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The Riverside Fire Authority (RFA) experienced a 17% increase in calls for service in 2022, with a total of 4,742 calls, surpassing the previous record of 4,404 calls in 2021, according to a news …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/31/23
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When a woman in line at a thrift store in Packwood on Saturday realized her phone was missing from her pocket, a family member called the number so they could try and find it.
They heard the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/31/23
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The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has referred Aron Christensen’s case back to the prosecutor’s office, The Chronicle confirmed Tuesday.
The Lewis County Prosecutor’s …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/31/23
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After 14 years working for the county, four-and-a-half of those in the big job, Lewis County Manager Erik Martin announced Tuesday morning he will be resigning from his position for a new opportunity …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/31/23
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On the 129th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, Associate Editor Aaron VanTuyl, Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz and Assistant Editor Isabel Vander Stoep are joined by Tenino Mayor Wayne Fournier to …
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1/31/23
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A house fire near Capitol Forest that killed five members of the Cox family earlier this month spurred hundreds to attend a vigil at Tumwater High School Sunday evening.
One organizer said they …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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1/30/23
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State officials and a residential care services company have allegedly received death threats in response to a planned sex offender housing facility near Tenino, Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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1/30/23
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After Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was beaten by several police officers in Memphis on Jan. 7 and died in a hospital three days later, body cam footage released in the days following …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/30/23
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Inside what Gov. Jay Inslee described as Washington’s first facility on a “new horizon of behavioral health treatment,” daylight warms the room despite it being a foggy, rainy …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/30/23
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There were only two seats left vacant in the Tenino High School auditorium during Sunday’s community town hall: one for a representative of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) and one for …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/30/23
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Chronicle staffer Sarah Burdick captured these photos of semi-rare "hair ice," also known as ice wool or frost beard, during a walk near Napavine on Sunday morning.
"Fungus shapes a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/30/23
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The Chehalis Basin Local Action Non-Dam (LAND) Alternatives Steering Group held a workshop earlier this month at the Great Wolf Lodge to give basin residents a first look at four proposals that now …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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1/30/23
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Messina Occhino paged in the Washington state House of Representatives Jan. 16-20. The Chehalis Middle School student was sponsored by Rep. Ed Orcutt, of the 20th District.
Messina was able to …
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1/30/23
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1/30/23
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A Silver Creek man accused of pointing a gun at a woman in August and assaulting the same woman in December has pleaded not guilty to felony assault charges in Lewis County Superior …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/30/23
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The state House Finance Committee has scheduled a public hearing for Thursday, Feb. 2, at 1:30 p.m. on a bill sponsored by state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, seeking to create job opportunities …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/30/23
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The Washington State Auditor’s Office has completed its inspection of the Lewis County commissioners in their role as the board of supervisors for the Chehalis River Basin Flood Control Zone …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/30/23
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Fraud
• Fraudulent transactions out of a state retirement account were reported in the 700 block of North Tower Avenue at approximately 8:45 a.m. on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/30/23
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The Southwest Washington Mycological Society will hold a meeting on Feb. 7 at the WSU Extension Office in Chehalis at 6 p.m.
The office is located at 17 SW Cascade Ave. in Chehalis.
There …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/30/23
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The Greater Toledo Community Library’s Valentine’s Day Book and Bake Sale will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, and Tuesday, Feb. 14. Valentine’s Day cards will also be available for …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/30/23
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