Downtown Chehalis business owners can now apply for grants to conduct small-scale improvements to their businesses’ facades for the winter holiday season thanks to a new program from Experience …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/1/23
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While downtown Centralia’s Lighted Tractor Parade, scheduled for 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, is the downtown area’s biggest draw during the holiday season, Centralia Downtown Association …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/1/23
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“The Lion King” has been a dream show for W.F. West High School theater program manager Brian Adams to direct for about a decade, but with Disney’s copyrights limiting the show to …
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12/1/23
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Polish-born Holocaust survivor Bronka Sundstrom — who outlasted Nazi concentration camps and later settled in Tacoma and Ashford, becoming a hiking folk hero at Mount Rainier National Park …
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12/1/23
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Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a three-part series about Onalaska High School. ‘Smart Ax’ will examine the school’s unique approach to culture, community and …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/30/23
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The Fort Borst Park drive-thru light display will open for the Christmas season on Friday, Dec. 1.
“All are invited to Borst Park to view the many colorful animated and stationary …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/30/23
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Newly elected Thurston County and Port of Olympia commissioners swore their oaths of office during a ceremony Tuesday at the county's Atrium building.
More than 60 people attended the ceremony …
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11/30/23
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Amtrak will add two more trains daily to its Amtrak Cascades route between Seattle and Portland, with stops in between.
The Washington State Department of Transportation and the Oregon …
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The Olympian staff (TNS)
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11/30/23
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Get your rain gear out — and keep it out.
A parade of potent storms will soak Western Washington as we knock on December's doorstep, seemingly making up for the relatively dry and quiet …
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11/30/23
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Two people were hospitalized, and one later died, following a fire at the Centralia Manor Apartments early Wednesday morning, according to a news release from the Centralia Police Department.
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By The Chronicle
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11/29/23
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Bail is set at $250,000 for a Centralia man accused of breaking a woman’s hand with a pipe and then threatening a man who confronted him about the assault on Nov. 18.
The man, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/29/23
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While the majority of Monday’s Chehalis City Council meeting was spent discussing taxes and the city’s budget, the meeting began with Chehalis Police Chief Randy Kaut swearing in two new …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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11/29/23
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Following a recent outage of telephone landlines and cellphone networks, Lewis County Emergency Management wants to remind residents how to contact 911 if service is unavailable.
In a Wednesday …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/29/23
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As the Christmas season ramps up, a young Lewis County resident is teaming up with local businesses to make sure everyone can get a little holiday cheer.
“I would like to gather items for …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/29/23
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• Solar panels were reported stolen from a fence in the 200 block of Northup Street just after 8 a.m. on Nov. 27.
• An …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/29/23
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The unemployment rate in Lewis County ticked up to 4.9% in October, more than a point higher than the state’s overall rate of 3.6%.
According to data released by the Employment Security …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/29/23
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On the Onalaska School District’s website feed, Superintendent Brenda Padgett on Tuesday night posted about a 3:45 p.m. incident that prompted the district to “lockdown and then …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/29/23
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The Napavine Funtime Festival will sponsor the annual Christmas Parade in Napavine on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 4 p.m., according to an email from event organizers.
This is the parade’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/29/23
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