In the wake of January flooding across the Chehalis River Basin, flood mitigation programs have come under a regional spotlight as many residents do everything they can to lessen the possibility of …
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By Daniel Warn / dan@chronline.com
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2/21/22
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The Centralia Police Department officer who was stabbed and seriously wounded Friday during the attempted arrest of a child rape suspect in Chehalis was released from Providence Centralia Hospital …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/19/22
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One person is dead and an officer with the Centralia Police Department suffered serious injuries in a shooting incident that occurred in the 100 block of Alfred Street in Chehalis at approximately …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/18/22
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Development: Crow Holdings, Exeter Property Group and Benaroya Seek to Industrialize Winlock Land
It was the early 2000s when former Winlock Mayor Cy Meyers first got behind proposals to expand …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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2/16/22
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Investigators have so far found no evidence that any information from Centralia College’s local servers left the campus when the servers were victim to a ransomware attack Monday …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/15/22
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Area residents flocked to the Chehalis River Basin Flood Warning System in record numbers during the January flood events.
The system’s website received 33,700 individual logins during the …
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By Daniel Warn / dan@yelmonline.com
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2/14/22
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When Chris and Danielle Rovito discuss the journey that led them to co-found their foundation, they don’t need a script. For something as personal and profound as their story, it needs to come …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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2/11/22
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Student protests against the state’s mask requirement in schools have picked up steam in Lewis County, with students from multiple school districts initiating their own walkouts this …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/9/22
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Three businesses tied to grocery distribution in Centralia were assessed more than a quarter-million dollars in fines Tuesday by the state's department of Labor & Industries over COVID-19 safety …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune
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2/9/22
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Local, state and federal agencies are working to clear out what the Washington State Patrol bomb squad commander called a “homemade explosives lab” that was discovered in the 20000 block …
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By Nisqually Valley News staff
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2/8/22
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An avalanche dog, or “avy dog,” is a service animal trained to search for and rescue people trapped in snow.
But an avy cat? Their greatest service to ski patrol is …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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2/7/22
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Washington congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler on Friday pushed back against the national Republican Party’s framing of the House investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol as a …
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By David Gutman and Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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2/7/22
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Many of the Pe Ell students who walked out on Tuesday to protest the state’s face mask mandate did not return to their classes on Wednesday or Thursday, instead standing peacefully in front of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/4/22
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Wearing a face covering was one of the caveats set by the state Department of Health for Washington schools last year to resume in-person learning amid the pandemic. And for many, those health …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/2/22
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The walls of the Grays Harbor County Jail shook as inmates pounded on the windows, eliciting cheers from demonstrators gathered in the parking lot outside Saturday morning.
“Make her …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/31/22
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According to Jenny Collins, there are a hundred people more qualified for the title than her.
Her family, friends, partners in service and community members beg to differ.
That’s why The …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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1/29/22
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It was a solemn scene on Friday: A tattered Centralia park and playground completed by the Rotary Club last year was still in disarray after intense Skookumchuck River flooding earlier this month. …
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By Eric Rosane / ericr@chronline.com
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1/28/22
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Damage assessments reported to Lewis County Emergency Management so far show that at least 120 individual homes and structures have been damaged from historic flooding that inundated the Chehalis …
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By Emily Fitzgerald and Eric Rosane / The Chronicle
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1/26/22
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People don’t often volunteer at Tenino’s Forest Grove Cemetery, so when cemetery clerk Debi Overlie put out a call on Facebook to raise funds for placards for the graves of forgotten …
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By Daniel Warn / dan@yelmonline.com
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1/25/22
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Friends and family of Karen Bodine, a Thurston County woman who was murdered in January 2007, were prepared for the 15th anniversary of the day Bodine’s body was found on the side of a road in …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/24/22
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