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Ten of the 19 Centralia High School powerlifting team members who competed in the Olympia Powerlifting Open on Saturday, March 1, earned podium finishes.
“These 19 students faced off …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/4/25
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Bail is set at $100,000 for a repeat DUI offender accused of fleeing from law enforcement on a motorcycle while possibly intoxicated in Centralia on Monday.
Patrick Farr, 32, of Olympia, was …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/4/25
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Bail is set at $1 million for a man accused of “ganging up” on a man with a group of teens in Chehalis on Saturday, beating him in the head with a retaining wall brick and causing severe …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/4/25
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The future forecast for Thurston County’s budget shows a chance of significant deficits in the near future if the county doesn’t evaluate containment and revenue options.
Summer …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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The Thurston County Board of Commissioners spent three quarters of its Wednesday, Feb. 26, work session in another tense debate regarding the potential hiring of a new executive aide for Commissioner …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Thurston County Democrats, an affiliate of the Washington State Democratic Party, stood firm in support of transgender students and “their right” to participate fully in public school …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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3/4/25
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The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has awarded an $886,999 joint grant to the Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nisqually Community Forest and Northwest Natural Resource Group to build forest resiliency in …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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The American Forest Resource Council voiced its strong support for two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on March 1 aimed at expanding U.S. timber production and strengthening the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the City of Tenino made international headlines when it brought back a Great Depression-era wooden scrip currency program in order to help keep the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Walsh calls for federal review of Washington state’s Automatic Voter Registration Act implementation
Washington state GOP Chairman and state Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, has introduced House Joint Memorial 4007, calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to audit and review the Washington state …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Bail is set at $100,000 for a man accused of breaking into his estranged wife’s Centralia home, cooking himself dinner and then sitting in a car in the driveway before his estranged wife …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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Bail is set at $25,000 for a woman accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from outlet stores in Centralia.
Stephanny Shabri Johnson, 36, of Portland, Oregon, was …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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Protesters held up signs and chanted as cars passed by during a “Protect Our Parks” protest along state Route 706 outside of the Nisqually entrance to Mount Rainier National Park near …
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3/3/25
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The second week of tree-planting at the Seminary Hill Natural Area brought together three dozen volunteers to plant 18 different varieties of native trees and shrubs as part of a larger project to …
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3/3/25
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Following a process that began in June 2023 and involved working with engineers and consultants and hosting multiple open house events to gather input from local pilots and residents, the Chehalis …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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U.S. Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, Gabe Vasquez, D-New Mexico, and Don Davis, D-North Carolina, last week introduced the bipartisan Rural Veterans …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Last week, U.S. Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, introduced the Farmland Security Act of 2025, which, according to a news release from Gluesenkamp …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• A 36-year-old Vancouver woman was arrested for organized retail theft in the 100 block of West High Street just after 4:25 p.m. on Feb. 28 after …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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• MARTHA P. SWEENEY, 82, Centralia, died Feb. 19 at Providence Centralia Hospital. A Rosary service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 7, at Newell-Hoerling’s Mortuary. …
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