On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee unanimously passed a bill from Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, which aims to reduce the risk of wildfires on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/23
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With National Police Week and National Peace Officers Memorial Day just around the corner, the Centralia Police Department held its 2022 officer recognition awards ceremony at Tuesday night’s …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/12/23
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CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Child Returned to Mother
• A child around the age of 3 was found “running around by himself” in the road in the 500 block of South Market …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/23
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As if America’s plague of school shootings wasn’t terrible enough, the destroyers of public safety and security are now adding insult to injury.
Modern technology and lax …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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5/12/23
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I recall the debate in the 1980s and 90s concerning robots taking over our lives and the world.
Movies like “Terminator” and “The Matrix” didn’t help much. …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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5/12/23
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Western Washington home prices were down year-over-year from April 2022 to April 2023, according to new data released by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
From April 2022 to April …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/12/23
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced it has identified the remains of U.S. Navy Petty Officer Third Class Cecil Barncord, of Topeka, Kansas.
His burial — with full …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/23
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Having just recently returned to Washington, moving to Oakville from Alaska — where he was a chef at several remote, exclusive lodges for eight years — chef Jim Wheeler is now at the helm …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/12/23
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As spring is quickly rolling into summer, Experience Chehalis is still looking for volunteers to work at one of four trash dropoff locations on May 20 and 21 for the City of Chehalis Spring Clean-up …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/23
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The Thurston County Auditor’s Office financial services team received its 16th consecutive Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Financial Officers …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/23
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On Saturday, May 13, the National Association of Letter Carriers will hold its 31st annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Branch 1266 of the association is running the drive in Chehalis and Centralia. …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/12/23
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As candidate filing week approaches, Chehalis School Board member J. Vander Stoep announced on Thursday he will be seeking a second term on the board, according to an email to The Chronicle.
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/23
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With candidate filing week starting Monday, Centralia Mayor Kelly Smith Johnston announced this week she is running for re-election for her at-large city council position in a campaign news release.
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/23
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A Friday morning news release from the office of U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, outlined a bipartisan-backed “Rural Internet Improvement Act,” aiming to increase access …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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5/12/23
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The Chronicle featured a picture of W.F. West High School’s 1963 graduating class in its Monday, May 13, 1963 edition. The picture showed the seniors gathered outside, with girls in the front …
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Compiled by Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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5/12/23
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Detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a toddler who is believed to have been exposed to fentanyl at an Everett hotel, officials said.
The 1-year-old girl was taken Sunday to …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/12/23
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A King County jury returned guilty verdicts Wednesday in the murder trial of Patrick Nicholas, finding him guilty of fatally strangling a Federal Way teenager in 1991 while trying to rape her.
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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5/12/23
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Washington's education department hasn't adequately tracked how schools are spending hundreds of millions in federal aid earmarked for pandemic learning loss, according to an audit ordered by state …
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/12/23
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