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You can’t please everyone.
Why do we even try to please others?
Because we like being liked. If we are honest with ourselves, we do not like it when people do not like us. It …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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8/11/23
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If there is one figure in America who stands above politically based criticism or politics of any kind, it's Dolly Parton.
You don't even have to be a country music fan to admire her.
The …
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The Seattle Times Editorial Board (TNS)
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8/11/23
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It's hot out there, or at least it will be.
Summer is here and I heard on the news the other day that this summer is set to be the hottest on record.
Fossil fuels and our over …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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8/9/23
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You may remember from last week's column that I was stuck wearing the wrong boots on patrol in Korea.
On day two, we headed north again, gaining altitude until we reached an area that …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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8/9/23
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So often, we celebrate huge stories of success — the student who pulled themselves out of addiction or homelessness, the high-achieving student headed to an Ivy League university on a full …
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By Bob Mohrbacher, Centralia College president
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8/7/23
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More than a year ago, when I interviewed 100-year-old Lisa Blomdahl, she pedaled her stationary bike and walked on her treadmill in her exercise room overlooking Chehalis to show what a healthy …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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8/7/23
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This week, our community saw an example of exclusion in the name of inclusion.
In a piece written by Lewis County Seniors President Carol Brock for the Senior Dynamics publication, it was …
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By Chad Taylor / The Chronicle
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8/4/23
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On Tuesday evening, Janet tentatively entered the lobby of Northwest Pediatrics Center. She was greeted by volunteers of Health & Hope Medical Outreach with enthusiasm. She learned that she was …
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By Jami Lund
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8/4/23
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A big green bus with an image of a boy wearing a superhero cape rolled across the state the first week of August.
The boy, as well as a young girl leaping in the air on the other side of the …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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8/4/23
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In the swiftly changing landscape of the digital era, the early sexualization of children has emerged as a distressing issue. Such sexualization not only robs children of their innocent years, but …
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By Sean Swope, Lewis County commissioner
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8/2/23
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With an American soldier hightailing it across the border into North Korea, missile launches and the extreme warm weather we've had this year, my mind wandered into thinking about just the opposite …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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8/2/23
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Editor’s note: This is the third and final installment of columnist Julie McDonald’s interview with Third Congressional District candidate Joe Kent. Parts one and two can be found at …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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7/31/23
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This week The Chronicle began its popular annual competition called The Best of Lewis County. It’s one of the many fine things our local newspaper does to help us communicate and celebrate the …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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7/28/23
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I was just thinking that I may have accidentally come across a new pleasure.
Not really new, just new to me.
I've gone back to a couple of books that I've read in the past and …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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7/26/23
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Editor's note: The first part of this interview can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/58ee6rfz
At the request of a writer friend, I met with Third District congressional candidate …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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7/24/23
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It is about that time of year when students and teachers begin thinking about returning to the classroom. It is also the time when parents begin thinking about the cost of school supplies. While some …
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By Peter Abbarno
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7/21/23
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This week, a video crew from KBTC public television was rolling through Centralia. They were collecting interviews and B-roll for a short documentary they are producing about the town’s …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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7/21/23
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After Joe Kent sat at our table in Ramblin’ Jack’s Ribeye in Napavine last month, I told the 3rd District Republican candidate for Congress — who beat U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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7/17/23
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Would you like to have a longer, healthier life?
Most of us would say, “yes, of course.”
But how?
It turns out there’s a way to do it. Researchers have not only …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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7/14/23
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A Port of Centralia whistleblower is being attacked for stepping forward, and that’s wrong. An employee of the port had a positive impression of Commissioner Peter Lahmann, but …
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By The Chronicle Editorial Board
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7/12/23
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