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Editor’s Note: Each December, The Chronicle staff compiles a list of their biggest stories from the past year. Here’s our selection of the biggest stories from one of the most eventful years we …
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12/31/20
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COUNTRY Financial announced this week it had named the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office as a 2020 recipient of a COUNTRY Financial Operation Helping Heroes donation. COUNTRY Financial representative …
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By The Chronicle
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12/30/20
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The Cowlitz Indian Tribe plans to inventory existing beaver habitat in Southwest Washington on private and public timber lands that are located on the aboriginal lands of the tribe.The project will …
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By The Chronicle
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12/30/20
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Much of the Cascade mountain range and its foothills — including White Pass and East Lewis County, was included in a winter weather advisory Wednesday from the National Weather Service. The NWS …
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By The Chronicle
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12/30/20
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Arbor Health, Morton Hospital recently completed the installation of a new CT scanner, intended to give patients a higher-quality test, less radiation and a faster turnaround, according to the …
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By The Chronicle
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12/30/20
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Lewis County’s 1927 historic courthouse — where county officials still work — is one step closer to receiving a grant of approximately $400,000. As county commissioners noted this week, Gov. …
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By The Chronicle
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12/30/20
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BUCODA — Bucoda Volunteer Park sits empty on a 37-degree December afternoon. The dozen picnic tables, newish-looking playground equipment and covered outdoor kitchen area are all idle Wednesday. …
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By Eric Trent / etrent@chronline.com
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12/30/20
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A cordless power drill buzzes as Kyle Sprague, Centralia High School’s assistant basketball coach, unscrews Christmas-themed billboards lining Fort Borst Park as Centralia senior football player …
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By Eric Trent / etrent@chronline.com
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12/28/20
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Regardless of your beliefs and experiences, we can likely all agree that 2020 has been a memorable year. We asked Chronicle staff photographer Jared Wenzelburger to compile some of his favorite …
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12/28/20
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Lewis County has officially brought Centralia, Vader, Toledo, Winlock and Pe Ell into the fold of its division of emergency management, which, as directed by state law, creates plans for regional …
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By The Chronicle
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12/28/20
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OAKVILLE — It’s dead silent as Steven Johnson and I sit in a hunting blind surveying a rolling livestock pasture on a chilly December night.
Johnson, 32, an Oakville resident, holds his …
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By Eric Trent / etrent@chronline.com
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12/28/20
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We suspected the 2020 election year was going to be wild.We had no idea.In Washington, as across the country, a decade's worth of news got jammed into 12 seemingly endless months. Here's a look at …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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12/28/20
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A right-wing militia organization is planning to enter and occupy the state Legislative Building when the 2021 session begins, saying keeping the Capitol closed while the Legislature works remotely …
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By Brandon Block / The Olympian
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12/28/20
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On Wednesday, Dec. 16, United States Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, and Katie Porter, D-California, introduced the Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination …
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By The Chronicle
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12/27/20
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For 56 years, Adna’s Jim Stafford has been creating artistic gems, namely bronze wildlife sculptures that sit in households around the world.
He traveled the wildlife art circuit across the …
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By Eric Trent / etrent@chronline.com
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12/24/20
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Local Girl Scouts Kimberlie Brunner and Susannah Berry, both 15 years old, have earned the highest award for their age group — the Silver Award — by completing work on a sustainable project that …
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By Celene Fitzgerald / cfitzgerald@chronline.com
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12/24/20
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Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, announced this week his assignments on committees for the 2021 Legislative session, scheduled to begin this month. Walsh has been selected as the lead Republican …
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By The Chronicle
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12/24/20
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Tara Groninger was named “Oakvillian of the Year” on Friday night at the Oakville Community Center for her revival of the Oakville Food Bank during a time of great need brought on by the COVID-19 …
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By Celene Fitzgerald / cfitzgerald@chronline.com
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12/24/20
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Centralia Police DepartmentWarrant Arrest• Kimberly R. Iverson, 45, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for an outstanding Lewis County Superior Court warrant after being contacted …
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12/24/20
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The Thurston County unemployment rate inched up to 6.3 percent in November from a revised figure of 5.5 percent in October, said Jim Vleming, a regional economist with the state Employment Security …
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By The Olympian
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12/24/20
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