The East Lewis County Chamber of Commerce last week announced its annual meeting and auction will take place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Bob Lyle Community Center, 700 Main Ave., …
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1/13/25
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O Bee Credit Union has been named one of America’s Best Regional Credit Unions for
2025 by Newsweek.
According to a news release from the credit union, it is a prestigious honor …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/13/25
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The Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council (PacMtn) has announced the launch of its new “Opportunity Begins Here” campaign.
This initiative is designed to connect job …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/13/25
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Washington State Grange President Tom Gwin recently presented Oakview Grange member Martha Harjo with the National Grange Legacy Award.
Her family are six-generation Oakview Grange members. The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/13/25
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K9 Pax, who first joined the Centralia Police Department in November 2017 and is now 8 years old, will be retired during the Tuesday, Jan. 14, Centralia City Council meeting, according to the …
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1/13/25
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Toledo Indian Basketball Alumni held the 19th annual alumni games on Saturday at Toledo High School.
The fundraiser included four games, including an “Old Guys” game, a girls …
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1/13/25
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A missing person was found dead in their Thurston County home Thursday after police encountered an “uncooperative resident” in the missing person’s home. That led to a SWAT team …
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By Becca Most / The News Tribune
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1/13/25
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A 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes after he drove the wrong way on northbound I-5 in Thurston County and crashed into a semi-trailer truck early Sunday, according to the …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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1/13/25
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Thurston County elected officials got bigger raises than county staff in 2025, but county leaders say the situation is complicated.
The Board of County Commissioners approved 6% raises for …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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1/13/25
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Two Thurston County Sheriff's Office vehicles were damaged Saturday night when a driver accused of driving under the influence crashed into them, Sheriff Derek Sanders said in a social media post.
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1/13/25
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A Centralia officer shot and killed a man Sunday morning while responding to a domestic dispute call, according to the Centralia Police Department.
According to the police, the officer …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/13/25
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A Centralia Police Department officer shot and killed a male subject after responding to a domestic dispute call on Sunday morning, according to a news release from the department.
The …
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1/12/25
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Centralia Middle School is getting an orange and black makeover after the school’s Associated Student Body (ASB) voted to officially change the school’s mascot from the Yellow Jackets to …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/12/25
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There is little doubt what the top concern is for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as they prepare to start Washington's 2025 legislative session this week: solving the budget deficit.
A …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/12/25
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OLYMPIA — On a recent tour of the Capitol office he'll soon depart, Gov. Jay Inslee pointed to an old nautical instrument he keeps on the wall.
The clinometer measures how much a ship is …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/12/25
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A man accused of breaking into a Chehalis apartment building and swinging a crowbar at a resident on Thursday is facing felony charges in Lewis County Superior Court.
Donald Leeroy Thayer, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/11/25
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Friday marked a passing of the torch, as retired Judge Richard Strophy gifted a gavel to his son, newly-elected Lewis County Superior Court Judge Paul Strophy, during his swearing-in ceremony at the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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1/11/25
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Washington’s federal lawmakers are celebrating a significant list of new Columbia River projects made possible by the 2024 Water Resource Development Act , which became law earlier this month.
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News Fellow
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1/11/25
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Washington’s citizen legislature kicks off its 2025 session Monday in Olympia.
Lawmakers will have 105 days to make multi-billion dollar shortfalls disappear from state operations …
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By Laurel Demkovich and Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/11/25
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On the 218th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss Roger Morningstar’s first day in court and recap everything that led up …
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1/11/25
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