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Rosalind Carol White passed away peacefully from a long battle with cancer at her home in Chehalis, Washington, surrounded by family and friends on June 21, 2023. She was 72. She was a strong fighter …
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8/25/23
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One Toledo gentleman on Wednesday night at a town hall with U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, had a comfortable solution for travel and seating: his lawnmower.
When the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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The Seattle City Council in May voted to make it illegal to get in the way of a firefighter responding to an emergency.
Vietnam veteran, longtime Toledo Police Department reserve officer, former …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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Under normal circumstances, it takes about 20 minutes to drive from Napavine to Centralia.
Tim Baxter made the drive in less than eight minutes the evening of April 28 when he got the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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Aside from swearing in four firefighters hired by the Chehalis Fire Department during the pandemic and honoring retired Captain Steve Emrich at last week’s Chehalis City Council meeting, Chief …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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After more than a year and a half of delays, the trial for the Amanda Park man accused of killing a 46-year-old man and injuring a 12-year-old in Chehalis in December 2021 will commence in Lewis …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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• SUSAN DIANE HEARN, 67, Chehalis, died Aug. 19. Arrangements are under the care of Sticklin Funeral Chapel.
• GARRETT EDWARD MUNDAY, 31, Centralia, died in Tacoma. Arrangements are …
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8/25/23
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After nearly four years as chief of Lewis County Fire District 5 (LCFD5) in Napavine, Dan Mahoney was terminated from his position in June, the fire district’s board of commissioners confirmed …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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Lewis County saw an unemployment rate of 4.1% in July, slightly higher than the 3.8% rate the county reported in June. The rate is also above the 3.6% unemployment rate statewide.
Still, the …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has nine vacancies in its corrections department, Undersheriff Wes Rethwill said on Monday, and he can foresee “at least three more on the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• Just after 11:10 a.m. on Aug. 23, a tent was reported stolen out of the bed of a pickup in the 700 block of North Pearl Street …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/25/23
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Wildfires can take lives, dramatically change the landscape and destroy everything in their path — which, naturally, includes your personal property.
What can make matters worse, …
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By Mike Kreidler, Washington state insurance commissioner
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8/25/23
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With the Seattle Mariners just one game out of first place in the American League west, my mind has turned to America’s pastime.
Do you love baseball? Many Americans do. In fact, …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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8/25/23
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News of the police raid at the Marion County Record in Kansas on Aug. 11 ignited outrage across the nation. Similarly newsworthy was the announcement by the county’s top prosecutor days later …
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By Mary Coltrane and Dee Anne Finken / League of Women Voters of Washington
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8/25/23
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Letter to the editor: Commissioners thankful for those who helped pull off Southwest Washington Fair
The 2023 Southwest Washington Fair has drawn to a close, and what a remarkable event it was. We’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who made this year’s fair a resounding …
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8/25/23
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Sadly, Chronicle writer Isabel Vander Stoep sees fit to celebrate the abusive “mutton busting” event at the recent Southwest Washington Fair Rodeo (“No children or sheep harmed in …
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8/25/23
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Why are you promoting cruelty to animals and abuse of children? Your recent article on mutton busting at a rodeo is amoral.]
The description of the event and the language itself does not reflect …
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8/25/23
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There's a faction of Lewis County Republicans who believe that they are the arbitrators of what is and isn't an acceptable and good Republican. This faction of Republicans are very likely …
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8/25/23
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This is in response to the letter to the editor titled “Commissioner Pollock tied innocent Republicans to white supremacists,” by Erin Volz.
The Republican Party of today is …
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8/25/23
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