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Since 2022, the Rochester High School SkillsUSA Robotics and Drone Club has gone to the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference each year, winning first place in 2022 and second in 2023 …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/24/24
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Santa held a meet-and-greet event in memory of Daryl Lund at Lund's former business Minuteman Press in Chehalis on Sunday, Dec. 22.
Lund, a longtime elected official and local businessman, died …
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12/23/24
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Though she no longer manages the Tower Avenue Chevron where she began handing out free meals on holidays to anyone who wanted one on Thanksgiving Day 2022, Leah Rader will still be serving up free …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/23/24
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Nine animals — five cats and four dogs — now have new homes for Christmas after being adopted during the first Operation Adoption event at the Veterans Memorial Museum this past weekend …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/23/24
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With Christmas quickly approaching, the Borst Park Lights — a Christmas-themed drive-thru light display at Fort Borst Park in Centralia — will still be shining brightly for any interested …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/20/24
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With Christmas approaching, an area church is embarking on its annual effort to “proclaim the true meaning” of the holiday.
Christmas Island has returned at the Maytown Assembly of …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/18/24
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The Lewis County Salvation Army has transformed its Centralia headquarters into the North Pole as Santa’s elves prepare to hand out more than 7,000 presents ahead of Christmas.
“It …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/18/24
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A break in the rain and slightly warmer temperatures arrived just in time for the 15th annual Lighted Tractor Parade in downtown Centralia on Saturday night.
Thousands of people attended the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/16/24
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With animal shelter space hard to come by in Lewis and Thurston counties, the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis is partnering with Rochester’s Red Rose Animal Rescue and Feisty Felines feral …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/16/24
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Chehalis School District teacher Halee Karnofski has turned the stories she grew up hearing from her grandma into a series of books she hopes will inspire kids to reach for their dreams.
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Submitted by the Chehalis School District
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12/16/24
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Christmas lights and decorations light up the home of Terry and Wendy Harris in Chehalis on Thursday, Dec. 12. The home is in the 600 block of Northwest Quincy Place.
The Chronicle will …
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12/13/24
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Derek Shaughnessy came to a fork in the road in 2021.
Soon after joining the Lewis County Drug Court program, the Washington state Supreme Court found that the state's law against drug …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/11/24
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Though friendly in spirit, the smell of competition was in the air at the Chehalis and Centralia Safeways Tuesday.
After pulling off a narrow victory during the inaugural Battle of the Badges in …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/10/24
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The 74th annual Santa Parade coursed through the streets of downtown Chehalis on Saturday morning to the joy of hundreds of onlookers.
This year’s theme for the parade, hosted by the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/9/24
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The Fort Borst Park drive-thru Christmas lights display in Centralia opened to the public on Friday, Dec. 6.
It will be open daily from 5 to 9 p.m. through Christmas Day on Wednesday, Dec. 25.
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Kody Christen / kody@chronline.com
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12/9/24
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Significant November snowfall and a La Niña forecast offer potential for continued growth at ski areas throughout the Cascades this season.
White Pass marketing director Andy Mahre said …
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Luke Thompson / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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12/8/24
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The story of “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” is well known, as more than 10 million copies of the original Dr. Seuss book have been sold in North America alone, on top of multiple movie …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/6/24
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“A Christmas Story” has been a beloved holiday classic in many American households since the film’s release over 40 years ago.
This holiday season, the Evergreen Playhouse in …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/4/24
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As part of National Adoption Day on Friday, Nov. 22, Lewis County Superior Court Judge J. Andrew Toynbee finalized the adoptions of three children from foster care during a ceremony at the Lewis …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/2/24
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Following a relatively slow day, a collection of potential options brought a flurry of activity roughly 15 feet down an embankment on an offshoot of U.S. Forest Road 21 deep in the Gifford Pinchot …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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11/28/24
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