State Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, released a statement on Sunday highlighting Republican achievements during the 105-day 2023 legislative session.
“Republicans have a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/24/23
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The McMenamins Olympic Club is hosting a “Friends and Family” fundraising event from 5 p.m. to midnight on May 2.
This event is to benefit Lewis County Seniors programs. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/24/23
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A bevy of businesses are getting ready for the first Inclusive Career Fair at Centralia College on Wednesday, April 26.
Admission is free. The fair will go from 1 to 3 p.m. in the …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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4/24/23
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In 1998, the first time congregants from Westminster Presbyterian Church visited the Synod of Livingstonia in Malawi, a chapter of the Church of Central Africa Presbytery, the mission was to lend …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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4/24/23
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OLYMPIA — Rattled by national events and responding to crises closer to home, Washington's majority Democrats muscled through major legislation during the session that came to a close Sunday.
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/24/23
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A 46-year-old man has been charged with killing a woman who disappeared after last being seen with him at a Seattle Mariners game.
Brett Michael Gitchel pleaded not guilty Monday to …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/24/23
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The Centralia School District, along with the Chehalis School District, Centralia College and Twin Transit are leading the charge to ready students in Lewis County — from kindergarten to …
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By CT Content Studio
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4/24/23
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One person died and another was arrested after a Saturday evening shooting in the Hawks Prairie area of Lacey, Lacey police say.
The incident occurred before 6:12 p.m. in a parking lot on the …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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4/24/23
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A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a road rage incident in which another driver was shot during an argument on Interstate 5 in Kent.
Francisco Oliver Castro-Guzman has been …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/24/23
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OLYMPIA — The Washington House voted down a last-minute deal to maintain a criminal penalty for drug possession and boost funding for treatment Sunday night, the final day of the legislative …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/24/23
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In January, 70 culinary arts students from Aberdeen, Lake Quinault, Montesano and North Beach high schools made a huge impression on a person who’s broadcast on millions of TVs every fall …
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Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World
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4/23/23
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Newer is never better in downtown Centralia’s antique row.
At ground zero in the downtown shopping area, Dominic and Kathleen Ayala, new owners of Emporium Ayala, said the new business mission will be similar to the old: to repurpose and reuse secondhand nostalgia of yesteryear. Last month, the couple took ownership of the two-story, 7,500-square-foot antique and furniture shop formerly known as Ayala Brothers Furniture.
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By Jesse Nance / For The Chronicle
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4/23/23
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Senate Bill 5599 is headed to Gov. Jay Inslee to be signed into law after passing out of the Legislature on Wednesday.
The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Marko Liias, D-Everett, would …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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4/23/23
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A 21-year-old man will spend the next 24 years in prison for his part in gunning down a pregnant woman in Kennewick in 2019.
Judge Jacqueline Stam said it was one of the most difficult decisions …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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4/23/23
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OLYMPIA — Governor Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1051, the Robocall Spam Protection Act, into law Thursday. The new law will hold accountable those who spam individuals with robocalls …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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4/23/23
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OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers proposed a roughly $69 billion spending plan Saturday, which over the next two years would fan out across the state to pay teacher salaries, give …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/23/23
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OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers announced a deal Saturday night, as the Legislature sprints toward adjournment, that could increase the penalty for drug possession.
Under a negotiated …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/23/23
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They flew to Poland, then drove for 18 hours, through a war zone, to say goodbye to Steve Munroe.
The 33-year-old had left Washington seven months earlier to fight in Ukraine. He now lay dying in …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/23/23
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