Gov. Jay Inslee, 72, the longest-serving currently active governor in America, announced earlier this year he won’t seek re-election in the 2024 gubernatorial race.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/28/23
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The Lewis County commissioners unanimously voted Monday morning to remove Carol Brock from the advisory board of the Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging, effective immediately, following a …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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8/28/23
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8/28/23
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In a letter to the editor published in the Thursday, Aug. 24, edition of The Chronicle, Mike Hadaller, a Lewis County Public Utility District (PUD) commissioner, spoke to significant concerns he …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/28/23
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People across Centralia on Friday evening reported a thick, black cloud of smoke just before 6 p.m. due to a fire from an RV parked under the Sixth Street Viaduct in Centralia’s Logan District.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/28/23
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Disputes
• A dispute between two homeless men was reported in the 300 block of North Tower Avenue just after 6:25 a.m. on Aug. 25.
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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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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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