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A total of 24 middle- and high-school girls from Oregon and Washington gathered at the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory to meet scientists, teachers, staff, and …
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The Reflector
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8/19/25
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A 19-year-old Rochester man is accused of driving under the influence after striking another vehicle and crashing into a building in Oakville on Monday night, according to the Washington State …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/19/25
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The man accused of shooting at police officers after pointing his firearm at BNSF Railway employees in Chehalis last week has been identified and charged.
Jonathan R. Woodruff, 32, of …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/18/25
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A 16-year-old swimmer drowned on Wednesday, Aug. 13, in the Columbia River at Frenchman’s bar in Vancouver despite Clark County Fire District 6 (CCFD 6) calling the rescue efforts, “a …
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The Reflector
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8/18/25
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The theme of 2025’s Washington State Garlic Fest is “Back to our Roots.”
The annual festival, held the weekend following the Southwest Washington Fair, will celebrate …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/18/25
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After a four-and-a-half-hour marathon of steers mooing, lambs bleating and swines sprinting through the sawdust, the Southwest Washington Junior Livestock Sale came to a close with approximately …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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8/18/25
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• STANLEY LEE HALL, 63, Randle, died Aug. 8 in Randle. Arrangements are under the care of Funeral Alternatives of Washington.
• KEITH A. ELBERT, 72, Rochester, died Aug 13 at home. …
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8/18/25
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The Riverside Fire Authority (RFA) responded to a local commercial structure fire involving an industrial hopper shortly before noon Friday, Aug. 15.
The fire was stopped before it could spread.
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/18/25
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Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC) was awarded funding last month to continue ruralTRANSIT service for another four years, including expanded services that were piloted in 2023.
For more …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/18/25
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Following the first free Dandelion Creative Space children’s theater program last December, culminating in a performance of “The Bigfoot Who Stole Christmas” at McFiler’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/18/25
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Seventeen newly certified doulas are ready to serve families across the South Sound thanks to the Blissful Birth Initiations (BBI) Doula Training, a Washington state-approved program designed to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/18/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrests
• Teresa L. Leys, 56, of Centralia, was arrested and booked into the Chehalis Tribal Jail at about 11:44 a.m. Aug. 15 for second-degree criminal …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/18/25
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While the high may have been a balmy 64 degrees on Sunday, Aug. 17, at the White Pass Ski Area in East Lewis County, the weather was perfect for helicopter flights needed to transport the towers and …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/18/25
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Kevin Mills, the Rochester man accused of sexually assaulting a child, pleaded guilty in Thurston County Superior Court on July 11, according to court documents related to the case.
The business …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/18/25
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Like many others in the Lewis County area, I joined the throngs at the Southwest Washington Fair over the weekend, where Saturday morning rain kept the ride lines shorter for a while.
An …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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8/18/25
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You can plan for a lot in county government — budgets, roads, growth — but you can’t schedule a wildfire. When it comes, it comes fast, and Aug. 13, just outside Rainier, it came …
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Commentary by Wayne Fournier / For The Chronicle
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8/18/25
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Following nearly three decades of running a day care center for toddlers and young children, a Ryderwood woman of Hawaiian descent found her calling in art.
“The kids had art time every …
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By Lyn Craig / For The Chronicle
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8/18/25
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Mano, Paroutaud, Groberg and Ricks, also known as Chehalis Law, has announced the addition of Joshua House as a partner in the firm.
House joined the firm in June 2019 after graduating cum laude …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/18/25
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A town hall with Third Congressional District U.S.Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, devolved into a shouting match Thursday as audience members questioned her continued support for Israel …
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By Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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8/18/25
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