Last week, the publisher of The Chronicle called on the City of Centralia to take action in response to an increase in crime connected to homelessness. I’d like to respond to his concerns and …
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By Kelly Smith Johnston
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4/7/23
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Drugs in our state are clearly more lethal than firearms. Just look at King County, where 83 people were fatally shot in 2022, but more than 1,000 people fatally overdosed.
With that disparity …
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By John Braun
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4/7/23
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As House Bill 1240 currently sits in the Washington state Senate awaiting its second rules committee reading, owners of The Man Cave Outfitters — a gun store and indoor shooting range in …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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4/7/23
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Treehouse, Washington state’s leading nonprofit for youth experiencing foster care, has announced a statewide expansion of its programs.
Effective April 3, school-aged youth in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/7/23
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Thurston County’s overdose death rate exceeded the statewide rate but ranked lower than most of its neighboring counties in 2021, according to newly released age-adjusted data.
The data …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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4/7/23
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Cultivating Inclusion, a Lewis County-based organization dedicated to promoting acceptance and empowerment for people with disabilities, will hold its annual Inclusion Celebration and Awards event …
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By The Chronicle
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4/7/23
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The Lewis County Board of Commissioners will start a newsletter, which will be sent out on the first Friday of each month, to showcase events and news.
The newsletter is free to sign up for and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/7/23
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The Thurston County Auditor’s Elections Division has mailed more than 52,000 ballots to voters in the county for the April 25 Special Election.
Voters registered in the cities of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/7/23
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Following are members of Toledo High School’s second trimester principal’s list and honor roll. Students are listed in alphabetical order.
12th Grade
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/7/23
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Winlock Middle School has announced its principal’s list and honor roll for the first semester of the 2022-2023 school year.
On the principal’s list, students are listed from …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/7/23
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After five years without a rate increase, Chehalis residents Emily Ponyah and her husband Mike, who have six children, were incredulous when they saw their bill for recent curbside garbage and …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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4/7/23
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The Willapa Hills Trail Overpass above state Route 6 at Littell, which is just east of Adna, is set to be completed over the nights of April 16, 17 and 18.
After delays due to the fittings of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/7/23
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The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) recently launched an updated opioid and drug overdose data dashboard with county-level data on hospitalizations and deaths due to the overdose of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/7/23
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Centralia residents were finally able to legally purchase alcohol again for the first time in almost two decades after “3.2 beer” had been legalized on April 7, The Chronicle reported in …
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Compiled by Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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4/7/23
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Zander Buell was born with soft, dark hair that, while a little long, was wholly unremarkable.
That changed after Zander lost his baby hair and his permanent hair grew in light, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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4/7/23
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To add upcoming events to the Community Calendar, email reporter Matthew Zylstra at matthew@chronline.com.
Gardening for Everyone
April 8 at Centralia College in Washington Hall, 600 …
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4/7/23
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Four Centralia College pitchers combined to hold Grays Harbor to one run in 16 innings across two games, as the Blazers swept the Chokers in a doubleheader 8-1 and 3-0 in seven innings.
Grays …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/6/23
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TUMWATER — The Black Hills boys soccer team capped off one of the busier spring breaks in the area with an all-hands-on-deck win, getting six names onto the scoresheet in a 7-1 non-league win …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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4/6/23
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First responders were dispatched to a fire at the Peppertree West Motor Inn in the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia shortly before 6:25 p.m. on Thursday.
Riverside Fire Authority …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/6/23
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President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday said it will propose a rule to ensure transgender students can participate in school sports. The proposed rule comes a day after lawmakers in …
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Daniel Desrochers / The Kansas City Star (TNS)
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4/6/23
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