By Carrina Stanton
For The Chronicle
Just a few miles off U.S. Highway 12 on Silver Creek Road, big things are happening at one very small orchard.
Family legacies are being carried on. …
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8/19/22
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The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office’s mobile command unit is easy to miss among the large, colorful attractions filling the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds this week.
The mid-sized …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/19/22
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CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle Prowl
• A vehicle prowl reported in the 2500 block of North National Avenue at approximately 9:05 a.m. on Aug. 17 is under investigation. …
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8/19/22
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The pros of raising recreation fees in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest include staffing and safety updates, while cons have the potential to decrease accessibility or spur uproar from longtime …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/19/22
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While babies competed for fame and fortune at the KMNT/KELA Diaper Derby at noon on Thursday at the Southwest Washington Fair, conversations of a more serious nature were taking place under the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/19/22
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The Southwest Washington Fair is entering the weekend home stretch after starting at the fairgrounds on Tuesday. These images were captured by Chronicle photographer Jared Wenzelburger and reporter …
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8/19/22
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All three of the 20th Legislative District’s legislators — Reps. Ed Orcutt and Peter Abbarno and Sen. John Braun — were at W.F. West High School on Wednesday afternoon to observe …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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8/19/22
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Following a rigorous on site inspection conducted at the beginning of June, Cascade Community Healthcare (CCH) has been awarded The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for its behavioral …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/19/22
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Nearly all of Lewis County, excluding a small portion of its eastern part, was planned to “dim out” the night of Thursday, Aug. 20, 1942. The dim out was declared to stay in compliance …
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Compiled by Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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8/19/22
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The state Commercial Aviation Coordination Commission (CACC) invites community members throughout the state to an online open house and virtual public meetings this month to learn about and comment …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/19/22
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Two wildfires, ranging from 1 acre to 4 acres, are still burning but being monitored in northern Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the Cowlitz Valley Ranger District near Packwood, Glenoma, Morton …
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By Hayley Day / The Daily News
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8/19/22
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With the installation of the Chehalis Railfan camera, tourists have started to visit to see the trains and try to get on camera.
Now, local train enthusiasts are proposing that a Railfan park be …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/19/22
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The Washington State Garlic Festival, once a backyard celebration held west of Chehalis, will make its grand return to the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds next weekend after a two-year …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/19/22
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At 4:40 a.m. Aug. 10 a Hanford nuclear reservation worker driving north across the site was startled by the sight of a vertical, cigar-shaped object with lights hovering more than 500 feet in the …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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8/19/22
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A single-vehicle fatal crash involving a United States Postal Service truck and a separate three-car accident on Wednesday, Aug. 17, blocked off an area near State Route 8's milepost 4 east of Elma.
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Matthew N. Wells / The Daily World
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8/19/22
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Former Aberdeen Wildcat and current Seattle Seahawks linebacker Joel Dublanko has garnered praise from head coach Pete Carroll after a solid performance in a 32-25 exhibition loss to the Pittsburgh …
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Ryan Sparks / The Daily World
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8/19/22
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An 81-year-old man accused of impersonating a lawyer to trick foster parents into returning a child to her parents told a judge the "whole thing is a farce" while representing himself Thursday, …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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8/19/22
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A Whatcom County man in his 80s became the first Washington state resident to acquire a case of the tick-born disease anaplasmosis within the state.
The case was discovered Aug. 8, the …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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8/18/22
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Traditional spike strips weren't quite enough to stop a domestic violence suspect fleeing Pierce County deputies on Tuesday. It was nature's spike strip, Washington's infamous blackberry bushes, that …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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8/18/22
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The sighting of a giant moth in Bellevue, never seen before in the U.S., has entomologists scratching their heads.
On July 7, a University of Washington professor reported what officials believe …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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8/18/22
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