The Chronicle presented the Best of Lewis County 2024 Awards at McFiler's Chehalis Theater on Thursday, Oct. 24.
Enjoy these photos of winners from dozens of categories included in this …
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10/28/24
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Roughly a quarter of Lewis County’s registered voters have returned their ballots, according to data from the Washington Secretary of State's (SOS) office, though turnout lags behind the pace …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/28/24
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With inflation hitting hard, real estate and rental prices are at premiums many can’t afford, and this issue is only exacerbated in the aviation world where hangar space is already hard to come …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/28/24
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Halloween is upon us, and with the holiday landing on a Thursday this year, there are plenty of events throughout the Lewis County area for those who don’t want to restrict their celebration to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/28/24
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When Wolf Haven International was first established in Tenino in 1982, it operated under a philosophy that, while standard for the times, put the interests of humans over the interests of the animals …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/25/24
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The final stops on the “Freedom To Fix $#*% RV Tour” found Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez campaigning through northern Lewis County and southern Thurston County this week as the …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/25/24
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The two most powerful Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives were in Southwest Washington Thursday morning, the latest sign of the party’s keen interest in unseating incumbent …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/25/24
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Avian influenza has been identified in a Lewis County poultry flock, according to a news release from Lewis County Public Health and Social Service.
A backyard flock tested preliminary positive …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/25/24
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“Hard work, dedication and beast mode” is the motto Centralia resident and dog trainer Sarah Baker feels best represents her 7-year-old cocker spaniel, Skeptic.
Those three …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/23/24
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Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won’t answer the most asked political question in America this year: Who will you vote for, for president?
On Monday, after a couple slugs from a pint …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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10/23/24
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Two 31-year-old Navy veterans from California were identified Monday as the aviators killed when their EA-18G Growler crashed last week east of Mount Rainier.
Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay Evans, a naval …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/22/24
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While the 2024 Boo-coda Spook-tacular Casket Races didn’t have the speed or star-power of last weekend’s Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix, hundreds of people still descended on Boo-coda — …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/21/24
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Roughly 150 community members who attended a fundraiser benefiting Brody Hamilton, a boy from Onalaska who is currently battling brain cancer, raised at least $28,000 on Saturday, Oct. 19.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/21/24
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Two 31-year-old Navy pilots from California were identified Monday as the victims in the Growler crash east of Mount Rainier last week.
Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, a naval flight officer, and …
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By Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/21/24
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In Washington, Bigfoot rules the forest. But the skies? That's for the little green men.
In 2007, Yakima resident Troy Hampton-Peterson was looking at the stars outside Moses Lake when he and a …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/20/24
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Lewis County is famous for many paranormal happenings.
Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 UFO sighting helped coin the phrase “flying saucer,” and the county’s forests are hot spots …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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While the speakers and topics changed, the message of the annual Lewis County flood meeting at Jester’s Auto Museum and Events Center Thursday was consistent: prepare now.
With winter …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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Praising the structure as critical to ensuring the sheriff’s office can promptly respond to calls and as an important staging area in the event of an emergency, Lewis County Sheriff Rob Snaza …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/17/24
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A former Green Hill School corrections employee who is already facing charges for allegedly “turning a blind eye” to an assault inside the facility in January was arrested again on …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/17/24
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Aerial search crews located the wreckage of a U.S. Navy aircraft after a full day of combing the mountains and forests east of Mt. Rainier.
Two crew members piloting the EA-18G Growler from …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review(TNS)
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10/16/24
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