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A Yelm Middle School eighth grade student is still recovering from an incident she described as stressful and embarrassing.
Byllie Eighinger-Lemm, 13, asked her teacher if she could use the …
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By Dylan Reubenking / For The Chronicle
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10/22/24
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A New York-based insulation company has been awarded a $10 million federal grant to build a 60,000-square-foot production facility in Chehalis that will support 40 full-time jobs, according to U.S. …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/22/24
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Wayne Fournier, Democrat and current Thurston County commissioner for District No. 4, is seeking re-election for the position on Nov. 5 and is running against Rob Laymon. District No. 4 covers …
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By Jacob Dimond/jake@yelmonline.com
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10/22/24
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A passenger was killed in an ATV rollover Oct. 12 in the Rimrock Lake area, according to a news release from the Yakima County Sheriff's Office.
Maritza Madrid Gonzalez, 23, of Yakima, died from …
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Sara Rae Shields / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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10/22/24
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Two 31-year-old Navy veterans from California were identified Monday as the aviators killed when their EA-18G Growler crashed last week east of Mount Rainier.
Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay Evans, a naval …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/22/24
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A 37-year-old Olympia man accused of attempting to kill his parents with a sword is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $2 million bail.
Johnathan Daniel Beacon attended his …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/22/24
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Bail is set at $25,000 for a man accused of stabbing someone with a needle and breaking their finger at a Chehalis apartment complex on Friday before threatening an officer who arrested him.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/21/24
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While the 2024 Boo-coda Spook-tacular Casket Races didn’t have the speed or star-power of last weekend’s Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix, hundreds of people still descended on Boo-coda — …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/21/24
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Nearly 1,500 people in the greater Winlock area have agreed to have broadband internet infrastructure installed on their property, according to an update from ToledoTel, the company leading the …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/21/24
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The first phase of a proposed ecotourism hub on roughly 80 acres of wetlands in Chehalis could cost between $600,000 and $1.3 million, according to figures provided by planner Bob Russell to the …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/21/24
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Roughly 150 community members who attended a fundraiser benefiting Brody Hamilton, a boy from Onalaska who is currently battling brain cancer, raised at least $28,000 on Saturday, Oct. 19.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/21/24
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Last year, approximately 2,800 people attended the Veterans Memorial Museum’s annual Trunks with Treats event. The Chehalis museum is gearing up to host it once again as the fifth annual Trunks …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/21/24
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The Tilikum Dragons, which describe themselves as "a women’s dragonboat team committed to being a positive influence on each other and our community,” dressed as witches and paddled onto …
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10/21/24
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vehicle accidents
• A minor, non-injury, two-vehicle collision was reported at the intersection of North Tower Avenue and East First Street just after 2:35 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/21/24
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Like many people last weekend, newlyweds Kalvyn and Morgan (Leback) Scott hunted early Sunday morning, but as they returned to their Grayland home, they received a call with devastating news: their …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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10/21/24
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In Washington, Bigfoot rules the forest. But the skies? That's for the little green men.
In 2007, Yakima resident Troy Hampton-Peterson was looking at the stars outside Moses Lake when he and a …
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By Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times
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10/21/24
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Lewis County residents can recycle and dispose of electronics, appliances, scrap metal, household chemicals, yard waste and more during a Community Recycle Event at the South County Regional Park in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/21/24
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As the cold winter weather prepares to rear its ugly head, studded tires will once again be allowed on Washington’s roadways beginning next week.
Under state law, the tires, which cause …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/21/24
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The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce hosted a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for JJ's Sports Bar on Friday, Oct. 18, in downtown Centralia.
Located at 537 N. Tower Ave. at the …
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10/21/24
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