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Since the collapse of the large former Safeway building located at 534 North Tower Ave. in Centralia on Tuesday, Feb. 16, the building’s owners, Chris and Shayna Hardesty, have submitted a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/8/21
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft and Burglary
• At 10:25 a.m. on March 5, gardening equipment was reported stolen from the 1100 block of Mellen Street.
• At 3:40 p.m. on March …
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3/8/21
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The Chehalis branch of the Wells Fargo bank on Market Boulevard will be closing this summer and consolidating with the Centralia branch on Harrison Avenue. The building has been home to a banking …
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3/8/21
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On this episode of News Dump, Aaron, Eric and Claudia cover the Swamp Cup (briefly!), Lewis County’s new approach to the devil’s lettuce, broadband internet, the Lollipop Guild’s …
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3/8/21
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Demolition began Monday morning on Scotty B’s restaurant in Tenino — a beloved joint that had been a fixture in town for years. Previously, the building hosted Tiny Tim Drive In. And …
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3/8/21
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The Chehalis City Council was scheduled to consider approving a lease agreement with O’Brian Auto Team to construct a car dealership on the Chehalis-Centralia Airport property at its Monday …
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3/8/21
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Tenino Mayor Wayne Fournier says an attempt to oust him from office via a recall effort is “lacking in substance and facts.”
The recall is spearheaded by resident Geralding …
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By Claudia Yaw / cyaw@chronline.com
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3/8/21
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It was a blisteringly cold Sunday morning as the hunt continued for a snowshoer who went missing overnight amid whiteout conditions in Mount Rainier National Park. As each hour passed, the hiker's …
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3/8/21
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Racism may be declared a crisis in Thurston County if the board of county commissioners advance and approve a new resolution at their Tuesday meeting.
County manager Ramiro Chavez introduced the …
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3/8/21
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Thurston County added 16 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, giving the county 117 cases for the week and 7,373 overall, county health data show.
This week the county has averaged about 20 new cases per …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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3/7/21
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Twin Transit broke ground on its e-Transit Station last month and expects to be “substantially complete” by early to mid-April.
The project, described by Twin Transit as a …
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3/7/21
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It has now been six years since Marquise Reynolds of Onalaska received his first liver transplant.
Now 21 and hoping for a third liver transplant to become available, his mother, Dawn Reynolds, …
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By Carrina Stanton / For The Chronicle
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3/7/21
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When Curt Guaglianone last considered year-round schooling, it was the 1990s, he was a principal at a school in Central California, and his district didn't have a choice.
Schools were "bursting at …
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3/6/21
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A jury has acquitted a Vader man of a third-degree rape of a child charge that was filed after he was accused of assaulting a teenage girl in July 2019.
According to the probable cause …
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3/6/21
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A 22-year-old Centralia man was involved in a crash on Interstate 5 near Maytown Friday night that resulted in the death of a 68-year-old Lynwood man, according to the Washington State …
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3/6/21
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Some 55,000 Washingtonians may have to pay back thousands of dollars in jobless benefits.
That dismal prospect was shared Thursday by Cami Feek, the state Employment Security Department's (ESD) …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times
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3/5/21
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A former guard at the Green Hill School, a juvenile rehabilitation facility in Chehalis, was indicted late Wednesday by a federal grand jury for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for delivering …
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3/5/21
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One might think that having your felony charges dismissed would be a cause for celebration, but for members of Lewis County’s Drug Court program, the atmosphere the day they learned of a recent …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/5/21
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Lewis County will not consolidate its 911 dispatch services with Thurston County 911 Communications (TCOMM), after a contracted study revealed no major cost benefits, no staffing efficiencies and …
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By Claudia Yaw / cyaw@chronline.com
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3/5/21
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The United States Department of Justice has received reports that fraudsters are creating websites mimicking unemployment benefit websites, including state workforce agency (SWA) websites, for the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/5/21
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