Under normal circumstances, it takes about 20 minutes to drive from Napavine to Centralia.
Tim Baxter made the drive in less than eight minutes the evening of April 28 when he got the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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After more than a year and a half of delays, the trial for the Amanda Park man accused of killing a 46-year-old man and injuring a 12-year-old in Chehalis in December 2021 will commence in Lewis …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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Garlic lovers are invited to the 2023 Washington State Garlic Fest at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds this weekend. The festival will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25, and run daily until …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/24/23
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The Lewis County Board of Commissioners has approved new restrictions on RV parking and camping on county-owned land for the second time in less than a year. The move could “very well result in …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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8/23/23
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When Dick Keller first opened Country Cousin Restaurant in Centralia in August 1973, he had a vision of homestyle cooking in an atmosphere filled with fun decorations and antiques and a staff that …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/23/23
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After several days of searching, missing 92-year-old Centralia woman Martha Norman was found dead in a wooded area near Black Bear Lane in Centralia at approximately 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/22/23
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A full count of all the earnings is still pending, but as of Sunday's tally, Lewis County agriculturalists between the ages of 8 and 18 earned $698,000 from the Southwest Washington Junior Livestock …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/21/23
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The Southwest Washington Fair’s Sunday afternoon demolition derby saw both season veterans and first-time riders.
Last year’s Summerfest derby winner Josh Levine returned to claim …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/21/23
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When it comes to perseverance over life's most difficult challenges, Erika Preslicka has shown a lot. from growing up deaf and enduring multiple surgeries to regain her hearing as a child to multiple …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/21/23
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Drivers waved and honked horns in support as they drove past a group of protesters standing across from the Lewis County Law and Justice Center in Chehalis on Friday to raise awareness for the still …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/18/23
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The Southwest Washington Fair continues through Sunday at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds. For more details, including a schedule of events, visit https://southwestwashingtonfair.org/ .
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8/18/23
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This week was the Southwest Washington Fair’s first time hosting two nights of rodeo, and only the second year the annual event has been sanctioned by the National Pro Rodeo Association.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/18/23
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At 14 months old, Jackson Arrington has always been a grandma’s boy.
And with his grandma, Vicky Arrington, waiting at the finish line of the KELA/KMNT Diaper Derby at the Southwest …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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8/17/23
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Death at Blakeslee Junction homeless camp reignites public health, safety concerns from Lewis County
It’s been at least nine years since the formation of a homeless encampment at the end of Centralia’s Eckerson Road, known locally as Blakeslee Junction.
About 25 people live there …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/16/23
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Visitors to the Southwest Washington Fair this week may see some panting livestock, or may be panting themselves with the region seeing an “excessive heat warning” from the National …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/16/23
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“Amazing” was the word that came to Clara Hansen’s mind after the shock of being named this year’s Little Miss Friendly, the living logo of the Southwest Washington …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/15/23
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Fire officials have expanded burn bans in Lewis County and the surrounding area due to critical fire conditions in the weather forecast for Western Washington through at least Wednesday, Aug. …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/15/23
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The Southwest Washington Fair begins on Tuesday.
With less than 24 hours before the gates open, Chronicle Photo Editor Jared Wenzelburger stopped by to photograph final preparations.
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8/14/23
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Controversy at the Lewis County Senior Centers in the last week has reached well beyond any game of cutthroat cribbage.
In the six centers — in Morton, Pe Ell, Packwood, Toledo, the Twin …
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By Owen Sexton and Isabel Vander Stoep / The Chronicle staff
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8/14/23
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Members of the Centralia community came together Saturday to honor and celebrate Centralia’s founders, George and Mary Jane Washington, as part of the city's inaugural Founder’s Day.
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By Sean-Patrick McNeal / For The Chronicle
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8/14/23
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