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The Chehalis-Centralia Railroad and Museum (CCRM) will hold its annual Pumpkin Train as a stationary event this year due to ongoing track repairs, the railroad announced Wednesday.
While the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/7/22
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Thursday’s wind and fire activity tested the control lines around the Goat Rocks Fire, according to an incident management team update on Friday.
The lines all successfully held, according …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/7/22
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The family of a Washington man who died in a plane crash deep in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness say they’re facing a $25,000 to $50,000 bill to remove the plane’s debris from a steep …
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By Zach Urness / Salem Statesman Journal
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10/7/22
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The Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will hold a series of meetings leading up to a public hearing on seven amendments to the county’s Comprehensive Plan Map. The …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/7/22
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The Southwest Washington Fairgrounds is preparing for the annual Fall Community Garage Sale, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Oct. 15.
“Early-bird” shoppers can get in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/7/22
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As of Oct. 5, Thurston County officials opened an online budget simulator, which allows participants to put themselves in the county commissioners’ shoes and distribute $4 million of surplus …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/7/22
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Staff and visitors were evacuated from the Thurston County's Courthouse Campus Thursday morning after a suspicious package was discovered.
The evacuation occurred around 11 a.m. and drew a …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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10/7/22
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The 1952 Republican presidential nominee Dwight Eisenhower visited Centralia on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 1952. The former general who led the Allied Forces to victory in World War II spoke to a crowd of …
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10/7/22
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The 53rd annual Oktoberfest was hosted by the Lewis-Pacific Swiss Society at Swiss Hall in Frances on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Featured at the annual event was an outdoor, traditional Swiss-style, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/7/22
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In late June, eruptions of both sorrow and joy appeared nationwide after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of legal precedent protecting reproductive rights.
More than 100 days …
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Lauren Ellenbecker / The Columbian
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10/7/22
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has announced opportunities for clam digging at Long Beach, Twin Harbors and Copalis beaches from Oct. 8 to 14.
"Most of the 2,700 harvesters …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/6/22
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After multiple attempts to provide an evaluation and treatment plan, Andrew Carlson, a prime suspect in the disappearance of his 5-year-old biological daughter Oakley Carlson, appeared in person at …
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By Allen Leister / The Daily World
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10/6/22
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The Cowlitz Indian Tribe and culture is featured in the new Netflix animated children's show "Spirit Rangers," premiering Monday on Indigenous Peoples' Day.
The animated preschool series, created …
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Katie Fairbanks / The Daily News
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10/6/22
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Firefighters were expecting the Goat Rocks Fire to become more active on Thursday following the arrival of dry, gusty winds from the east, according to an update from the U.S. Forest …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/6/22
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Lewis County employees will participate in a lunch-time walk in honor of coworker Lori Pulver, who continues to fight breast cancer, according to a news release from the county.
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/6/22
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Bail has been set at $500,000 for a man accused of shooting at two people after trying to steal from their vehicle near Packwood on Tuesday.
The defendant, Jesse G. Bailey, 40, of Randle, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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10/5/22
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In the next few days, a 7-year-old female rottweiler named Karma will face euthanasia after a Chehalis woman chose to keep the dog — despite Lewis County designating it as …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/5/22
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Where will they go?
That’s the question on top of mind for Cole Meckle, pastor of Centralia’s Gather Church, as Lewis County commissioners are entertaining an ordinance prohibiting …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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10/5/22
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The Morton City Council voted unanimously Monday, Sept 26, to approve a contract with Pe Ell to provide police coverage to the west Lewis County town.
“I was the one that delayed the …
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By Matthew Zylstra / matthew@chronline.com
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10/5/22
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