A Toledo man who allegedly tried to shoplift from Chehalis Outfitters just after 4:25 p.m. on Sunday and subsequently got into a physical altercation with a store employee has been charged with …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/21/23
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Beginning June 26, the Thurston County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will start a summer recess lasting three weeks, according to a news release.
From June 26 to July 14, no board …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/21/23
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For three hours this Friday, June 23, Red Rose Animal Rescue, a Rochester-based nonprofit, will hold a pop-up animal adoption event at PetSense in Chehalis.
The event will last from 2:30 to 5:30 …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/21/23
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On Aug. 5, Ashford’s third annual Rainier Music Festival will, according to a news release from the event organizers, “captivate music enthusiasts from near and far” with a …
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6/21/23
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Centralia College is launching a new program this summer to prepare individuals for jobs and apprenticeships in the construction industry.
The construction trades program, which can be …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/21/23
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Earlier this month, Onalaska residents participated in a push-in ceremony alongside Lewis County Fire District 1 (LCFD1) firefighters after the department’s new Rosenbauer pumper tanker was …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/21/23
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Authorities say Kenneth R. Pruitt, 42, of Seattle, is the suspect who led police on a chase through multiple counties in Washington state, including Cowlitz, before being apprehended in the Portland …
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By Matthew Esnayra / The Daily News
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6/21/23
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A Thurston County judge conditionally released an 18-year-old Rainier man last week accused of causing a March 4 crash that killed a 17-year-old Rainier student.
Isaiah Scott Harris-Cook …
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By Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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6/21/23
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Not too far from W.F. West High School in Chehalis, there’s a valley that, if you ran through, you’d see Harold Borovec’s house on Magnolia Drive. There, Harold, who had a …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/21/23
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The 18-year-old Rainier man accused of causing a two-vehicle crash in the 13800 block of Rainier Road Southwest in March that killed 17-year-old Rainier High School senior Jessie Uch has been …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/20/23
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A high-speed police pursuit that went through Lewis and Cowlitz counties reportedly ended with the driver being arrested in Portland late Sunday night.
The chase started at 8 p.m., Sunday, after …
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Matthew Esnayra / The Daily News
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6/20/23
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In a city founded by the son of a former slave, at a park that bears his name, more than 100 people gathered in downtown Centralia Saturday to acknowledge and celebrate the nation’s newest …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/19/23
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According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), few seemingly orphaned animals truly are.
The instinct to want to help an abandoned baby is natural, but most of the time, the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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6/19/23
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Organized by a local nonprofit, the Lewis County Dignity Guild, Pride Month events in the county were meant to be celebratory, not combative.
But, on June 8, during a Pride celebration held at …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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6/19/23
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• At 12:30 p.m. on June 16, a black Chevrolet Tahoe was reported stolen from the 100 block of Sunnyside Drive the day prior.
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/19/23
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Yet another significant landslide will make Mount St. Helens more difficult to reach this year, but not impossible.
From Randle, state Route 131 becomes Forest Service Road 25 at the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/19/23
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It’s possible the term “grassroots organization” has never been taken so literally.
On Friday at the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis, farmers and various other …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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6/19/23
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