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Centralia City Councilor Max Vogt and members of the community paid tribute to the late former councilor Joyce Barnes, who passed away at the age of 91 on Oct. 10, to open up their Tuesday business …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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10/15/25
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A Thurston County deputy crashed their patrol vehicle while enroute to a collision in Yelm early Wednesday morning, Sheriff Derek Sanders said.
The crash occurred just before 12:26 a.m. on Old …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/15/25
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A 23-year-old man found dead near Rainier Road the morning of Oct. 5 died from a self-inflicted wound, the Thurston County Coroner said Tuesday.
The Olympian typically does not report on …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/15/25
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On the 252nd episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss an old face’s return to the Opinion page and the ensuing storm online, selling an …
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10/14/25
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A Chehalis man faces criminal charges following an investigation from Centralia police and the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) that allegedly found him in possession of narcotics.
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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10/14/25
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The Chehalis City Council voted unanimously Monday to accept a roof installation donation for the Babe Ruth concession building at Stan Hedwall Park.
Two facilities at Stan Hedwall Park — …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/14/25
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A Rochester man faces six felony charges, including five counts of violating a no-contact order and one count of felony stalking, after he allegedly sent hundreds of text messages to a woman he was …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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10/14/25
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Overcast skies, sweater weather, fall leaves, pumpkin patches … we are certainly in the throes of autumn.
Here’s one more mile marker we’ve passed into spooky season: Western …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/14/25
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A “No Kings” rally is planned in Olympia on Saturday, Oct. 18 — billed as the 2.0 version of the June 14 event that drew thousands to the Capitol Campus to protest against President …
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Sara Schilling / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/14/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson has directed U.S. and Washington state flags to be flown at half-staff on Friday to honor the four soldiers who died in a military helicopter crash last month.
In the Monday …
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/14/25
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A scorecard released by a conservative-affiliated think tank Tuesday says U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of southwest Washington aligned more frequently with President Donald Trump last year than …
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10/14/25
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Following an address on Wednesday, Oct. 8 that lasted roughly half an hour — centered around progress made by the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office in 2025 — Sheriff Derek Sanders …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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10/14/25
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With potential budget cuts to Thurston County Sheriff’s Office looming — and other restrictions to numerous Thurston County agencies — Sheriff Derek Sanders spoke to an audience at …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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10/14/25
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In front of a modest crowd at the Yelm Community Center on Wednesday, Oct. 8, Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders told attendees of his town hall event that the Thurston County Sheriff’s …
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Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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10/14/25
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Fidel Hernandez Isidro had a problem. He believed someone had pictures of his wife on their phone. That someone was a man from his hometown in Mexico.
Mexico was a long way from Western …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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10/13/25
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The Pacific Northwest has its enigmas: Bigfoot, D.B. Cooper, a long history of UFO sightings. But sometimes mysteries are literally underfoot. Just south of Puget Sound is a vast pimpled prairie …
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Knute Berger / Cascade PBS
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10/13/25
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The Lewis County Board of Commissioners is set to approve the final sale of the Claquato Church to a locally based nonprofit this week roughly three months after declaring the property as surplus and …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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10/13/25
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City of Centralia officials and a group of local skateboarders gathered at the Fuller’s Twin City Skate Park at Rotary Riverside Park Wednesday evening to talk about replacing ramps and filling …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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10/13/25
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Joyce Barnes, a former Centralia City Council member who served two terms, passed away at the age of 91, the city announced in a statement Friday.
“It is with deep sadness that we share …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/13/25
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The Cascade School, located 101 SW Second St. in Chehalis, has been listed in the Washington Heritage Register, wrote Allyson Brooks, Ph.D., in an Oct. 7 letter to The Chronicle.
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/13/25
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