The Chehalis City Council is preparing to formally adopt the conceptual plan for the Imagine Downtown Chehalis rejuvenation project after the initial designs, project timeline and public input were …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/31/25
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The Lewis County branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) used book sale returned for the 45th time last Thursday through Saturday at the Moose Lodge in Centralia.
It was …
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By Tyrus VanTuyl / ty@chronline.com
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3/31/25
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Three Chehalis School District principals with a combined 60 years of service to the district will be retiring at the end of the school year, the district announced last week.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/31/25
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The highly polarizing “Uncle Sam billboard” on Interstate 5 in Napavine has been stuck on the same two messages for four years. “How many Americans will we leave behind in …
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By Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/31/25
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This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one caught any fish and no …
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3/31/25
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The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing ways to prevent Spirit Lake from overflowing by updating or replacing an aging tunnel built to drain the lake after the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption .
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3/29/25
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The Washington state House of Representatives passed House Resolution 4631 on Tuesday, March 25, honoring the 50th anniversary of Special Olympics Washington.
State Rep. Peter Abbarno, …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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3/28/25
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The Lewis County Public Utility District (PUD) has seemingly vacated the seat held by an elected commissioner who was charged with felony bribery last year.
Commissioner Michael Jay Kelly, …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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3/27/25
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Onalaska High School natural resources students had an opportunity Wednesday to learn a practice utilized by fruit growers for thousands of years: tree grafting.
“We’re …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/26/25
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While he may have grown up with asthma, Glenn Swearingen was able to hide his diagnosis from U.S. Army doctors and, together with all of the other boys in his Pe Ell High School graduating class, was …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/26/25
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State lawmakers and the mayor of Centralia are demanding immediate action by the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the WDFW-operated Bob Oke Game Farm as concerns continue to grow …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/26/25
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‘We live in a dust bowl’: Frustration grows for Morton residents as city road conditions deteriorate
On Friday, Feb. 28, the first sunny day in over a week, all it took was a few hours of sunlight for the city streets of Morton to turn from mud to dust.
It was around that time that Judy Ramsey, …
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By Kody Christen and Owen Sexton /The Chronicle
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3/26/25
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The National Weather Service in Seattle told emergency responders on Wednesday morning that the chance of tornados in the state has increased as a round of thunderstorms and severe weather bears down …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@Chronline.com
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3/26/25
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Much of Western Washington could see isolated severe storms that are capable of producing significant hail, lightning and severe wind in the afternoon Wednesday, March 26.
The National …
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3/25/25
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The Washington State Patrol honored the fifth anniversary of Trooper Justin Schaffer’s death on Monday.
Schaffer, 28, was killed in the line of duty on March 24, 2020. He was deploying …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/24/25
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The Southwest Washington Dance Center hosted the 31st annual Dance Festival Northwest Saturday, March 22, at the Corbet Theatre on the Centralia College campus.
Dance Festival Northwest …
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3/24/25
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Throughout the neighborhood surrounding a boarded up trailer in Winlock that was recently the scene of a grisly double homicide , sheltering under cars and makeshift awnings, live a colony of between …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/21/25
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The talented young cooks of Orin C. Smith Elementary School on Wednesday participated in Future Chefs of America, a cooking competition hosted by the Chehalis School District’s food management …
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By Tyrus VanTuyl / ty@chronline.com
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3/20/25
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After helping start a local food pantry program for students with families facing food insecurity in Toledo, Paula Burrows decided to expand her efforts across all 12 Lewis County school districts.
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/19/25
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The Lewis County Animal Shelter has launched a dog adoption event offering prospective owners the opportunity to pick up a four-legged friend at a reduced cost.
Residents can visit the Lewis …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/19/25
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