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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By The Chronicle staff
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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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By The Chronicle staff
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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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By The Chronicle staff
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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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Compiled by Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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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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By Joseph O’Sullivan / Crosscut.com
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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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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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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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By The Chronicle staff
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9/30/22
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Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday declared an emergency in Lewis County due to damage to the state Route 506 bridge over Interstate 5 that occurred on Sept. 22 when it was struck by an oversized logging …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/30/22
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A settlement agreement with Raymond cannabis processor Unicorn Brands LLC was approved by the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) on Tuesday. The settlement ends a year-long investigation for creating …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/30/22
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The Centralia City Council met an hour before their regularly scheduled council meeting to hold a 2023-2024 budget workshop on Tuesday night. While budget talks dominated most of the council’s …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/30/22
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• Clothing was reported stolen from an outlet story in the 1400 block of Lum Road at 5 p.m. on Sept. 28. The suspect fled in a maroon/purple early …
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9/30/22
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A 30-year-old Centralia man died after crashing into a tree in the 700 block of Middle Fork Road south of Chehalis on Sept. 24, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to The Chronicle on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/30/22
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