Though Friday’s weather was overcast and rainy, with late winter storms blowing through the region during winter’s final weekend, Centralia and Rochester high schools’ baseball …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/17/25
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Though spring is officially set to begin on Thursday, March 20, another late-winter storm hit East Lewis County last weekend, putting fresh powder down for skiers and snowboarders competing in White …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/17/25
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The family of Don Piccolo, one of two victims of a double homicide in Winlock last month, has started a fundraiser to cover the costs of his celebration of life and burial arrangements.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/17/25
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With overcrowding at one of Washington's two youth prisons hitting a crisis point, state lawmakers this legislative session have homed in on juvenile crime and incarceration, hoping to provide relief …
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3/17/25
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Three people have died following a crash on Interstate 5 near the Scatter Creek Rest Area Sunday morning, according to the Washington State Patrol.
As of 6:30 a.m., the three-vehicle crash …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/16/25
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The Chehalis Basin Collaborative for Salmon Habitat and American Rivers held a community meeting Thursday, March 13, at the Twin Cities Senior Center to present details of their new proposed project …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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3/14/25
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This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements : smelt and people dipping for them.
Each year …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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3/14/25
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The Washington state Office of Independent Investigations provided an update Thursday on its ongoing investigation into a deadly police shooting that occurred in Centralia on Jan. 12.
The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/13/25
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Three Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center employees received a standing ovation from a packed Lewis County Board of County Commissioners hearing room on Wednesday as they were publicly honored for …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/12/25
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Anglers from across the Pacific Northwest took to the banks of the Cowlitz River on Wednesday, March 12, for the opening of the state's brief smelt dipping season.
All it took was a few empty …
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By Kody Christen / kody@chronline.com
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3/12/25
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When it comes to developing lands within a flood zone in the Chehalis River Basin, there aren’t many options to begin with, let alone alternatives that can benefit the local economy and aid in …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/12/25
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The Centralia Police Department and the FBI are investigating damage to Tesla charging stations in Centralia that occurred early Monday morning.
The Chehalis Police Department is …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/11/25
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Robert Eugene Chandler, 35, from the Toledo area, was charged Monday, March 10, in Lewis County Superior Court with two counts of first-degree aggravated murder.
The charge is defined as a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/10/25
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After first conceiving the idea for a Tenino Veterans Honor Roll Memorial Wall over a decade ago, the Tenino Honor Roll Committee finally broke ground for the new memorial on Saturday, March 8, at …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/10/25
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Of the more than 50 dogs and puppies that were at the Veterans Memorial Museum on Chehalis on Saturday, March 8, during the second Operation Adoption event, 11 of them were adopted, according to Red …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/10/25
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Madeline Scalici was crowned Miss Lewis County 2025 and Hailey Sturdevant was crowned Miss Lewis County’s Teen 2025 on Saturday, March 8.
Scalici is the 63rd Miss Lewis County and …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/9/25
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The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the suspected murders of two people in Winlock.
At about 10 p.m. on Friday, Robert Chandler Jr, 35, from the Toledo area, was …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/7/25
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On Thursday, March 6, a group of 13 students from the Washington State School for the Blind in Vancouver bundled up in their warmest winter gear and boarded vans for one of the most unique field …
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By Kody Christen / kody@chronline.com
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3/7/25
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Born in Spokane during the middle of the Great Depression in 1933, William “Bill” Logan — a U.S. Army veteran who served in Korean and Vietnam before becoming Lewis County sheriff …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/7/25
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Ever since the 1960s, commuters on Interstate 5 driving by Exit 72 in Napavine have seen politically-charged right wing messages prominently displayed on the now famous — or perhaps infamous, …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/7/25
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