This is in response to the Tuesday letter to the editor titled   “Unpacking State Senator’s Claim on Gun Violence.” Banzai brilliant! Letter writer Joseph Tipler, you have … more

A recent letter to the editor published by The Chronicle suggests guns are inherently dangerous and should be subject to more legal control.   It obviously never occurred to him that … more

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank a local business and its staff for saving my father’s life on April 22.   The Cup coffee stand on North Pearl Street in Centralia helped … more

Although New Zealand and Washington are located a half a world apart, they have lots in common — beautiful seashores, majestic mountains, crystal clear streams and lakes and vibrant salmon and … more

In the spring of 1940, a year after Don Buswell graduated, the old wooden Toledo High School building on the hill burned down, and not long after a principal had been fired, perhaps for fooling … more