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The Thorbeckes Pumpkin Splash Party event was hosted at the wellness center's pool in Centralia on Saturday, Oct. 19.
The event offered attendees an opportunity to swim with gourds and pick one …
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10/21/24
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Two 31-year-old Navy pilots from California were identified Monday as the victims in the Growler crash east of Mount Rainier last week.
Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, a naval flight officer, and …
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By Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/21/24
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The Thurston County Youth Football League is a major organizer of youth sports.
At a recent game for the league at Tumwater High School, multiple teams were decked out in professional-looking …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/21/24
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The two aviators who were missing after a Navy Growler crashed east of Mount Rainier last week have died, officials said Sunday.
The announcement comes five days after the EA-18G Growler crashed …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/20/24
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Andy Goodwin stationed himself last Saturday at the top of Mount St. Helens, where he usually spends several hours each week educating climbers about one of the Pacific Northwest’s most …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/20/24
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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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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/20/24
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Thurston County elected officials may get salary increases ranging from 5% to 9.5% in 2025 if a new proposal is approved.
The county's Citizen's Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials will …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/19/24
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The Olympia man who damaged and destroyed several area Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison for the 2018 crime spree, U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced.
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/19/24
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Navy search crews along with law enforcement agencies and others Friday evening reached the remote site east of Mount Rainier where a Navy Growler that had two aviators aboard crashed Tuesday.
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Catalina Gaitan and Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/18/24
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Mountain View Timberland Library in Randle will host a “grand closing” event for its current library building on Nov. 16 ahead of the library’s move to its new location at 10111 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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Thurston County Public Health and Social Services is reporting a toxic algae bloom at Offut Lake near Tenino.
Lab results taken on Oct. 16 detected microcystins toxin levels at 30 ug/L, which is …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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A Green Hill School corrections employee who is already facing charges for allegedly “turning a blind eye” to an assault inside the facility in January was arrested again on Wednesday for …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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Dozens of industry leaders from across Lewis County got a chance to see and experience the work being done in the W.F. West High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) wing at a …
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Submitted by the Chehalis School District
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10/18/24
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Lewis County is famous for many paranormal happenings.
Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 UFO sighting helped coin the phrase “flying saucer,” and the county’s forests are hot spots …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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Owners of Victorian & Steampunk Emporium are preparing to celebrate its new location in downtown Centralia.
The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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Farmers in Washington could benefit from their bottom lines by keeping a closer look on their finances, a Washington State University farming consultant told a collection of roughly 75 Lewis County …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• A juvenile was referred to a local prosecutor’s office for allegedly stealing a bicycle from the 2900 block of Mt. Vista Road just before 10 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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Ballots for the Nov. 5 general election have been mailed, and in addition to voting candidates into county, state and federal office, voters are asked to weigh in on several local proposals to …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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The West Thurston Regional Fire Authority promoted longtime firefighter Nathan Drake to fire chief on Monday.
Drake started as a volunteer firefighter with West Thurston in 2005 and was hired as …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/18/24
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After working at the Ford Motor Company dealership in Morton since he was 12 years old, Jim Van Cleve, 72, is “semi-retiring” from running the business his family built.
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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10/18/24
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