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As the Cowlitz River began to rise earlier this month, one group of riverside residents and property owners near Packwood worked fast to brace their neighborhood from the raging waterway.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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Residents of the Chehalis River Basin have spent lifetimes living with flooding and decades working with the state to find a more effective way to prepare.
But state flood insurance numbers show …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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CT Publishing launched its newest venture into local journalism when the Thurston Chronicle website went live earlier this month.
The digital-first publication — thurstonchronicle.com — will …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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The Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association will host an acoustic music jam on Friday, Jan. 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lewis County Historical Museum, located at 599 NW Front Way in downtown …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public input on a draft periodic status review for the Canada lynx that includes a recommendation to keep the animal classified …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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Riverside Fire Authority personnel responded to a reported structure fire in the 200 block of Blanchard Road in Centralia involving a manufactured home at about 3:31 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24.
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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A man who crashed his vehicle into a tree in Winlock Tuesday afternoon is now facing a felony DUI charge.
Brenden Keith Banta, 28, of Vader, allegedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.135 when …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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A new supplemental budget proposal from Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson would provide additional funding to juvenile rehabilitation efforts, specifically to improve staffing and security at two …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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The original ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Cluttered Closet was scheduled for Dec. 10, but it was canceled due to the flooding the county was experiencing.
Owner Madison Horn has rescheduled …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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• ALANA M. DAVALOS, 75, Randle, died Dec. 15 at her residence. Arrangements are under the care of Cattermole Funeral Home.
• MATTHEW J. KLEMMENSEN, 68, Napavine, died Dec. 20 at Providence …
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12/26/25
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Centralia Police Department
Drug arrests
• Nathan S. Page, 35, and Colin B. Scott, 35, both from Tumwater, were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for alleged unlawful …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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A 1980s federal law gives the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the authority to dredge the Cowlitz River of the sediment still flowing from the last Mount St. Helens eruption, but agency leaders say it …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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12/26/25
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A 48-year-old Mason County woman died after she lost control of her vehicle on state Route 106 near Skokomish on Christmas Eve.
Speed and drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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An interlocal agreement (ILA) is now in place between the City of Yelm and Thurston County to work together on Yelm’s plan to annex some properties in unincorporated Thurston County.
The City …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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12/26/25
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In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1955, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about Centralia police asking for tips on suspects who “played Santa Claus in …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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Earlier this year, the Mineral School — an overnight artist residency based at the old Mineral School in the East Lewis County community of Mineral — was rebranded to the Mineral Arts & …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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Winlock resident Tommy Thompson was honored by the Winlock City Council as the Volunteer of the Year during the Monday, Dec. 22, council meeting at Winlock City Hall.
And he wasn’t the only …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/26/25
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In response to December’s catastrophic flooding that displaced hundreds of families across Washington, global stay and experience platform Airbnb is providing 700 free nights of temporary housing …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/26/25
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This year was exceptionally heavy with news on the outdoors beat, especially as national politics intruded on the solitude of hikers and backpackers. Changes in federal public lands policy had direct …
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By Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/26/25
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Kristi Pruett had no plans to become one of the top competitors in the CrossFit masters division in the nation when she began working out at CrossFit Sentry in Centralia a decade ago.
Now, …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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12/24/25
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