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Kent Cooperrider, Oakley’s foster grandpa, and foster mom Jaime Jo Hiles stand alongside demonstrators with signs and megaphones outside the Grays Harbor County Correctional Facility Saturday in Montesano.
‘They Know Something’: Demonstrators Demand Answers From Oakley’s Parents
The walls of the Grays Harbor County Jail shook as inmates pounded on the windows, eliciting cheers from demonstrators gathered in the parking lot outside Saturday morning. “Make her … more
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Jenny Collins smiles while talking about donations the Chehalis Foundation has received to fund projects around Chehalis.
The Chronicle Person of the Year: Jenny Collins
According to Jenny Collins, there are a hundred people more qualified for the title than her. Her family, friends, partners in service and community members beg to differ. That’s why The … more
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Community Development Director Emil Pierson walks with United States Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler and points to where the Skookumchuck River flows behind Riverside Park in Centralia on Friday during a tour of flood damage with city and county officials.
‘The Time Is Now for the Flood-Control Structure’: Congresswoman Tours Centralia Flood Damage
It was a solemn scene on Friday: A tattered Centralia park and playground completed by the Rotary Club last year was still in disarray after intense Skookumchuck River flooding earlier this month. … more
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Tricia Ziese talks about Lewis County Gospel Mission and recent flooding in and around the building Monday evening during a Chehalis City Council meeting.
So Far 120 Homes, Structures Reporting Damage Totaling at Least $2 Million From January Flooding
Damage assessments reported to Lewis County Emergency Management so far show that at least 120 individual homes and structures have been damaged from historic flooding that inundated the Chehalis … more
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Debi Overlie, clerk and boardmember of Tenino's Forest Grove Cemetery, displays the unmarked children's graves that she was able to get recent donations for placards to commemorate the forgotten youths.
Tenino Cemetery Clerk Procures Grave Markers for 13 Forgotten Infants
People don’t often volunteer at Tenino’s Forest Grove Cemetery, so when cemetery clerk Debi Overlie put out a call on Facebook to raise funds for placards for the graves of forgotten … more
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Sisters Karlee and Taylor Bodine share a tender moment at a vigil held on the 15th anniversary of the day their mother’s body was found on the side of Little Rock Road Southwest near Rochester.
Vigil Marks 15 Years Since the Unsolved Murder of Karen Bodine
Friends and family of Karen Bodine, a Thurston County woman who was murdered in January 2007, were prepared for the 15th anniversary of the day Bodine’s body was found on the side of a road in … more
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Erik Dahl, 84, looks down at a crack which continues to form in the 2100 block of Little Hanaford Road Thursday in Centralia.
Residents Worry About Damage to Little Hanaford Road Caused by Recent Flooding
There’s a big problem on Little Hanaford.   Since about Jan. 7, the roadway on Little Hanaford Road, near the intersection with Salzer Valley Road outside Centralia, has been restricted … more
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FILE PHOTO — Peter Abbarno, Twin Cities Rotary Members Ron Averill and Catherine Cleveland, Area Director Anil Puri, Centralia Rotary President John Elmore and Centralia Rotary member Arnie Guenther pose during a 2020 Dolly Parton Imagination Library Sign-up Event at Centralia Library.
Statewide Funding for Dolly Parton Imagination Library Proposed in New House Bill
A new state House bill, if passed, would fund the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program statewide, creating and sustaining the program in counties across Washington.  This would mean, … more
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Billy James Bartlett, 30, appears in Lewis County Superior Court via Webex Thursday in Chehalis.
Defendant Who Allegedly Fatally Stabbed Man in Front of Children in Chehalis Deemed Competent
The Amanda Park man accused of killing 46-year-old William A. Foster III and injuring a 12-year-old in Chehalis last month has pleaded not guilty to all charges after a competency evaluation … more
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Billy James Bartlett, 30, appears in Lewis County Superior Court, via Webex, last month.
Victim of Fatal Chehalis Stabbing Identified by Lewis County Coroner
The Lewis County Coroner's Office has identified the victim of a fatal stabbing in Chehalis last month as William A. Foster III, 46, of Tacoma.  Coroner Warren McLeod determined the cause of … more
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Toledo School District transitions students to virtual learning amid a bus driver shortage.
