|
Lewis County residents looking for some delicious smoked barbecue catered for their next event can now do so thanks to Chehalis residents Jeremy and Lynn Hearn, who opened J&L BBQ last fall.
…
more
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
|
12/29/25
|
|
CT Publishing launched its newest venture into local journalism when the Thurston Chronicle website went live earlier this month.
The digital-first publication — thurstonchronicle.com — will …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
12/26/25
|
|
The original ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Cluttered Closet was scheduled for Dec. 10, but it was canceled due to the flooding the county was experiencing.
Owner Madison Horn has rescheduled …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
12/26/25
|
|
U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner Friday to request regular, reliable delivery of local newspapers, including The Chronicle, in …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
12/23/25
|
|
While a lack of affordable child care resources is still affecting parents nationwide, there is a new community and family resource center in Onalaska — the Touched By One, Touched By All daycare.
…
more
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
|
12/23/25
|
|
State Reps. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, and Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, recently toured a major food distribution center, United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI), at the Port of Centralia to better understand how …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
12/23/25
|
|
Members of the current and future Centralia City Council, as well as city staff, Port of Centralia officials and Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce leaders, toured the United Natural Foods Inc. …
more
By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
|
12/22/25
|
|
High school students in their junior year in the Twin Cities gathered on the Centralia College campus this week for a crash course in business.
Lewis County-based nonprofit organization …
more
By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
|
12/19/25
|
|
A ribbon-cutting ceremony and a Business After Hours event were hosted by the Centralia-Chehails Chamber of Commerce at The Chronicle's new location in Centralia on Thursday, Dec. 18.
The …
more
12/19/25
|
|
Shakespeare & Co., an eclectic independent bookstore in downtown Chehalis, is brimming with good cheer, warm hospitality, delectable pastries and a large selection of gently used books.
The …
more
By Lyn Craig / For The Chronicle
|
12/19/25
|
|
For many business owners in East Lewis County, the “shoulder season” between summer when visitors flock to the area to camp, hike, hunt and fish, and winter when White Pass Ski Area opens drawing …
more
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
|
12/17/25
|
|
Wilcox Family Farms is continuing its holiday tradition of donating nearly one million eggs to food banks across the region, according to a news release from the company.
Starting with a …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
12/16/25
|
|
Nicholaus Martin, a 2014 Centralia High School graduate and longtime resident of the Hub City, is accomplishing a lifelong dream of opening a chiropractic clinic in Lewis County.
He founded …
more
By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
|
12/12/25
|
|
Weyerhaeuser’s Rochester Nursery ships about five to six million seedlings to Christmas tree growers across the U.S. and Canada every year, Weyerhaeuser Senior Communications Manager Matt …
more
Photos and captions courtesy of Weyerhaeuser Senior Communications Manager Matt Peterson
|
12/12/25
|
|
Union members at Pacific Northwest newspapers owned by McClatchy Media — including The Olympian — are raising the alarm about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) in …
more
By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
|
12/11/25
|
|
A month after negotiations between the City of Centralia and Logistics Property Company (LPC) stalled, the two parties have agreed to a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to allow LPC to continue with the …
more
By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
|
12/10/25
|
|
TransAlta has announced it will “perform coal-to-gas conversion on its Centralia Unit 2 facility in Washington state, with a planned contracted capacity of 700 MW.”
The news comes as …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
12/9/25
|
|
Let's Play Something in downtown Centralia has announced it will be holding Storytime with the Grinch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, for free.
The Grinch will be reading the …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
12/8/25
|
|
Erandi Martinez-Vera, a W.F. West High School student, was the winner of this year’s Lewis County Coffee Co. holiday cup design contest.
Like last year, the company held a contest for a …
more
12/8/25
|
|
On Friday, Dec. 5, My 2 Scents K9 owner Kristi Bridgman officially christened her new Onalaska dog training center with a Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony.
During …
more
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
|
12/8/25
|