8/28/23
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The Lewis County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to revise an RV ordinance adopted last week that mistakenly tied the rule to state law instead of county code, which could have resulted in …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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8/28/23
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After an initial meeting in June, Lewis County Senior Long-Range Planner Mindy Brooks hosted a second informational meeting for Onalaska area residents about updating the unincorporated …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/28/23
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While temperatures approached 90 on Saturday, Aug. 26, the heat didn’t stop hundreds of people from going to Schaefer County Park in Centralia for the Midsummer Fae Carnival.
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/28/23
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Runners and walkers from across the Pacific Northwest gathered at I-5 Toyota in Chehalis on Saturday, Aug. 26, for the Back to School Dash, an annual 5K that raises money for local scholarships. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/28/23
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When John Bailey, now 78, was serving aboard the USS Nicholas DD-449 as a drone anti-submarine helicopter (DASH) operator for the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, he thought the World War II era …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/28/23
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Hundreds of cars, thousands of people descend on downtown Centralia for Saturday’s Hub City Car Show
With cars showing up hours before the Hub City Car Show officially started on Saturday at 10 a.m., thousands of people strolled up and down Tower Avenue in downtown Centralia looking at more than 300 …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/28/23
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As Lewis County’s Deputy Director of Emergency Management Ross McDowell phrased it on Sunday morning, wildfires are “popping up left and right,” across Lewis County.
As …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/27/23
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Before the gates opened, the line stretched down Tiger Stadium. Within the first hour, around 130 backpacks, 100 notebooks and other school supplies had been given out.
By 3 p.m. Friday, more …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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8/26/23
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As a heat advisory remains in place for much of Western Washington — including in all of Lewis and Thurston counties — the U.S. Forest Service reported Saturday that 31 new fire ignitions …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/26/23
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America's national parks aren't just a collection of pretty and historic places.
They're also a cash cow.
A report from National Park Service economists released this week found that …
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/26/23
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Riverside Fire Authority firefighters extinguished an RV fire under the Sixth Street viaduct in Centralia on Friday evening.
Here's some video from the scene, which includes an interview …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/25/23
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One Toledo gentleman on Wednesday night at a town hall with U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, had a comfortable solution for travel and seating: his lawnmower.
When the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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The Seattle City Council in May voted to make it illegal to get in the way of a firefighter responding to an emergency.
Vietnam veteran, longtime Toledo Police Department reserve officer, former …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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Under normal circumstances, it takes about 20 minutes to drive from Napavine to Centralia.
Tim Baxter made the drive in less than eight minutes the evening of April 28 when he got the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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Aside from swearing in four firefighters hired by the Chehalis Fire Department during the pandemic and honoring retired Captain Steve Emrich at last week’s Chehalis City Council meeting, Chief …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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After more than a year and a half of delays, the trial for the Amanda Park man accused of killing a 46-year-old man and injuring a 12-year-old in Chehalis in December 2021 will commence in Lewis …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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