The 17-year-old girl who died in a two-vehicle crash in the 13800 block of Rainier Road Southeast on Saturday, March 4 has been identified as a senior from Rainier High School.
Jessie Uch died …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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3/6/23
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Lewis County Sheriff’s Office deputies are looking for a 69-year-old Chehalis man who is believed to be missing and endangered.
Deputies were notified by family members of the …
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3/6/23
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There were two fatal collisions over the weekend in Thurston County. The victims in both situations have been publicly identified, and two arrests have been made.
Jessie Ciara Uch, 17, from …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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3/6/23
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In one of the largest donations it has ever made, the Cowlitz Tribal Foundation this week announced the earmarking of $900,000 for upgrades for the Mount St. Helens Institute.
The institute called …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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3/6/23
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The Winlock School Board has decided to table a proposal to terminate five employees and return to the issue at the end of the school year.
Charlie Tuckness, the executive assistant at the …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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3/6/23
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Twin Transit is now providing weekday service between Centralia and Morton.
The service began on Monday, according to a release by Twin Transit.
The newly created Brown Line will run Monday …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/23
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The Washington Department of Health (DOH) has announced statewide mask requirements for health care, long-term care and correctional facilities will be lifted on April 3.
According to Lewis …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/23
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The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program is open again to in-person visits on the second floor of the Lewis County Public Health building at 360 NW North St. in Chehalis.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/23
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You can expect delays during your morning commute if you’re traveling through Thurston County over the next two weekends.
The Washington state Department of Transportation (WSDOT) …
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By The Olympian
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3/6/23
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State Reps. Dan Griffey and Travis Couture, both Republicans from Allyn, released a statement on Thursday praising the recent decision by Supreme Living to not locate housing for sex offenders at a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/23
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State Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, criticized legislation passed in the state Senate on Wednesday that he believes would provide a “troubling” excuse to withhold the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/23
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The Lewis County Republican Party is holding its annual Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser on March 18 at 6 p.m.
The speakers include talk radio host Todd Herman, comedian Josh Novey and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/23
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The City of Chehalis has voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit against the owners of the Yard Birds Shopping Center, according to a news release from the city.
Originally filed in May of 2022, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/23
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Bail has been set at $25,000 for a man accused of a Chehalis burglary in December 2021.
The Chronicle reported on the burglary after a homeowner’s testimony of a “terrifying …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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3/6/23
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• Over $250 worth of candy and drinks were reported stolen from a convenience store in the 900 block of Harrison Avenue just after 12:50 p.m. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/23
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The Centralia City Council and staff spent nearly three and a half hours of a regular Tuesday, Feb. 28, meeting discussing how to spend the city’s federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/6/23
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Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, and nine other West Coast members of Congress wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture …
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By Carlos Fuentes / The Columbian
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3/6/23
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Harlan Knowles, of Silver Creek, who founded the Lazy HK Bar Rodeo Company and supplied rodeos across the nation with bucking bulls, died on Feb. 20 at the age of 87.
Knowles will be …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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3/6/23
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A 31-year-old man was arrested for first-degree arson after a fire destroyed a vacant former restaurant building on Harrison Avenue in Centralia Sunday morning.
Lewis County 911 …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/6/23
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