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The Market Street Bakery and Cafe in Chehalis has announced this month’s art display featuring the works of local watercolorist Jean Morey.
During February, visitors will have the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/19/25
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All are invited to help plant native trees and shrubs at the Seminary Hill Natural Area in Centralia over the next two weekends.
Volunteers are being sought to dig, plant and support an …
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2/19/25
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Lewis County Hospital District No. 1, which oversees Arbor Health Morton Hospital and associated clinics in East Lewis County, has announced new appointments on its board of commissioners.
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/19/25
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Lewis County commissioners approve change order for additional closeout work at new homeless shelter
The Lewis County Board of Commissioners ratified a change order Tuesday with Schwiesow Construction, Inc., for $2,070 in close out work on the new night-by-night shelter in Chehalis, bringing the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/19/25
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The Skookumchuck Bridge and the Cowlitz River Bridge on Interstate 5 in Lewis County will see overnight lane closures next week as Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) bridge …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/19/25
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An 18-year-old Oregon woman died in a single-vehicle crash on northbound Interstate 5 in Cowlitz County on Monday after her vehicle left the roadway and struck trees.
Breauna L. Vaughn, of Eagle …
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2/19/25
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The sounds of 1960s and 1970s bands are now on the airwaves in East Lewis County as the Packwood Improvement Club’s new classic rock radio station — KVRY 89.1 FM — is now …
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2/19/25
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Anyone planning a visit to the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis on Wednesday, Feb. 26, might notice more than a few regional law enforcement K9 units conducting drug searches,
Don’t be …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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2/19/25
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On Feb. 18, 1925, Clarence Piper was born in the Puyallup Valley. He was one of seven children of Francis “Frank” and Stella Piper, who lived on a small farm near Orting.
A century …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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2/19/25
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A 36-year-old man accused of raping a child, robbing his friend and fleeing to Idaho is being held in the Thurston County jail without bail.
Devin James Smith appeared in Thurston County …
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2/19/25
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Thurston County's Health Officer is leaving her role the first week of March, she has announced.
Dimyana Abdelmalek stepped into the role in July 2020, about four months after the county learned …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/19/25
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Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests in the face of a projected $12 billion budget deficit without impacting local governments and school districts that get money from those timber …
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By Libby Denkmann and Alec Cowan / KUOW
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2/19/25
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A Tacoma man accused of driving erratically and fleeing from a Washington State Patrol trooper on Interstate 5 in Lewis County on Friday is facing felony DUI and attempt to elude charges in Lewis …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/18/25
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Bail is set at $500,000 for a Centralia man with at least three DUI-related convictions within 10 years on his record who was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly driving while intoxicated in …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/18/25
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Bail is set at $20,000 for a man accused of threatening to kill Morton Police Chief Cole Cournyer, driving toward Cournyer at a high rate of speed before swerving and fleeing and later being stopped …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/18/25
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The former president of the Oakview Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) arrested last week for allegedly embezzling nearly $20,000 from the PTO was charged Tuesday in Lewis County …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/18/25
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Democrats in the Washington state Legislature have introduced House Bill 1938, which would create the Washington State Flag Redesign Committee to lead efforts to create a new flag.
The process …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/18/25
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Following are members of the Adna Middle/High School’s first semester academic lists. Students are listed in alphabetical order. The list was provided by the Adna School District.
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2/18/25
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Toughness and togetherness.
The Rainier High School boys basketball team’s motto has typically been confined to its play on the court as it continues its historic run into the 2B District …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/18/25
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Thurston County District Court had a much busier year in 2024 than in 2023, county public defense officials showed.
Patrick O’Connor, county public defense director, presented a state of …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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2/18/25
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