The City of Tenino celebrated 150 years of railroad history on Saturday by unveiling a newly-restored Great Northern Railway caboose originally constructed in 1923 to begin festivities at the first …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/19/22
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The Goat Rocks Fire has been burning in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest since a lightning strike on Aug. 9.
It grew rapidly in size beginning on Friday, Sept. 9, and has now grown to more …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/19/22
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Editor’s Note: A profile on Democratic congressional candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, can be found here.
Working for the CIA, former Green Beret Joe Kent lived about as covert …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/18/22
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Editor’s Note: A profile on Republican congressional candidate Joe Kent can be found here.
Democratic candidate for the 3rd Congressional District Marie Gluesenkamp Perez cut her …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/18/22
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A 26-year-old Tumwater man was shot and killed in a “seemingly unprovoked” attack in the WinCo Foods parking lot in the 7500 block of Martin Way East Saturday, according to a news release …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/18/22
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A 68-year-old Elbe woman was killed Saturday afternoon in a crash on state Route 7 that could lead to charges of vehicular homicide and hit-and-run for a Puyallup man.
Evrard D. Gondo, 25, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/18/22
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ASHFORD — Mount Rainier National Park has lifted the parkwide fire ban according to a release on Sept. 16.
Campfires will be permitted at the park's three campgrounds, the release said, …
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9/18/22
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The Timberland Valley Dog Fanciers Association is holding its annual All Breed Dog Show at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds this weekend.
It began Saturday and continues on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/17/22
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Evacuation notices have been lifted for Packwood and all areas southwest of Butter Creek, including the High Valley, a little more than a week after the Goat Rocks Fire grew rapidly and raised fears …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/17/22
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The Timberland Regional Library was notified Thursday that its Ask a Librarian phone number, which was retired earlier this year, is now being used by scammers trying to obtain credit card …
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9/16/22
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Candidates for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District Joe Kent, R-Yacolt, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, will face off in a debate held by the League of Women Voters on Oct. 15. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/16/22
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Dogs and cats may be more affectionate companions, but Bart the donkey has been around for as long as Lynda Lennox’s adult grandchildren can remember. That has to count for something.
Bart …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/16/22
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The Autumn Market will be held at The Shed from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, and Friday Oct. 7 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8.
The Shed will have pumpkins, gourds, rosehip …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/16/22
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The Port of Chehalis has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Washington Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) for its Dawson Road development project study.
With the grant …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/16/22
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Crews from Carl’s Towing work to rotate a semi on its wheels after it tipped in Napavine Friday morning, closing the northbound on-ramp to Interstate 5 at milepost 72. The 30-year-old driver …
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9/16/22
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U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Tacoma, spoke to the House Natural Resources Committee during a hearing on Wednesday, asking the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States to approve …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/16/22
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The Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority held a meeting Thursday morning to discuss a number of topics, including a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast map that shows …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/16/22
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The recreational razor clam season — originally scheduled to begin Sept. 22-26 on coastal beaches — is postponed until further notice, according to a news release from the Washington …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/16/22
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Thurston County officials have opened an online survey to gather public input from residents on which project areas they would like to see funded with $10 million of the American Rescue Plant Act …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/16/22
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