Imagine “Vikings,” “The Last Kingdom” and “Game of Thrones” — all thrown into novels but without the sex and swearing.
That’s close to the entryway …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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3/14/22
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I want to thank The Chronicle for their March 7 and 8 articles that clarified some of the campaign ad accusations made by Hiedi St. John against Joe Kent in the 3rd Congressional District race. I …
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3/11/22
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The first thing I would do amid rising gas prices is reopen the Keystone pipeline.
We can be energy independent so we don’t have to rely on Russia and give them money to pay for their war. …
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3/11/22
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Washington’s Board of Natural Resources is considering banning timber harvesting on state lands. That is extremely unwise. Instead, the board must ensure its healthy forest policies incorporate …
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By Don Brunell
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3/11/22
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Today, Washington’s mask mandate ends. This week will also mark two years since the global COVID-19 pandemic really hit home. It’s a good time to examine what the heck just happened to …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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3/11/22
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I want to thank the Centralia School District, Thorbeckes and the City of Centralia for taking care of our pool. The pool recently had a pump go out which left it shut down for over a couple of …
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3/9/22
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In your article posted Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, titled, “Centralia Police Department to Sell Seized And Unclaimed Property Online,” the reporter left your readers with an inaccurate picture …
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3/9/22
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Last week’s column had a hint in it that I might have some strange information to pass along to you. Well, it may not be strange to you — but it sure felt like it to me.
In that …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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3/9/22
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It’s not often that we see an athlete at the top of his or her game walk away from a multi-million dollar payday to go home and fight for his or her country. However, that is exactly what world …
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By Don C. Brunell
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3/8/22
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When I heard about plans for spreading biosludge on Layton Prairie, I cringed.
For more than three decades, I listened to my sister-in-law Linda Zander recount the dangers of human waste spread …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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3/7/22
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has generated a global response and nearly universal outrage at the unprovoked action. It also has illuminated differences between local congressional candidates.
Rep. …
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Commentary by The Columbian Editorial Board
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3/6/22
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The ongoing (and thankfully diminishing) COVID-19 pandemic or epidemic and our responses to it have had significant, sometimes devastating, consequences to virtually everyone. From the obvious health …
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3/4/22
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When you're secretive, only those that know your secret will hear you. When you're deceitful, no one truly hears you. People fear the very presence of you. Secrets and deceit cause the fearful to …
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3/4/22
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During his campaign for the presidency in 2020, Joseph Biden promised to nominate the first Black woman to the United States Supreme Court. With the nomination to the court of Ketanji Brown Jackson, …
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3/4/22
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Thank you, Chronicle, for running the article on the pandemic’s effect on senior adults and how to help combat those effects.
This message is to senior adults: You are free to mask up every …
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3/4/22
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We are Washington state’s future. We’re the next set of business executives, health care professionals, computer scientists, educators and innovators. We have clear goals for ourselves …
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By Josiah Johnson and Jocelyn Daniels
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3/4/22
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What sad news to read about the passing of former longtime Chehalis City Manager Dave Campbell. He died of cancer at age 68 with his family by his side.
Public employees sometimes get a bad …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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3/4/22
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Legislation that is terrible for most of Washington is motoring through the state Legislature as the end of the 2022 session draws near.
It’s the so-called “Move Ahead …
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By Sen. Ann Rivers
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3/2/22
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If you’ve lived in Western Washington for any length of time, I think I’m safe in saying that this is a time of frustration for you.
We’ve had snatches and pieces of just enough …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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3/2/22
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It has been a difficult time if you’re in law enforcement these past couple years. Politicians and most mainstream media outlets, especially in big cities, have bashed the actions of officers …
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3/2/22
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