Weyerhaeuser Timber Holdings, Inc., has developed a safe harbor agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect marbled murrelets, a federally threatened seabird.
The draft agreement …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/12/22
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The most significant agenda items discussed during Monday’s regular meeting of the Chehalis City Council were adding more electric vehicle (EV) charging by the airport, extending a latecomer …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/12/22
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Instead of a ribbon cutting for the Lewis County Public Utility District (PUD) fiber project, officials connected a fiber cable, signifying the beginning of the work to get broadband internet access …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/12/22
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On Monday, West Thurston Fire Authority firefighters responded to a 1-acre brush fire off 113th Avenue near Tilley Road, according to a social media post by West Thurston Union Firefighters.
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/12/22
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The Centralia City Council convened Tuesday night to conduct regular business, but the majority of discussion focused on an update from the city’s housing committee and approving the …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/12/22
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COWLITZ INDIAN RESERVATION — Walking up the metal construction stairs in what will eventually be ilani’s new hotel, Kara Fox-LaRose, president and general manager of ilani, points to what …
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By Sarah Wolf / The Columbian
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10/12/22
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A surprise notice appears in a local newspaper announcing the time and place of a murder that will occur that evening.
The whole town sees it, sparking curious neighbors to flock to the residence …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/12/22
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A 90-year-old Tumwater man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes Monday afternoon after he tried to evict some people on his property by using a bulldozer, according to police.
About 3:30 …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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10/12/22
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The first time former officer Phil Reynolds was fired from the Centralia Police Department, he was rehired with backpay after an arbitrator with the state Public Employment Relations Commission …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/11/22
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About 6,000 feet up the south side of Mount Adams, wildlife biologist Jocelyn Akins stumbled upon droppings from a Cascade red fox. She found some more months later, thousands of feet below on the …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times
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10/11/22
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Four candidates who will be featured on the Thurston County general election ballot took part in a “meet the candidates” town hall forum hosted by the Yelm Chamber of Commerce on Monday, …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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10/11/22
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Until last month, Kathy McDonald was vice chair of the Clark County Republican Party, describing herself as a die-hard Donald Trump supporter with a long record of activism in the GOP.
But this …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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10/11/22
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On the 118th episode of News Dump, Aaron VanTuyl, Eric Schwartz and Isabel Vander Stoep discuss breaking out of jail, the latest developments in the homeless encampment policy, a few bangers in the …
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10/11/22
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A 16-year-old Rochester resident was transported to the hospital via LifeFlight for non-life threatening injuries following a vehicle accident on Lincoln Creek Road between Galvin and Rochester just …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/10/22
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A Randle man who drove over an embankment on Forest Road 73 northwest of Morton just after 6:20 p.m. on Sunday — injuring himself and two passengers — has been charged with vehicular …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/10/22
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The air quality index set up by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states anything ranked between 0 and 50 is “good” quality air.
With smoke from the nearby Goat …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/10/22
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Editor’s note: This is the second installment in an ongoing series focused on the Chehalis School District and the success of its Student Achievement Initiative, which was launched in 2013. …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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10/10/22
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Lewis County Fire Districts 1, 5 and 6 responded to a metal barn on fire near Napavine at around noon on Saturday.
The fire, in the 200 block of John Road in rural Chehalis, was contained within …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/10/22
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The Centralia Outlets are celebrating the 100th year of Fire Prevention Week. The week to raise awareness for fire safety began Oct. 9 and lasts through Oct. 15.
The outlets are partnering with …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/10/22
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First responders across Lewis County were invited to a mass casualty incident training exercise hosted at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds on Saturday.
According to the county’s Deputy …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/10/22
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