Wherever you were on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans from coast to coast were affected by the terrorist attacks unleashed on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, even if they had no personal connection. …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/11/23
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Improving access to education and job opportunities will be essential to the long-term goal of reducing poverty in the region.
“We can help with education. We can help with access to …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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9/11/23
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A 2004 article in The Chronicle headlined “Devoted minister to retire” was unintentionally wrong.
Rev. Ralph Carr, who became the pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/11/23
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The Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) on Thursday announced an ongoing investigation at Green Hill School in Chehalis after receiving tips alleging a staff member was providing narcotics to a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/8/23
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Retired Toledo reserve officer Randy Pennington was getting ready to return his patrol car after his last shift with the police department in July 2022 when he got a call from Winlock Police Chief …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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9/8/23
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The homeless encampment at Blakeslee Junction, on Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) land, is being cleared by construction crews ahead of a sale to Rainier Rail.
After …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/8/23
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Though he lives in the homeless encampment at Blakeslee Junction, Martin Russell, 63, has spent the last seven years neither houseless nor homeless.
It’s not a riddle.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/6/23
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The Chronicle is standing by its original reporting following a demand by a candidate in the Third Congressional District to alter an article first published in March 2022.
A lawyer representing …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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9/5/23
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This morning, state and local agencies began sweeping Blakeslee Junction, an encampment of about 25 people between Interstate 5 and a three-way railroad crossing at the end of Eckerson Road in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/5/23
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People living at Blakeslee Junction, a railroad interchange in Centralia and the location of the area’s largest homeless encampment, were given a one-week deadline to clear out by Tuesday, …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/4/23
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While a chance of rain was in the forecast, the weather at the eighth annual Rust or Shine Car Show and Music Festival remained pleasantly overcast without rain, at least until about halfway through …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/4/23
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Several fires scattered across east Lewis and north Skamania counties have reached a combined 697 acres and are 5% contained as of Monday morning.
After lightning on Aug. 25 came in contact with …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/4/23
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On Thursday, in the field just west of White Pass Junior Senior High School, firefighters from across the country were busy building a small town. In one neighborhood, there are tents. In another, a …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/1/23
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Almost exactly one year ago, Packwood’s Labor Day weekend flea market was in full swing as helicopters circled over to drop water on the Goat Rocks Fire.
On Sept. 5, 2022, the U.S. Forest …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/1/23
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Caitlin Rogers can tell you exactly how long it’s been.
“Four years, eight months and five days,” she said Thursday.
It’s a milestone she never imagined …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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9/1/23
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For about a decade, Blakeslee Junction, a railroad interchange in Centralia, has been a crossroads for more than just freight.
There, on about 4 acres of land between Interstate 5, Eckerson and …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/30/23
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Kids learning to garden at Toledo Elementary School can now be part of the full growing process, from seed to fruit, thanks to a new greenhouse built in the school’s garden.
The …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/30/23
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Whether your car has a faded and scratched paint job complete with rusty bumpers or a shiny and waxed paint job with chrome bumpers, it’s welcome at the eighth annual Rust or Shine Car Show and …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/30/23
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The Bearcats Stadium was far from ready to host a ballgame Monday afternoon, but now that the Chehalis Foundation and the Chehalis School District have broken ground on a project to completely …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/29/23
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