area’s 2024 …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/18/24
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Gov. Jay Inslee will soon likely sign a bill into law that will require Washington smelt dippers to get a license before they wade out with their nets.
Recreational fishing licenses have …
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By Caleb Barber / The Daily News
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3/18/24
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Born and raised in Mossyrock, Morgan Browning still lives in the East Lewis County community famous for its blueberries. She is currently pursuing a firefighting career while volunteering for Lewis …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/15/24
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Cole Meckle, the pastor of Gather Church, knows that distributing clean needles can sound counterproductive amid a record-breaking drug epidemic.
But the program, he insists, is backed up by …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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3/15/24
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The trial for the man accused of killing a pregnant Chehalis woman and her 2-year-old son in a DUI crash last year is now scheduled to begin in May.
Samantha Denney, of Chehalis, was traveling …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/15/24
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Award-winning rapper Macklemore surprised young artists at Green Hill School in Chehalis on Friday, March 8, by attending the watch party for a youth-produced anti-fentanyl campaign video, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald /
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3/13/24
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After securing the first state title in program history, the Napavine girls basketball team was on Tuesday morning lauded by the Lewis County Board of Commissioners as “one of those classic …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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3/12/24
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A Green Hill School staff member was arrested Monday for allegedly “turning a blind eye” while two Green Hill inmates attacked another inmate in early January.
The employee, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/12/24
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When Jim and Laurie Judd’s daughter, Jocelyn, broke her neck during an April 2014 skiing accident in Wyoming and ended up paralyzed, her parents feared she might never walk again, let alone …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/12/24
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The Academy Awards may have captured the global spotlight this weekend, but many eyes in Lewis County were turned toward their own star-studded awards night on Saturday: the annual Miss Lewis County …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/11/24
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The Boys & Girls Club of Lewis County’s plan to build a United Learning Center in Centralia received two major funding boosts last week, with nearly $6 million in additional funds set to …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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3/11/24
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Funding for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to combat sea lion predation on the lower Columbia River and its tributaries was removed from the state’s operating budget during …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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3/11/24
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Got an axe to grind? Why not throw it instead?
Area residents and visitors can now challenge coworkers, friends and family in axe-throwing games at the newly opened PNW Axe House in downtown …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/8/24
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When asked if there was anything he wanted to say after his elotes won first place in the 2024 Sodexo Future Chefs National Challenge at Orin Smith Elementary School in Chehalis on Thursday, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/8/24
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The House of Representatives officially welcomed its newest member Thursday, and in the process, set a record unlikely ever to be matched — much less broken.
Lilian Hale, the stepdaughter …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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3/8/24
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The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office says it has arrested a 33-year-old Castle Rock woman for animal cruelty linked to the discovery of a dog on the Spirit Lake Highway that had been shot in the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/7/24
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Crowds from across the state gathered along the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon for the second day of smelt-dipping approved by the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) this …
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By Ridley Hudson / ridley@chronline.com
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3/6/24
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Miss Lewis County 2023 Myah O’Neill will pass on the crown and the first ever Miss Teen Lewis County will be named during the annual Miss Lewis County Scholarship Program night on Saturday, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/5/24
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The Washington state Legislature passed a trio of initiatives Monday to loosen vehicle pursuit restrictions, establish a parental “bill of rights” and prevent the state from implementing …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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3/4/24
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