What makes Lewis County farmers so special?
As many of them said during a six-farm tour with state, federal and county lawmakers on Monday hosted by the Lewis County Farm Bureau, the work takes …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/2/23
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The community’s website aptly calls Ryderwood “the Village in the Woods.”
At the northwest edge of Cowlitz County to the south of Vader, the town has been a retirement …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/31/23
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The Southwest Washington Fair theme for 2023 is “Bee Friendly! Bee at the Fair!”
Because craft books and the internet are stocked full of bee-themed craft patterns, exhibitors are …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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7/31/23
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Submitting work to the county fair offers neither fame nor fortune.
But Misty Cline, 43, of Onalaska, feels that participating in the Southwest Washington Fair’s open class home …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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7/26/23
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ChehalisFest, an annual summer celebration hosted by community organization Experience Chehalis, will hit the streets of the Mint City on July 29 for people of all ages.
The festival offers …
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By The Chronicle staff
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7/26/23
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The Tenino Oregon Trail Days parade was held Saturday morning on Sussex Avenue. It featured dozens of floats and entries, led as usual by the Tenino Motorcycle Drill Team.
Tenino’s …
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7/24/23
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Meet Bob, the ass who got himself in legal trouble in 2014.
The donkey could be a story all on his own. For Chehalis man Chuck Snipes, 67, Bob was the start of what became a lifelong rescue …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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7/21/23
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About 5,000 cyxlists rolled through Western Washington Saturday and Sunday while completing the Seattle to Portland Classi Bike Ride. Centralia College is the official halfway mark for the ride and …
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7/17/23
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Many migratory birds will come back to the same field or lake, year after year.
The migratory plastic yard flamingos that frequent Centralia in the summer aren’t quite so picky, but …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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7/14/23
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When James Randles died in 1920, the Union Civil War veteran was buried 50 miles from the town that bears his name — or most of it.
On Saturday, he was finally welcomed home. His …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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7/10/23
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The City of Tenino celebrated its 150th birthday on Saturday, July 8, with a sesquicentennial jubilee, complete with a parade, a talent show and a visit from the city’s congressional …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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7/10/23
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The Toledo Cheese Days festival is being held this weekend for the 102nd time.
Chronicle reporter Josh Kirshenbaum captured these photos during the annual Cheese Days parade on Saturday …
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7/8/23
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What’s so special about Lewis County?
There are none of Washington’s five prominent Cascadian peaks, but three of them are in neighboring Pierce and Skamania. There is no ocean, but …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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7/7/23
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Photos of the Summerfest parade in downtown Centralia Tuesday were captured by Chronicle Photo Editor Jared Wenzelburger.
Videos of the Summerfest parade, fireworks and demolition derby …
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7/5/23
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Rene and Sue Remund, sons R.J. and Frank Remund and daughter Lindsey Pollock, for more than a decade, have orchestrated a fireworks show in the Boistfort Valley for all to see. People line the …
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Photos by Jared Wenzelburger / jared@chronline.com
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7/5/23
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Toledo, according to the local Lions Club’s 2023 Cheese Days magazine, is a town with many historic names: Plomondon’s Landing in the 1840s, Warbassport in the 1850s, Cowlitz Landing …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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7/3/23
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Rene Remund grew up in the Boistfort Valley.
The unincorporated, West Lewis County community of a few hundred people is nearly all farmland. There is a river, grange hall, store, fire …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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7/3/23
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