Throughout the neighborhood surrounding a boarded up trailer in Winlock that was recently the scene of a grisly double homicide , sheltering under cars and makeshift awnings, live a colony of between …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/21/25
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Rochester Middle School math teacher Amy Norton was recently named the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Middle School Teacher of the Year for Washington state.
What made the honor even more …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/21/25
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Reading comic books, collecting trading cards and building and playing with model rockets and trains were cherished activities of childhood for many.
Those classic hobbies are still being passed …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/21/25
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Tyler Porter, a sophomore at W.F. West High School in Chehalis, recently spent a week working as a page for the Washington state Senate at the Capitol in Olympia.
He was one of 19 students who …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/21/25
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The City of Chehalis Parks and Recreation department is inviting food truck vendors to apply to serve at Stan Hedwall Park for the spring sports season for the first time.
Vendors will serve …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/21/25
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Toledo Elementary School held its first ever Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge at Toledo High School on Thursday, March 20.
Six students from third grade through fifth grade competed by following a …
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3/21/25
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Already the owner of D9 Farms Hay & Grains, Kyle Deskins said he has wanted to build a mercantile-type store for him and his family to run and “bring down-home shopping and rural America …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/21/25
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The talented young cooks of Orin C. Smith Elementary School on Wednesday participated in Future Chefs of America, a cooking competition hosted by the Chehalis School District’s food management …
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By Tyrus VanTuyl / ty@chronline.com
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3/20/25
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After helping start a local food pantry program for students with families facing food insecurity in Toledo, Paula Burrows decided to expand her efforts across all 12 Lewis County school districts.
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/19/25
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Following are members of the Toledo High School second trimester honor rolls. Students are listed in alphabetical order. This list was provided by the school district.
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3/19/25
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The Lewis County Animal Shelter has launched a dog adoption event offering prospective owners the opportunity to pick up a four-legged friend at a reduced cost.
Residents can visit the Lewis …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/19/25
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As part of increased efforts for community engagement, the Thurston County Board of Commissioners proclaimed March as Women’s History Month during its Tuesday, March 18, meeting.
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/19/25
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Preparation to lay the foundation for the new Tenino Veterans Honor Roll Memorial Wall officially began on the morning of Tuesday, March 18, as those involved with the project took measurements and …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/19/25
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The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Enchanted Wellness, a women’s only gym in Chehalis.
The ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. Friday, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/18/25
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Local real estate agent Tiffany Weaver and her clients Tyler Edkin and Tylar Peters will be featured on an upcoming edition of the HGTV television series “House Hunters.”
For the …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@yelmonline.com
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3/18/25
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Though Friday’s weather was overcast and rainy, with late winter storms blowing through the region during winter’s final weekend, Centralia and Rochester high schools’ baseball …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/17/25
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Local historian and Chronicle columnist Julie McDonald Zander’s debut novel, “The Reluctant Pioneer,” was named a finalist in the historical novel category of Western Writers of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/17/25
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Mmdel remote-controlled hydroplane boats put on a show Saturday morning at South County Park Wallace Pond in Toledo.
The event was hosted by ERCU (officially known as Electric Radio Controlled …
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3/17/25
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