The 124-year-old building on Jackson Highway where Mary McCrank’s used to be in south Chehalis now has two new businesses calling it home — Medical Massage & Acupuncture and Summit …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/25/24
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As it prepares to merge with another chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Washington, Chehalis Chapter No. 3 is donating the remainder of its nearly $130,000 budget to a variety of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/19/24
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Ian Reed calls himself a “weather geek” and he had been anticipating Saturday afternoon’s lightning storm all day.
A nature photographer, Reed works for the nonprofit Mount St. …
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By Mike Rogoway / The Oregonian (TNS)
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8/19/24
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When Jim Corbett, of Edmonds, found a violin for sale in a Seattle pawn shop around 35 years ago, he purchased it believing what the pawn shop told him, that it was built in Chehalis in 1972.
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/16/24
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When Monica Jimenez was tagged on a social media post about the KELA/KMNT Diaper Derby happening at the Southwest Washington Fair, she jumped at the chance to register her baby, Jayce Nakano.
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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8/15/24
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Hadleigh Westover, whose mother describes her as “wild,” might not be tall enough to be a cowgirl, but she’s certainly a trailblazer: Southwest Washington Fair Association officials …
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By Jared Wenzelburger / For The Chronicle
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8/13/24
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The Southwest Washington Fair returns on Tuesday, Aug. 13, for a six-day run at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds that will end on Sunday, Aug. 18.
This year’s fair features two nights …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/12/24
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Trinity Rayment was crowned the 2024 Morton Loggers Jubilee Queen during the Morton Loggers Jubilee coronation at the Roxy Theater on Thursday, Aug. 8.
Fellow princesses Jalyn Kolb and Bailey …
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8/9/24
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Recognizing her as a pillar of the Toledo community and a woman who inspires others to be their best selves, United Way of Lewis County has selected Cyndi Philbrook as the 2024 Woman of Distinction.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/7/24
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Centralia graduate Chihiro Bringman sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the Seattle Mariners game against the Detroit Tigers at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday, Aug. 6.
Bringman …
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8/7/24
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With the nation still in the midst of the fentanyl crisis, Centralia College student Jamie Cline, of Olympia, chose to make her own struggles with addiction the focus of her speech for the fifth …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/7/24
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During a goat yoga class at Stone City Farm in Tenino, the downward dog yoga pose doesn’t exist. Yoga instructor Erynn Pierce instead tells the class to move into the downward goat pose.
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/5/24
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Jim Wisner left his family’s home in Adna and went into town one day in 1986.
Upon returning, his mother handed him a piece of paper with a name and phone number on it.
“You …
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By Brenna Witchey / brenna@chronline.com
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8/5/24
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It’s a dark and stormy night when a group of high school students on a field trip stumble upon the House of Usher after their bus breaks down, forcing them to spend the night among ghosts and …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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7/31/24
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After 10 years of coaching basketball at Centralia College, Pe Ell graduate Jonathan McMillan decided he needed a change.
In partnership with Tenino graduate Nate Evander, the two have opened …
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By Brenna Witchey / brenna@chronline.com
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7/29/24
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Tenino’s marquee event is set to take place for the 57th year on Friday, July 26, through Sunday, July 28.
Oregon Trail Days celebrates the town’s role in the historic …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/25/24
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The 1.3-million-acre Gifford Pinchot National Forest is wild country. In the shadow of Mount Adams, the southern Washington wilderness is home to elk, bears and cougars. And many legends.
Kelly …
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Samantha Swindler / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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7/20/24
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