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With the Fort Borst Park field artificial turf project complete, the Centralia City Council and Centralia School Board held a joint meeting on Tuesday, March 4, inside the Centralia High School …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/5/25
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Revolting children are taking over the Evergreen Playhouse’s stage Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 23, as the theater presents “Roald Dahl’s Matilda, The Musical.”
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/5/25
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Thurston County deputies assist Washington State Patrol with pursuit Monday night, deploy 'grappler'
A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes Monday night after fleeing from state troopers on southbound I-5, according to jail information and the Thurston County sheriff.
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3/5/25
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An Olympia area timber business has been fined $114,300 by the state Department of Labor and Industries, the agency announced Tuesday.
L&I officials say the business allowed a teen to work …
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3/5/25
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Drugs, guns, cash and other items have been seized following an investigation into a Cartel-linked regional drug trafficking organization, the Thurston Narcotics Task Force announced.
A dozen …
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On the 225th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl, Eric Schwartz and Kody Christen discuss the sale of The Chronicle’s office building, WinCo’s recent hiring party, …
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3/4/25
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The Chronicle’s longtime home at 321 N. Pearl St. in Centralia is officially on the market.
The building doesn’t belong to Chronicle owners Chad and Coralee Taylor, who, as CT …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/4/25
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Ten of the 19 Centralia High School powerlifting team members who competed in the Olympia Powerlifting Open on Saturday, March 1, earned podium finishes.
“These 19 students faced off …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/4/25
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Bail is set at $100,000 for a repeat DUI offender accused of fleeing from law enforcement on a motorcycle while possibly intoxicated in Centralia on Monday.
Patrick Farr, 32, of Olympia, was …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/4/25
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Bail is set at $1 million for a man accused of “ganging up” on a man with a group of teens in Chehalis on Saturday, beating him in the head with a retaining wall brick and causing severe …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/4/25
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The future forecast for Thurston County’s budget shows a chance of significant deficits in the near future if the county doesn’t evaluate containment and revenue options.
Summer …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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The Thurston County Board of Commissioners spent three quarters of its Wednesday, Feb. 26, work session in another tense debate regarding the potential hiring of a new executive aide for Commissioner …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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Thurston County Democrats, an affiliate of the Washington State Democratic Party, stood firm in support of transgender students and “their right” to participate fully in public school …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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3/4/25
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The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has awarded an $886,999 joint grant to the Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nisqually Community Forest and Northwest Natural Resource Group to build forest resiliency in …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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The American Forest Resource Council voiced its strong support for two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on March 1 aimed at expanding U.S. timber production and strengthening the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the City of Tenino made international headlines when it brought back a Great Depression-era wooden scrip currency program in order to help keep the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Walsh calls for federal review of Washington state’s Automatic Voter Registration Act implementation
Washington state GOP Chairman and state Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, has introduced House Joint Memorial 4007, calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to audit and review the Washington state …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Bail is set at $100,000 for a man accused of breaking into his estranged wife’s Centralia home, cooking himself dinner and then sitting in a car in the driveway before his estranged wife …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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Bail is set at $25,000 for a woman accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from outlet stores in Centralia.
Stephanny Shabri Johnson, 36, of Portland, Oregon, was …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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Protesters held up signs and chanted as cars passed by during a “Protect Our Parks” protest along state Route 706 outside of the Nisqually entrance to Mount Rainier National Park near …
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