• IVAN ARTHUR ROGERS, 80, Olympia, died Feb. 28. Arrangements are under the care of Sticklin Funeral Chapel.
• ANTOINETTE “TONI” MARIE BENNETT, 55, Chehalis, died …
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• Over $250 worth of candy and drinks were reported stolen from a convenience store in the 900 block of Harrison Avenue just after 12:50 p.m. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/23
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“History is so darned messy.”
So says Raymond J. Egan, of Steilacoom, a historian and reenactor who portrays legendary Northwest pioneers such as Ezra Meeker, Father Luigi Rossi …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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3/6/23
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I just read an article in the recent AARP Bulletin about the pandemic challenges, which have yet to end for nursing homes. “A chronic worker shortage has blocked chances for reform and …
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3/6/23
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As dawn broke over the Los Banos Civilian “Internment” Camp at 7 a.m. on Feb. 23, 1945 (1 p.m. Feb. 22, 1945, U.S. Time) about 25 miles south of Manila in the Philippine Islands, it held …
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For the first time since 2020, the Washington state Legislature is back, in-person, conducting meetings and floor sessions on the Capitol campus. And with this return to normalcy, we’ve been …
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3/6/23
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Listening to the newest album from local country musician Chris Guenther, you can hear the sun shining down onto a dusty landscape and a rogue’s gallery of train robbers, horse thieves and …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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3/6/23
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Clark County Deputy Drew Kennison was released from the hospital Thursday, according to the Clark County’s Sheriff Office.
Kennison is now in a rehabilitation facility, which is where he …
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By Sarah Wolf / The Columbian
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3/6/23
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The Centralia City Council and staff spent nearly three and a half hours of a regular Tuesday, Feb. 28, meeting discussing how to spend the city’s federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/6/23
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OLYMPIA — A bill that seeks to increase housing options through lot splitting passed the state House of Representatives on Wednesday.
“We need more options to tackle our housing …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald
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3/6/23
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Auburn resident Becky Bell already had a Powerball ticket, but was grocery shopping with her daughter when she noticed something that persuaded her to buy another.
The lottery vending machine at …
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By Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times
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3/6/23
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Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, and nine other West Coast members of Congress wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture …
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By Carlos Fuentes / The Columbian
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3/6/23
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Harlan Knowles, of Silver Creek, who founded the Lazy HK Bar Rodeo Company and supplied rodeos across the nation with bucking bulls, died on Feb. 20 at the age of 87.
Knowles will be …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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3/6/23
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A 31-year-old man was arrested for first-degree arson after a fire destroyed a vacant former restaurant building on Harrison Avenue in Centralia Sunday morning.
Lewis County 911 …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/6/23
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A man in his 40s was killed Thursday after he was shot through the wall of his apartment in South Everett, according to police.
Around 1 a.m. on Thursday, someone fired a gun at the Erwin …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times
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3/6/23
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Joe Jarzynka, who went from little-known walk-on to one of the most popular University of Washington football players of the 1990s — or any era — has died, according to reports and …
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Bob Condotta / The Seattle Times
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3/6/23
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OLYMPIA — In nearly two decades in nursing, Annika Hoogestraat said her work has exposed her to extreme situations.
"We watch people die in front of us and resuscitate them. It can be …
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Jadenne Radoc Cabahug / The Seattle Times
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3/6/23
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Thurston County should plan to protect the natural environment and prepare for climate change, according to a majority of respondents to a recent survey.
The county launched the survey last year …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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3/6/23
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The Sports Guys gather ‘round to discuss the state basketball tournaments in Yakima and Spokane and whether or not the brackets were GOOD or BAD. Sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings, Goebel Septic, and Americool Heating and Cooling.
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/5/23
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OLYMPIA — In a late-night vote after hours of deliberation, the Washington Senate voted Friday to step up the criminal penalty for illicit drug possession.
About halfway through the …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times
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3/5/23
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