Why did the elk cross U.S. Highway 12? To get to the lawn beside the museum after it had enough library-adjacent grass.
Like Packwood’s elk, residents must cross the road all the time, be it …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/3/22
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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced on Monday the state is expected to receive $518 million from a settlement with McKesson Corp., Carnival Health Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Drug …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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It was June when the candidates were first interviewed ahead of the primary election for Lewis County commissioner District 3, which covers most of the southern slice and all of the eastern portion …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/3/22
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The 12th annual Southwest Washington Autism Conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, according to a news release from the Lewis County Autism Coalition.
The conference, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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A boy who posted threatening messages to Aberdeen High School’s TikTok account on Sunday — prompting the district to cancel school on Monday — has been arrested, the Aberdeen Police …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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The Lewis County government recently passed a Washington State Auditor’s Office examination of county finances from January to December of 2021, according to a news release from the county. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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The Lewis County Coroner's Office, in partnership with John Panesko and the Pioneer Cemetery, will hold a public internment of unclaimed cremated remains at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
“These …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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The owner of an injured chihuahua that died after it was left in a hot car parked at a Centralia grocery store in May was convicted of second-degree animal cruelty in Lewis County Superior Court on …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/3/22
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Assault
• A Centralia man was arrested in the 100 block of South Pearl Street at 12:35 p.m. on Sept. 30 and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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I started digging into the history of the Elkanah Mills family after receiving an email from Greg Isaacson, of Chehalis, who expressed concern about the deterioration of the Borst blockhouse, a …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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10/3/22
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The Tenino Young-at-Heart Theatre, the Olympia Elks Lodge and the Rochester Citizens Group will present a dinner theater to celebrate the month of Halloween. The Italian dinner will be a murder …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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The City of Centralia Public Works department announced Monday its employees will begin to flush fire hydrants in the city next Monday, Oct. 10.
Hydrant flushing is conducted twice a year and is …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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The Centralia School District is accepting applications for appointment to a vacant school board position through 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 14, the district announced Friday.
Applicants must be …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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The Goat Rocks Fire has burned 4,193 acres as of Monday morning and is still 0% contained, according to an incident management team update on Monday.
Officials are still holding out for the start …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/3/22
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The Lewis-Pacific Swiss Society held Oktoberfest in Frances on Saturday. The 53rd Oktoberfest in the Pacific County town was held after two years of cancellations due to COVID-19 restrictions. The …
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10/3/22
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Centralia’s 1,800 students were expected to join students throughout the nation from Oct. 5 to Oct. 17, 1942, in staging an “all-out drive for scrap metal,” a shortage of which was …
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Compiled by Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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10/3/22
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It’s a Tuesday night at the RV Inn Style Convention Center in Vancouver, and congressional candidates Joe Kent and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez are dressed to look sharp. Kent, a former special …
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By Joseph O’Sullivan / Crosscut.com
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10/3/22
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