• ARON CHRISTENSEN, 49, of Portland, was found Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, on the Walupt Lake Hiking Trail in Randle, Washington. Arrangements are under the care of eCare Mortuary in Chehalis.
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Organized Retail Theft
• Three suspects — Dwayzsha L. Cantley, 27, of Olympia; Kaleb A. Reanier, 27, of Lacey; and Robert E. Rogers, 28, of …
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There were 11 new hospitalizations in Lewis County due to COVID-19 between Aug. 19 and Aug. 25, according to the most recent weekly update by Lewis County Public Health & Social Services …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/31/22
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The Washington state Department of Health (DOH) released a statement on Wednesday providing advice on how to prepare for wildfire smoke. While the statement said Washington has experienced a mild …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/31/22
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A Washington state judge ruled on Monday that Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler exceeded his authority when he issued a rule banning the use of credit-based insurance scores.
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8/31/22
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Coming Attractions Theatres announced a partnership with the Cinema Foundation on Monday to help people go to the movies at discounted prices for National Cinema Day on Sept. 3.
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8/31/22
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Former Tenino mayor Eric Strawn has died, the City of Tenino announced Wednesday.
“The city is not at liberty to share any details regarding former Mayor Strawn’s passing, but …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/31/22
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With the 2022 Southwest Washington Fair and Washington State Garlic Festival in the books, Lewis County Parks and Recreation Director and Fair Manager Connie Riker has announced her resignation.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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The Lewis County Public Utilities District (PUD) announced on Wednesday it received $1.46 million from the Centralia Coal Transition Grants Weatherization Board to continue its energy efficiency …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/31/22
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As if the surrounding forests and views of Mount Rainier didn’t already cement Packwood as a logging town-turned-tourist destination, now visitors can sleep in the very rooms occupied by …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/31/22
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The countdown has gone from weeks to days, and soon will go to hours: it’s just about time to kick off the 2022 football season in Southwest Washington. Here’s where all the local sides …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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8/31/22
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Centralia volleyball head coach Marti Smith has been doing this for a long time. She has worked with numerous teams over the years — whether as an assistant or at the helm of the Tigers’ …
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By Alec Dietz / alec@chronline.com
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8/31/22
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An officer with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife saved four lives in 2021 and the beginning of 2022, including two in the same day.
WDFW Jacob Schrader was honored last week for …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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ANACORTES — Skagit County prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old Anacortes woman with second-degree murder in relation to the Aug. 25 shooting death of a 52-year-old man.
Anacortes police …
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Benjamin Leung / Skagit Valley Herald (TNS)
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Starting this fall, about half of all Washington public school students will have to pay for school meals for the first time in more than two years. That's because federal lawmakers did not extend a …
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Omar Shaikh Rashad / The Seattle Times
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8/31/22
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Wild blackberries are common across Washington state, but before you head down the road to start foraging, there are a few things you should be wary of before snacking on wild berries.
While …
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Alyse Messmer-Smith / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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8/31/22
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Seattle police arrested two men in separate child kidnapping attempts a few hours apart on Tuesday, authorities said.
At 11 a.m., a man allegedly tried to force a 10-year-old girl he did not …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/31/22
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MOSES LAKE — Grant County Sheriff's deputies are looking for the public's help to solve the 1999 murder of a Basin City man near O'Sullivan Reservoir south of Moses Lake.
The body of Jesse …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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TRI-CITIES — Out past the urban centers of Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane and toward the rural areas of central and Eastern Washington is an area of land not quite uninhabited and not quite …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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