The Pardue family was searching for a better life.
In 2016, they found one in their Adna-area home next to Bunker Creek in the beautiful Chehalis River valley.
Beginning around Jan. 7, flood …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/17/22
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The first tsunami surges from an underwater volcanic eruption in the South Pacific began hitting the Washington coast shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday and were — as predicted — quite …
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By Sandi Doughton / The Seattle Times
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1/15/22
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A 28-year-old Seattle man was arrested Friday night after allegedly wielding a knife and threatening to stab a Centralia bar employee who asked him to leave.
Donovan E. Spillers was booked …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/15/22
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A Chehalis man has pleaded not guilty to accusations he purposefully injured a horse while putting shoes on its hooves in September.
Todd Graham, 47, reportedly became …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/14/22
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The Washington State Patrol has identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a semi-truck while on Interstate 5 near mile marker 72 late Tuesday.
Jonathan L. Hogan, 46, of Olympia, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/22
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The number of patients receiving care at Providence Southwest Washington hospitals in Centralia and Olympia has more than doubled over the last two weeks, according to a hospital …
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By Eric Rosane / ericr@chronline.com
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1/14/22
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There may have been a changing of the guard at the Packwood Improvement Club (PIC) over the transition into 2022, but the goals of the community-oriented board of volunteers remains the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/14/22
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The Lewis County Planning Commission is still looking to fill three vacancies after the Board of County Commissioners this week approved an extension of the deadline to 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27.
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/22
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U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler is one of nearly a dozen original sponsors for a bill that reauthorizes a law enforcement funding grants program, the congresswoman’s office announced …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/22
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The Chehalis-Centralia Railroad and Museum (CCR&M) brings thousands of passengers each year on a journey through the Chehalis River Valley to showcase the beauty and history of the line.
On …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/14/22
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The American Red Cross is facing its worst blood shortage nationally in over a decade.
In recent weeks, the American Red Cross had less than a one-day supply of critical blood types and has had …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/22
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CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Recovered Vehicle
• A stolen vehicle was recovered from the 400 block of Southwest William Avenue at 4 p.m. on Jan. 12.
Counterfeiting
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1/14/22
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Police are investigating a possible armed robbery that was reported at a business in the 900 block of Harrison Avenue just after 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 12.
A suspect described as a “white male …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/22
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On Saturday, Feb. 6, Par 4 Sports, a golf and sport simulator business in the Northwest Sports Hub in Centralia, will host a virtual golf tournament to benefit the Centralia Community Foundation.
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/22
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Lewis County and ToledoTel received the largest chunk of funding Thursday when the Washington State Broadband Office published its list of awardees for the first round of Infrastructure Acceleration …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/22
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Alicia Cook was one of the first to evacuate the Chehalis Avenue Apartments when flood water began inundating the complex around 1:30 a.m. on Friday of last week.
“As soon as we were …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/14/22
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The National Park Service has opened a 60-day public review and comment period on a proposed rule change affecting the implementation of the park’s 2018 Mount Rainier National Park Fisheries …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/14/22
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A Centralia man has pleaded not guilty after allegedly shooting at a vehicle that drove through flood water in front of his house in the 4800 block of Galvin Road on Friday.
The defendant, Jerome …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/14/22
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Joe Kent, Heidi St. John and other Republicans hoping to unseat Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler made their cases at a forum in Kelso on Wednesday night.
The two-hour candidate form for Washington's …
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By Brennen Kauffman / The Daily News
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1/14/22
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