‘Everybody’s Unhappy’: Toledo Schools Go Remote
Toledo students and their families received a troubling and unexpected message from their school district Monday evening: Toledo schools were all shifting to remote learning for the rest of the week … more
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James Miller, 64, points to where China Creek flowed over a manhole in the 500 block of Hemlock Street in Centralia.
After Recent Flooding, a Putrid Problem Persists for Some Centralians
Since 2002, James Miller has called Hemlock Street his home. It has been a little slice of heaven ever since for the 64-year-old Centralia resident and his wife. China Creek hums nearby in the … more
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Centralia Police Chief Stacy Denham and other volunteers work to carry heavy bags of wet debris from flooded areas to a trash site near Fort Borst Park Saturday morning. Organized and promoted by local businesses, individuals and governments, the cleanup attracted more than 250 volunteers Saturday morning. They met for their assignments at 9 a.m. at Fort Borst Park and then worked well into the afternoon.
In Focus: Hundreds of Volunteers Work to Clean Up After Flooding
Michael Chiu and Karl Kaiyala, with Team Rubicon, talk about disaster response after flooding in Centralia on Wednesday.
Who Are The Grayshirts? Team Rubicon Deploys Volunteers to Help With Lewis, Thurston Flood Response
You might see them this weekend. Team Rubicon — clad in their iconic gray shirts — will be out this weekend helping clean up after last week’s severe flooding displaced dozens … more
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Haylee Laur, 15, holds up the Maglite Tough Award Thursday morning inside the Virgil R. Lee Community Building in Chehalis while being recognized for saving her two siblings and the family pug from a house fire in Winlock last month.
‘Hero’: Winlock Girl Who Saved Siblings, Family Dog From Fire Gets Award
It was a snowy evening during Christmas week in Winlock and Haylee Laur, 15, was home babysitting two of her sisters when she smelled smoke coming from down the hall.  When she looked for the … more
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Dogs wade through flood water in Rochester at Misspits Rescue.
Community Rushes to Aid of Flooded Animal Rescue in South Thurston County
Without Noah’s Ark, relocating reptiles, cows, dogs, sheep, pigs, birds, goats and horses in a flood sounds impossible. Misspits Rescue between Rochester and Oakville began as a pitbull … more
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Josh Metcalf opens lids to cleaning kits from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as staff and volunteers work to clear debris at Lewis County Gospel Mission on Monday, after flood waters left the building closed.
‘It’s Touching’: Volunteers Help Lewis County Gospel Mission After Flood Ravages Chehalis Building
“Oh, Jesus,“ exclaimed a guest as he walked into the Lewis County Gospel Mission on Monday and saw the carnage: sopping food and clothing scattered across the wet floors, overturned … more
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Kimberley Parkison and a friend row through waters just off U.S. Highway 12 in Rochester to get to her home, which had a few inches of water in it on Saturday. Shortly after, Parkison got out of the canoe and walked it through a deep current.
‘I Really Didn’t Expect It to Be This Bad’: Major Rochester Flood Leaves Homes and Properties Damaged
Theron Shisler spent his Saturday morning to mid-afternoon with a Rainier beer in his hands and rubber boots on his feet, assessing the flood damage to his property.  He lives just off 183rd … more
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Rescue crews sit on standby at the Moon Road intersection to U.S. Highway 12 in Rochester as a unit transports a crash victim with a head injury across flood waters Saturday afternoon.
With Major Flood in Rochester, West Thurston Fire and Others Respond by Boat, Helicopter
On Saturday morning and well into the afternoon, a strong current of flood waters over U.S. Highway 12 near Moon Road in Rochester stretched as far as the eye could see. Fish swam over the … more
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Video: Major Flooding on the Chehalis River in South Thurston County
The Chehalis River in south Thurston County  has been in major flood stage all day, but the water is receding. Here are some scenes by Chronicle journalists Jared Wenzelburger and Isabel Vander … more
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