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A man accused of firing an AR-15 rifle at a Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputy last week is in custody, Sheriff Derek Sanders announced Tuesday afternoon on social media.
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5/13/25
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An employee at a gas station convenience store in Toledo is facing felony charges after he allegedly stole a winning lottery ticket from a Washington State Lottery compliance investigator.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/13/25
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A Centralia woman is facing a felony domestic violence charge for allegedly hitting a child under the age of 14 with a belt.
The incident was reported by Centralia Middle School to the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/13/25
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A Winlock man is facing a felony charge for allegedly hitting a child under the age of 13 with a belt in March.
Martin Allen Hicks, 40, was charged April 30 in Lewis County Superior Court …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/13/25
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Oakville High School celebrated its new baseball and softball fields with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, May 9, before the Acorns squads took the field for home games.
The ceremony featured a …
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5/13/25
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A suspect who was injured in a May 7 shootout at a home in Centralia has been booked into the Lewis County Jail and is being held on $5 million bail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/13/25
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Thurston County Commissioner Wayne Fournier has another full-time job. In another county. He’s a firefighter in Grays Harbor. At a board of county commissioners meeting on Tuesday, April 15, …
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A majority of the members of the Chehalis City Council closed their Monday night meeting by speaking out against the Hope Housing Collaborative of Lewis County safe parking pilot program that will …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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5/13/25
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The Lewis County Auditor's Office announced a special filing period after the closure of the county’s normal open filing period the week before.
According to a news release from the Lewis …
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5/12/25
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Editor’s note: Look for an update on candidates who have filed in Thurston County in Thursday’s edition of The Chronicle.
Four candidates are registered to run to become the mayor of …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/12/25
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Every year, the Washington Poison Control Center invites students from kindergarten through 12th grade to participate in a poster-making competition for National Poison Awareness Week.
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By Tyrus VanTuyl / ty@chronline.com
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5/12/25
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Chronicle photographer Kody Christen captured these photos during the first Flower Crawl hosted by the Centralia Downtown Association on Saturday.
“Stroll through downtown and celebrate …
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Lewis County Fire District 5 in Napavine held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for a new apparatus bay that, once complete, will let firefighters cut a minute-and-a-half off of every response to a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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5/12/25
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There were no injuries after a shop fire on Cybrock Lane in Chehalis caught fire on Saturday afternoon, but the building was a complete loss.
Lewis County Fire District 6 units were …
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5/12/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Drug violations
• A 44-year-old Centralia man was arrested at the intersection of Delaware Avenue and Warren Street just after 9:50 a.m. on May 9 for …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/25
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• HARLEY MILLER, 88, Chehalis, died March 22 in Chehalis. A celebration of life will be held at the Chehalis Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
• STEVEN R. GUNSOLLEY, 76, Tenino, died March …
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It’s everywhere — artificial intelligence. On the phone. In the car. On the television. Call it Siri. Alexa. ChatGPT. Or Roomba. But it’s here to stay.
The question is, what …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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5/12/25
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Last week, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Michael Guest, R-Mississippi, introduced bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize the Office of Rural Health within the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/12/25
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The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has announced the award of $14,000 in literacy grants to Washington nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools.
The funds are a part of a donation of …
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5/12/25
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The Port of Centralia commissioners unanimously approved voiding 13 warrants for routine port expenses originally approved in March during the commissioners’ regular meeting on Wednesday, May …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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