The Lewis County Coroner's Office, in partnership with John Panesko and the Pioneer Cemetery, will hold a public internment of unclaimed cremated remains at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
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10/3/22
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The owner of an injured chihuahua that died after it was left in a hot car parked at a Centralia grocery store in May was convicted of second-degree animal cruelty in Lewis County Superior Court on …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/3/22
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
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• A Centralia man was arrested in the 100 block of South Pearl Street at 12:35 p.m. on Sept. 30 and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for …
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10/3/22
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The Tenino Young-at-Heart Theatre, the Olympia Elks Lodge and the Rochester Citizens Group will present a dinner theater to celebrate the month of Halloween. The Italian dinner will be a murder …
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10/3/22
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The City of Centralia Public Works department announced Monday its employees will begin to flush fire hydrants in the city next Monday, Oct. 10.
Hydrant flushing is conducted twice a year and is …
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10/3/22
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The Centralia School District is accepting applications for appointment to a vacant school board position through 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 14, the district announced Friday.
Applicants must be …
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10/3/22
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The Goat Rocks Fire has burned 4,193 acres as of Monday morning and is still 0% contained, according to an incident management team update on Monday.
Officials are still holding out for the start …
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10/3/22
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The Lewis-Pacific Swiss Society held Oktoberfest in Frances on Saturday. The 53rd Oktoberfest in the Pacific County town was held after two years of cancellations due to COVID-19 restrictions. The …
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10/3/22
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Centralia’s 1,800 students were expected to join students throughout the nation from Oct. 5 to Oct. 17, 1942, in staging an “all-out drive for scrap metal,” a shortage of which was …
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10/3/22
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It’s a Tuesday night at the RV Inn Style Convention Center in Vancouver, and congressional candidates Joe Kent and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez are dressed to look sharp. Kent, a former special …
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10/3/22
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Teams raced down East Seventh Street during the Boo-coda Pine Box Derby Casket Races on Saturday.
Six teams competed in the event in which participants look to clock the fastest time. …
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10/3/22
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Those commuting this week between Thurston and Lewis counties should prepare for possible "long delays and backups," according to the state Department of Transportation.
That's because portions of …
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10/2/22
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Thurston County officials said they oppose a state proposal to create a new two-runway airport at a rural site southeast of Olympia.
The potential airport would be within a circular area that …
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10/2/22
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Lewis County is not unique in its rising population of unsheltered residents. But, perhaps unlike larger counties in Western Washington, the county could count on one hand the number of homeless …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/30/22
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Editor’s Note: Look for coverage on the debate between Lewis County commissioner candidates Scott Brummer and Harry Bhagwandin in an upcoming edition of The Chronicle.
The Packwood …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/30/22
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Jonathan M. Kirkpatrick has now been incarcerated at the Washington Corrections Center for 26 years after receiving a 60-year sentence for the 1993 murder of Winlock resident Joyce Robertson.
He …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/30/22
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Washington state organizations will receive $2 million in funding to provide diapers to families in need, U.S. Senator Patty Murray announced Friday.
The funding is administered through the …
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9/30/22
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