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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The Korean War, which stretched from 1950 to 1953, is called the Forgotten War because no one really remembers why we were there in the first place.
My father was in the U.S. Air Force …
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By Richard Stride
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7/12/23
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Those are poignant words from the movie “Sound of Freedom,” based on the true story of Homeland Security Agent Tim Ballard, who arrested pedophiles purchasing children for sex and then …
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By Julie McDonald
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7/10/23
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The Willapa Hill Trail is one of the new “great wonders of Lewis County,” and now the trail has an artist dedicated to properly capturing its many beautiful dimensions.
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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7/7/23
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Until President Joe Biden signed the Chips and Science Act (CSA) last year, companies, such as Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), looked elsewhere to build plants costing …
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By Don Brunell
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7/5/23
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Coralee and I purchased The Chronicle three years ago for two main reasons: we thought that with hard work, we could turn it into a profitable business, and because a local paper is critical to keep …
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By Chad Taylor
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7/5/23
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When I read about the primarily masked white supremacists heckling people at the LGBTQ+ Pride event in Centralia last month, it sparked memories of a newsletter I received years ago.
I’m a …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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7/3/23
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Remember after the last presidential election, when even here in blue Washington state, scores of Republicans and other voters sued contending that the election had been stolen?
The lawsuits, …
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/2/23
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