The Southwest Washington Fair will hold its annual volunteer appreciation dinner for all 2022 fair superintendents, assistant superintendents and volunteers on Saturday, Feb. 18, in the Community …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/8/23
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The Southwest Washington Dance Center is hosting the 29th annual Dance Festival Northwest on Saturday, March 18, at 7 p.m.
Dance Festival Northwest brings dance companies from around the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/8/23
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Chehalis City Mayor Tony Ketchum, City Councilor Kate McDougall and City Manager Jill Anderson were in attendance along with other officials and Chamber ambassadors to help celebrate the grand …
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2/8/23
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The Hope for Heroes Equine Therapy center in Yelm will receive some support within the next several weeks in the form of a much needed grant worth $70,000.
The grant was supported by …
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By Jacob Dimond / For The Chronicle
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2/8/23
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Portland’s famed Belmont Goats were temporarily set free early Tuesday morning in what appeared to be an act of protest against a planned sweep of a nearby homeless encampment.
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2/8/23
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Lacey police are attempting to locate a missing woman, the department announced.
Samantha D. Cribbins, 45, was last seen leaving work at 6:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, in a gray 2016 Toyota Scion. …
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2/8/23
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A public hearing was scheduled Tuesday afternoon on a proposed bill in the state Legislature that would provide more tools to help locate and recover missing persons.
Rep. Gina Mosbrucker, …
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2/8/23
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Family 'Willing to Forgive' Hit-and-Run Driver Who Left Their Loved One to Die in Eastern Washington
A 41-year-old man's family is looking for answers after he was killed by a hit-and-run driver while walking home on Highway 240 early Sunday.
"We just want someone to take responsibility," …
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2/8/23
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A woman and her boyfriend pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in Spokane County Superior Court on Tuesday morning in connection with the death of the woman's adopted 8-year-old daughter.
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2/8/23
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A 64-year-old Spirit Lake man will spend at least 12 years behind bars for an "incredibly unnecessary and absurd" shooting that left the man's 66-year-old friend dead last summer in North Idaho.
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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2/8/23
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Redmond firefighters and paramedics will no longer be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to work in the Eastside city.
The firefighters who lost their jobs for not complying with the …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle TimesV(TNS)
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2/8/23
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The 2023 Southwest Washington Scholastic Chess Championships were held at Centralia College on Saturday, with organizers calling the event the largest chess tournament in Lewis County …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/23
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Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, the Chehalis School District’s weekly schedule will include a 90-minute early release period on Wednesdays to give teachers additional time for …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/7/23
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The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies have suspended search efforts for a missing man from a 46-foot crab boat that went down Sunday evening at the mouth of Willapa Bay in Pacific County.
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Vonnai Phair / The Seattle Times
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2/7/23
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OLYMPIA — A watchdog report by disability rights advocates found that restraint and isolation have been excessively and improperly used on Washington school students, and disproportionately …
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Lulu Ramadan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/7/23
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Officers arrested a man suspected of running over a woman who was trying to prevent him from drinking and driving, according to a release from the Lewiston Police Department on Sunday.
Jonathan …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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2/7/23
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A Canadian mining company says it found an estimated $3 billion gold deposit near Republic, Washington, a historic mining community that lost its last working mine about five years ago.
Calibre …
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James Hanlon / The Spokesman-Review
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2/7/23
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On the 131st episode of The Chronicle News Dump, Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and local man about Chehalis Gabe Botten discuss a police standoff, an upcoming flood …
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2/7/23
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At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Centralia Downtown Association (CDA) will host its quarterly block party at The Juice Box.
The event will highlight businesses on South Tower Avenue and …
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By Centralia Downtown Association Staff
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2/7/23
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Bail has been set at $100,000 for the Centralia man arrested on domestic violence charges following a standoff with law enforcement last week.
The Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/7/23
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