Three people in Mason County's Fire District No. 12 have been found to have misused public funds and other money, totaling about $165,000 since 2017.
The state Auditor's Office published reports …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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9/23/22
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The manager of a Ridgefield repair shop was fined $10,000 and sentenced to serve 30 days of community service for altering diesel trucks and violating Washington's Clean Air Act.
Nicholas L. …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian (TNS)
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9/23/22
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A 54-year-old Moses Lake man is accused of killing his wife after her body was found Thursday in Lincoln County.
Charles Bergman, who is wanted on suspicion of first-degree murder, …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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9/23/22
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Jay Allen Morris, 70, of Rochester, passed away Sept. 16, 2022, at Providence Centralia Hospital. He was born Feb. 23, 1952, to Robert James (Bob) Morris and Velleda Rosalie (Babe) Finch at Bethesda …
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9/23/22
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Sharon Imhoff was born in 1954 as Sharon Rossi and was raised in Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir, California. She was voted an outstanding female athlete and homecoming queen by the Dunsmuir High School in …
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9/23/22
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Randy Thomas Cline, 61, of Kasilof, Alaska passed away September 7, 2022. Randy was originally from Rochester, Washington. He spent most of his adult life in Alaska, which he loved. He never had a …
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9/23/22
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Ronald Earl Zenkner, of Toledo, passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, peacefully at home, after a nine-month battle with cancer. He was born in Centralia, Washington on Aug. 3, 1947, to Earl and …
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9/23/22
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Protection Efforts Nearly Complete With Goat Rocks Fire Half a Mile From the Timberline Neighborhood
The Goat Rocks Fire northeast of Packwood has seen recent growth along Coal Creek. On Friday morning, the blaze was reportedly one half mile away from the Upper Timberline neighborhood.
After …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/23/22
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The northbound lanes of Interstate 5 were closed at milepost 60 for several hours on Thursday after a log truck struck the state Route 506 overpass near the Vader and Toledo area.
The …
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By Emily Fitzgerald/emily@chronline.com
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9/23/22
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Elk in Packwood can seem as common as pigeons in Seattle, but pigeons don’t tend to stand in the roadway, sift through trash or take up residence overnight in the front lawn.
Along with the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/23/22
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On Wednesday morning, an unlikely crew stood in a circle outside the Packwood Timberland Library.
One person wore a Cascade Forest Conservancy hoodie, representing a staunchly environmentalist, …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/23/22
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• JOAN L. ZIMMERMAN , 87, Winlock, died Sept. 19 at Prestige in Centralia. Arrangements are under the care of Cattermole Funeral Home.
• LILLIAN ‘IRENE’ CARTER, Olympia, …
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9/23/22
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle Accidents
• A driver sustained minor injuries following a single-vehicle collision that was reported in the 1200 block of North Tower Avenue at …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/23/22
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I've never considered myself a political person, and probably never will. I spent 12 years in the military and worked on several Department of Defense contracts, many of which were overseas. One …
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9/23/22
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Law enforcement is my passion, and I worked hard to achieve my goals. I went to college, and pursued my dream.
I am from Winlock, so naturally I wanted to serve in my area. I started my law …
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9/23/22
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This letter is a rebuttal of former sheriff John McCroskey’s opinion piece for The Chronicle on Sept. 21 saying Democrats make us less safe.
Since McCroskey wants to paint one party with a …
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9/23/22
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I agree with a recent letter to the editor in your paper with the headline, “We Need Forward Thinking Leadership in Lewis County.”
Toward that end, I am supporting Scott Brummer to be …
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9/23/22
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I appreciate and admire anyone willing to file for public office. It takes courage to do. As a voter, I appreciate having the opportunity to vote for the candidate that I feel possesses leadership, …
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9/23/22
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Watch what you mean when you claim to be advocating for your and your children’s freedom and “bodily autonomy.”
If you militantly oppose COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates but …
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9/23/22
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I love hard news, political deep-dives, on-the-ground reports, dogged investigative journalism and all the rest of the nitty-gritty that makes a newspaper so vital to a community’s …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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9/23/22
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