Four Lewis County veterans took to the skies in a 1942 Boeing PT-17 Stearman biplane at the Chehalis-Centralia Airport on Monday courtesy of Dream Flights, a nonprofit organization out of Nevada that …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/14/23
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Last week’s cold spell burned off just in time for the “Grandaddy of All Logging Shows” to heat up in Morton for the 80th year in a row.
After lawnmower races on Friday …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/14/23
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The Washington State University Extension Lewis County Master Gardeners will hold the annual fall plant sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 16.
The sale will be held at the Fort Borst Park …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/14/23
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Loretta Cooley, of Onalaska, and Aiden Hopman, of Chehalis, recently became junior members of the American Angus Association, according to a pair of news releases.
Junior members of the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/14/23
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With the first fall big game hunting season underway, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is reminding hunters that time is running out to complete mandatory hunter education …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/14/23
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Julia Gaul, an Edward Jones financial adviser in Centralia, recently received the firm's Spirit of Partnership Award for outstanding performance during 2022, according to a news release.
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/14/23
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The heat wave has begun.
High temperatures into the 80s and low 90s in Western Washington are forecast through Wednesday, and the National Weather Service predicted lows at night in the mid- to …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/23
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SEATTLE — Where to see the whales is one of the first questions tourists ask about Seattle.
They're curious for good reason. The Salish Sea, the inland marine waters of Washington and …
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Sarah-Mae McCullough / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/23
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A new national report on Washington's obstetric care shares seemingly alarming trends about the shape our maternal health systems are in — but state health experts aren't so sure the numbers …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/23
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SEATTLE—Washington firefighters now have more planning time and a longer season to ignite the controlled burns they use to prevent massive wildfires threatening landscapes and homes and …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/14/23
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The Thurston County jail removed its pandemic-era booking restrictions this month, prompting renewed concerns about crowding and increased caseloads for attorneys and the courts.
The Thurston …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/14/23
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Irma Rae Hiles, 84, of Randle, Washington, passed away on July 17 at the Heritage House in Morton, Washington. She was born to Ray and Marie Ott in Caldwell, Idaho on Jan. 1, 1939. She graduated from …
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8/14/23
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Douglas Vern “Bud” Scherer passed away at his home in Renton, Washington, on Monday, July 10, 2023. He was born and raised in Chehalis, the son of Alfred Theodore Scherer and Ione Dorothy …
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8/14/23
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Before he became a person of interest in the deaths of four women, convicted felon Jesse Lee Calhoun was accused of smashing a woman’s car with a large stick over a $10 debt, strangling a …
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/13/23
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A 53-year-old homeless woman said she set eight Spokane-area fires last week because she was frustrated over the region's housing crisis.
Vickie L. Smith was arrested Thursday in Tukwila, …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/13/23
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Jurors on Friday convicted two more Patriot Front members of conspiring to riot by disturbing the peace at a Pride event last year in downtown Coeur d'Alene.
Judge Mayli Walsh sentenced Wesley …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/13/23
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With help from Yakima police and the Yakima Humane Society, Pebbles the tortoise is back in her backyard pool after a brief escape.
"In all my years in the department, we have never picked up a …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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8/13/23
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'Children should be able to walk home': Western Washington driver who killed young girl is sentenced
The two girls had plans to be roommates, to be each other's maids of honor. They were best friends with more phone calls and adventures ahead, but a reckless driver took that from them, and he …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/13/23
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SEATTLE — Dear Big Ten football fan,
The drive from Chicago to Seattle spans 30 hours and 2,000 miles, which feel like many more. It's a seven-state expedition along Interstate 90, a …
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Mike Vorel / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/13/23
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SEATTLE — Bobby Wagner's social media post at the outset of Seahawks training camp was blunt and straightforward, yet carried a wallop, just like one of the more than 1,500 tackles in his …
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Larry Stone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/13/23
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