|
Shortly after noon on Wednesday, a blue 2008 GMC Sierra pick-up truck driven by 25-year-old Jose Nunez Ayala of Montesano struck 35-year-old Corry Metzger of Aberdeen, who was walking in the …
more
By The Daily World
|
9/19/25
|
|
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office and the Coroner are investigating after a man was struck and killed by a train on Durgin Road Southeast near the Thurston and Pierce county border Thursday …
more
By Ty Vinson / The Olympian
|
9/19/25
|
|
Thurston County’s Board of Commissioners on Wednesday heard budget-cutting proposals from the county’s elected officials and department heads as part of an effort to slash spending and …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
9/19/25
|
|
From a distance, purple loosestrife brightens up aquatic landscapes with its vibrant purple flowers. With a height of 10 feet tall and spanning five feet wide, this plant can form a dense carpet …
more
By Andrea Watts / The Daily World
|
9/19/25
|
|
As 5 p.m. rolled around on Tuesday, trucks and cars poured into a lumber yard in Onalaska. Tree farmers and locals hurried to get a look at a new way to use wood scraps left over after milling.
…
more
By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
|
9/19/25
|
|
A recent Change.org petition is calling on the City of Centralia to take action to improve and restore Fuller’s Twin City Skate Park located at Rotary Riverside Park.
Petitioners, along …
more
By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
|
9/19/25
|
|
Washington state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, kicked off fundraising efforts for his congressional campaign Thursday evening with his first fundraising event as seeks to unseat Democratic incumbent …
more
By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
|
9/19/25
|
|
Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez said she backed the Republican bill to avert a government shutdown passed by the U.S. House on Friday.
But the roll call results show her not voting …
more
By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
|
9/19/25
|
|
A log-truck driver who died Wednesday after crashing onto Deschutes Parkway has been identified.
Thurston County Coroner Gary Warnock identified the driver as Brian Berry, a 68-year-old Port …
more
By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
|
9/19/25
|
|
More than a week after a small, single-engined, propeller-driven experimental aircraft crashed on the approach path just south of the Chehalis-Centralia Airport early in the afternoon on Thursday, …
more
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
|
9/19/25
|
|
Travelers who use Interstate 5 in Lewis County should plan for lane closures and delays, according to a news release from the Washington state Department of Transportation (WSDOT).
The right …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
9/19/25
|
|
Thurston County’s second annual Resource Hub Block Party saw more than 400 residents gather to access services that ranged from vaccinations to housing assistance to free haircuts. And last …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
9/19/25
|
|
The Oakville School District has taken a major step in addressing the wellbeing of its community by offering a weekly school-based health center (SBHC) at its elementary school.
The program …
more
By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
|
9/19/25
|
|
In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Thursday, Sept. 20, 1945, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about American Legion members unanimously approving a resolution demanding former …
more
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
|
9/19/25
|
|
The four soldiers who were aboard a Black Hawk helicopter that went down near Summit Lake in Thurston County on Wednesday night likely died in the crash, the Army said Friday.
Recovery efforts …
more
By Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
|
9/19/25
|
|
Jonathan R. Woodruff, the 32-year-old Lewis County man accused of shooting at police officers after pointing his firearm at BNSF Railway employees in Chehalis last month, has pleaded not guilty by …
more
By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
|
9/18/25
|
|
The Port of Centralia commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved a purchase and sale agreement with Logistics Property Company (LPC) for approximately 38 acres in the port’s Park I …
more
By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
|
9/18/25
|
|
At least 12 goats have mysteriously been killed at the same location in Doty since the end of July. In each killing, a similar — if not identical — method was used.
No suspects have …
more
By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
|
9/18/25
|
|
|
A Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Summit Lake in Thurston County with four service members aboard on Wednesday night, U.S. Army said in a statement.
Their conditions are unknown as of …
more
Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
|
9/18/25
|
|
Tana Senn, the director of the state’s Department of Children, Youth and Families, began a note to the governor’s budget director lamenting her agency’s predicament.
…
more
By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
|
9/17/25
|
