The Southwest Washington Mycological Society, a club focused on local mushrooms that is headquartered in Lewis County, will host a membership meeting at the WSU Extension office, 17 SW Cascade Ave. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/23
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The start of the new year brought change within the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office as outgoing Sheriff John Snaza said his goodbyes and incoming Sheriff Derek Sanders introduced his new …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/2/23
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Washington state drivers who are late in paying their toll road fees would do well to remember that the grace period for late fees on unpaid tolls ends on March 1, 2023.
In July 2021, a revamped …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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1/2/23
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In his 2022 year in review, Washington Governor Jay Inslee touted the state’s actions regarding green energy, environmental protections, the securing of abortion rights, solving the housing …
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By Brandon Hansen / For The Chronicle
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1/2/23
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The Centralia Station project is seen through fog from above Monday morning. The multi-use development, located near Mellen Street, is a Port of Centralia project. A new WinCo store will be the …
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Jared Wenzelburger / jared@chronline.com
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1/2/23
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A Longview man is appealing his December animal cruelty conviction for allegedly shooting his neighbor’s dog in the face while it was tied up in the front yard.
Cowlitz County Superior Court …
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By Matthew Esnayra / The Daily News
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1/2/23
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“In this picture are five generations of Verleys. Standing in back are great-grandpa Steve Verley, of Chehalis, and grandpa Zane Verley, of Centralia. In the front row are …
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1/2/23
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To add upcoming events to the Community Calendar, email reporter Matthew Zylstra at matthew@chronline.com.
Newaukum Golf Course Weekly Bingo
Jan. 3 at the Newaukum Golf Course, 153 …
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1/2/23
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Sixteen swimmers of different ages and abilities were welcomed at Thorbeckes in Centralia Saturday for the fourth New Year’s 10K Swim.
Swimmers participated in the 10-kilometer swim …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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1/2/23
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At a special meeting Monday morning, the Lewis County Public Utility District (PUD) commissioners voted 2-1 to terminate the utility’s general manager, Chris Roden.
Those in favor were …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/2/23
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Close your eyes at a Napavine game, and you’d still know when Cael Stanley is making plays.
The junior point guard is one of the Tigers’ vocal leaders on the court, setting up their …
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By Josh Kirshenbaum / josh@chronline.com
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1/2/23
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Father Rushes Wife From Pe Ell to Centralia to Deliver First Baby of New Year
By Chris Thomas / For The Chronicle
The first baby of 2023 born at Providence Centralia Hospital came into …
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1/2/23
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What’s the best way to get yourself to jump into the Pacific Ocean in January? “Don’t think. Thinking is not a good idea at this point. It makes no sense to think at all.”
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Samantha Swindler / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/2/23
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A solar eclipse, meteor showers and big moons are in store for 2023, ready to dazzle all who crane their necks skyward.
The astronomical events calendar for 2023 may be lacking in lunar eclipses …
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Jamie Hal / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/2/23
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The second of two brothers wanted in connection with a homicide in a Lacey motel parking lot last summer is now in custody, Lacey police say.
Nicholas VanDuren, 32, was arrested on suspicion of …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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1/2/23
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The family of the man suspected of killing four University of Idaho students in November has asked the public to allow the legal process to unfold before presuming the guilt of their relative, …
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Quinn Welsch / The Spokesman-Review
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1/2/23
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Lance Henson was born at 3:08 a.m. Sunday at MultiCare Capital Medical Center in Olympia, making him Thurston County's first baby of 2023, a spokesman for the hospital said.
Henson came into …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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1/2/23
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More than 700 people likely died on Washington's roads in 2022, according to early estimates, a mark not reached since 1996.
As the state House and Senate transportation committees resume their …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times
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1/2/23
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In recent years, Olympia lawmakers passed ambitious laws intended to largely eliminate by midcentury most state greenhouse gas emissions from human-caused sources.
In the new session underway …
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Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times
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1/2/23
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Dori Monson, the Puget Sound region’s longtime conservative radio host from “the mean streets of Ballard,” died suddenly Saturday night at 61, in a Seattle hospital, according to …
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By Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times
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1/1/23
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