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A boat operator was arrested Sunday night for assault by watercraft after they ran over a smaller boat and its occupant, causing severe injuries.
The collision was reported near Boston …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/4/26
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An unusual and potentially pivotal midterm election season gets formally underway in Washington on Monday when candidates can begin filing for legislative, congressional and judicial offices .
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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5/4/26
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On the 275th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss this firing of arguably the lead candidate for the Lewis County sheriff position, the …
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5/1/26
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Bail is set at $25,000 for a Chehalis man accused of assaulting his daughter and strangling his girlfriend on Thursday.
Johnathon Ray Hamilton, 52, faces one count each of second- and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/1/26
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A man accused of starting a dumpster fire at a Centralia apartment building last month is facing a felony arson charge.
The fire was reported outside Candlewood Apartments at 2:26 a.m. on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/1/26
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On Friday, the second lawsuit against the new sheriff decertification bill that took effect in part on Thursday received a motion hearing before the same Thurston County Superior Court judge who …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/1/26
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Tracy Murphy, one of five candidates for Lewis County sheriff and a now former police sergeant, was fired from the Centralia Police Department Wednesday after 30 years with the agency.
He had …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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5/1/26
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Centralia officials will take another swing at filling a vacant city council position starting next week with another round of public interviews.
The Centralia City Council announced Thursday …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/1/26
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By The Chronicle staff
The Washington state Department of Ecology will fine a farm and business with a Chehalis address nearly $1 million for alleged illegal dumping near the Chehalis River.
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5/1/26
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Three years after a landslide cut off access to the upper stretch of state Route 504, also known as Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, work has begun to restore a key connection to one of Washington’s …
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5/1/26
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Roughly nine months after Twin Cities youth signed a petition to call attention to the crumbling Fuller’s Twin City Skate Park, Centralia city staff have followed through on a promise to seek state …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/1/26
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LEWIS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
Preliminary appearances
• Kevin R. Kemp, 45, Centralia, made a preliminary appearance April 29 for one count of possession with intent to manufacture or …
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5/1/26
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Law enforcement in the Olympia area stopped a suspect fleeing with a baby in a stolen truck on Thursday, April 30.
The baby was unharmed.
Olympia Police Department officers and Thurston …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/1/26
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The Committee to Elect Ross Nielson announced Friday morning that the current Lewis County assessor will run for reelection. Nielson is currently serving his first term as the county assessor after …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/1/26
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Thurston County Public Works is notifying residents of the initiation of the Littlerock Road Southwest and 113th Avenue Southwest Bridge Replacement and Intersection Improvements Project.
Work …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/1/26
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"However little television you watch, watch less."
- David McCullough
Those words from historian and author David McCullough (I’m re-reading his brilliant “1776” during this …
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5/1/26
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In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Wednesday, May 2, 1956, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about investigators ruling the death of Centralia resident Walter Norquist a suicide …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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5/1/26
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The Centralia School District held its first Kindergarten Signing Day on Friday at Tiger Stadium, inviting its youngest learners to celebrate the first big step in their education.
“What …
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5/1/26
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The Washington State Office of Independent Investigations (OII) on Friday identified the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) deputies who shot and killed a man following a police pursuit in the …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/1/26
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Last week, state officials attempted to calm local fears that new protections for 77,000 acres of Washington state forestland will jeopardize timberland revenues for Lewis County.
Proceeds from …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/1/26
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