Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez was selected Thursday to serve on the House of Representatives agriculture and small business committees.
During her town hall last week, Perez, D-Skamania, emphasized …
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Carlos Fuentes / The Columbian
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1/28/23
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As February approaches, local sportsmen and women start to think about smelt dipping.
Will the popular smelt dip take place on the Cowlitz River this year, or is the run supposed to be too …
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Terry Otto / The Columbian
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1/28/23
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Editor's Note: Each year, The Chronicle Editorial Board honors a Person of the Year for their exceptional work completing their job duties or their performance in the community outside of their …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/27/23
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One day after Tenino area residents visited the Capitol to express their outrage over a proposed facility near Maytown to house Department of Health and Social Services (DSHS) clients, including sex …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/27/23
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Michelle Mackey, a Chehalis resident and owner of the Rise & Grind coffee stand in Ashford, remains in Costa Rica but has now been transferred to a public hospital, San Juan de Dios, in San …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/27/23
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Protesters from the Tenino area on Thursday demonstrated at the Capitol against plans for housing sex offenders at a home south of Maytown.
The facility, owned and run by Supreme Living LLC, …
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1/27/23
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Two dogs who are suspected of killing chickens in Salkum on Jan. 12 are still at large.
Jerett Latimer came home to his place on Fuller Road that day to find three of his chickens killed by a …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/27/23
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The Evergreen Playhouse’s third production of the season, “The Diary of Anne Frank,” opens in Centralia on Friday, Feb. 3.
The play runs through Sunday, Feb. 16, with 7:30 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/27/23
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Harassment
• Felony harassment charges against an Ethel woman were referred to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office after she allegedly …
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1/27/23
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The Centralia Police Department’s annual report showed it had made 1,283 arrests during 1952. The report was accepted at a meeting of the Centralia City Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1953, …
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Compiled by Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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1/27/23
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Following last month’s 4-3 vote by the Centralia City Council to create a ballot initiative allowing residents to decide the fate of the Veterans Memorial Pearl Street Pool, the council tabled …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/27/23
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On the third Thursday of January, housing and homelessness service providers from across Lewis County unite.
Held for the first time in person since 2019, a vendor fair at the Blue Pavilion in the …
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1/27/23
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Roughly 100 anti-airport activists rallied Wednesday on the north steps of the Legislative Building in Olympia, urging state lawmakers to stop seeking a site to build a new commercial airport in …
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By Shea Johnson / The News Tribune
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1/27/23
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The Onalaska woman accused of stealing a substantial amount of mail in Lewis County has pleaded not guilty to 30 separate felony charges in Lewis County Superior Court.
The defendant, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/26/23
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Presumably there is more to the name on a headstone at Mountain View Cemetery in Centralia that reads “Edith M. Capp—” but the final letters are obscured by ivy.
We know a few …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/26/23
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People with questions about a planned sex offender housing facility near Tenino may attend an informational town hall at Tenino High School on Sunday.
The Thurston County Sheriff's Office …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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1/26/23
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The Westminster Bells of Chehalis donated $800 to the Hope Alliance in December. The funds were generated from free-will offerings taken during their recent community Christmas concerts. The Hope …
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1/25/23
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It’s rare that the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office receives two unrelated homicide cases within the same week; and even rarer that each case requires investigation that will take longer than a 72-hour investigative hold will allow.
Yet, that’s the situation the prosecutor’s office found itself in on Wednesday.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/25/23
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A Lewis County Superior Court judge has issued a $250,000 warrant for the arrest of a man accused of grabbing a woman by her throat and throwing her against a wall, breaking her back, at a medical …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/25/23
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Consumers will be able to purchase more low-THC liquid-infused products in a single purchase if a bill in the Legislature wins approval.
“HB 1249 is necessary to ensure that the …
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By Alexandria Osborne / Washington State Journal
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1/25/23
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