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Stretching some 45 miles, the Skookumchuck River flows through the Cascade foothills, past Bucoda and eventually converges with the Chehalis River in Centralia.
In 1970, the Skookumchuck Dam was …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/14/25
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A Chehalis man arrested in July for uploading sexually explicit photos of children to the internet was sentenced Thursday to just over five years in prison.
Tanner Girolamo McNelly, 21, of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/14/25
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This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements : smelt and people dipping for them.
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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3/14/25
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The 19-year-old Chehalis man arrested for allegedly being part of a group that beat and severely injured a man on March 1 pleaded not guilty Thursday to one count of first-degree assault.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/13/25
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A Centralia man accused of uploading child sexual abuse material to the internet in March 2024 was arrested Wednesday on a $200,000 warrant for charges out of Lewis County Superior Court.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/13/25
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The Washington state Office of Independent Investigations provided an update Thursday on its ongoing investigation into a deadly police shooting that occurred in Centralia on Jan. 12.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/13/25
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Lawmakers in the Washington Legislature spent the past week and a half passing bills off the House and Senate floors ahead of a Wednesday deadline.
Measures that didn’t make it …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street and Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero
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3/13/25
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The Gifford Pinchot National Forest has announced plans for a temporary closure of the High Rock Trail No. 266 during the upcoming summer season.
The closure is necessary to ensure public …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/13/25
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Tumwater City Council has begun discussing whether it's feasible for the city to take on managing the 400-year-old Davis Meeker Garry Oak tree instead of having the historic landmark chopped down.
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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3/13/25
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Over the course of nearly 20 years, the Chehalis Basin Strategy has brought together local, state and tribal governments, scientists, landowners and community members to restore aquatic species and …
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By The Daily World (TNS)
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3/13/25
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On the 226th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Eric Schwartz and Kody Christen discuss Kody’s snowmobiling adventure for a story, vandalism, local crime, adopting dogs, …
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3/13/25
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Three Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center employees received a standing ovation from a packed Lewis County Board of County Commissioners hearing room on Wednesday as they were publicly honored for …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/12/25
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Luc LaMarche, owner of Beaver Craftworks, will give a presentation on coexisting with beavers at the Tuesday, March 18, Lewis County Farm Forestry Association meeting at 7 p.m.
The meeting will …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/12/25
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Volunteer fixers will be on hand at the Lewis County Repair and Sustainability Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at Centralia College East, 701 Airport Way, Morton.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/12/25
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Anglers from across the Pacific Northwest took to the banks of the Cowlitz River on Wednesday, March 12, for the opening of the state's brief smelt dipping season.
All it took was a few empty …
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By Kody Christen / kody@chronline.com
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3/12/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Recovered property
• A vehicle reported stolen out of Oregon was recovered in the 1000 block of Eckerson Road just after 9:25 a.m. on March 10.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/12/25
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Community Mediation Center will host March’s Business After Hours event in partnership with the Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce.
The Business After Hours event takes place on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/12/25
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Senate Bill 5746, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, directs the state Interagency Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council to recommend strategies to the Washington state Legislature to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/12/25
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When it comes to developing lands within a flood zone in the Chehalis River Basin, there aren’t many options to begin with, let alone alternatives that can benefit the local economy and aid in …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/12/25
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