This time last spring, Tumwater was in the same spot it found itself in on Friday — in an elimination game with a state tournament berth on the line.
Last season, the Thunderbirds were …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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5/17/24
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TUMWATER – As the Class 2A Evergreen Conference sub-district meet took place last spring, W.F. West’s Hayden Niemi knew there were 110-meter hurdlers better than him.
The headliner …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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5/17/24
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Cayden Page, a senior at W.F. West High School, has committed to swim at Milwaukee School of Engineering.
He will be competing in the men’s 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard …
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5/17/24
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Washington state's Premera Blue Cross members have two weeks until a contract with MultiCare Health Systems expires, removing their access to around 1,000 health care providers statewide.
While …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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Efforts to convince Washington state voters to reject three initiatives on the ballot this fall are in full swing.
Initiative 2117 would repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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Last month, Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee announced a $50 million electric vehicle rebate program through the state Department of Commerce to be implemented later this year and early next year …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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Jesse Lee Calhoun, identified last year as a person of interest in a series of suspicious deaths of women in Oregon, has been indicted in three of the killings as detectives continue to investigate …
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Zane Sparling, Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/17/24
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A 32-year-old Spanaway man who is wanted in Pierce County for attempted murder tried to elude Grays Harbor County deputies to avoid arrest, authorities say.
A Grays Harbor County sheriff's …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/17/24
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Following years of turbulence, which included foreclosure and repeated failed attempts to sell the property, Lewis County has approved the sale of Mountain View Cemetery in Centralia.
For the …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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5/17/24
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Following more than an hour and a half of discussion Tuesday, including around 50 minutes of public comment mostly in opposition, the Centralia City Council approved plans for the Woodland Glen …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/17/24
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A lawsuit filed by a former employee against the City of Morton, former Morton Mayor Dan Mortensen and disgraced former Morton Police Chief Roger Morningstar over alleged sexual harassment in the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/17/24
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If you thought you saw railcars, or speeders, at railroad crossings along the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad and Museum’s tracks Thursday, you thought right.
Eighteen railcars chugged 9 miles …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/17/24
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle theft
• A blue 2015 Ford F-150 with the Washington license plate C07380K was reported stolen from the 1200 block of Mellen Street just after 9:35 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/17/24
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• ANTHONY F. BOONE, 34, Chehalis, died May 8 in Portland, Oregon. A viewing will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Cattermole Funeral Home, 203 NW Kerron St., Winlock. A celebration …
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5/17/24
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A 40-year-old Toledo man was transported to a hospital following a three-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 5 near the Toutle River Rest Area in Cowlitz County early Thursday morning.
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/17/24
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What happens when you walk a route that you’ve driven for decades? You see your world in a new and better way.
I recently set out on such a trek, strolling from Stan Hedwall Park in …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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5/17/24
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During the first half of May, administrators at the University of Washington patiently negotiated with pro-Hamas protesters about voluntarily dismantling their illegal encampment at the center of the …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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5/17/24
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A man arrested while a Lewis County Sheriff’s Office deputy was investigating a horse abuse case in Silver Creek on Wednesday is accused of bringing meth into the Lewis County Jail.
Winton …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/17/24
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