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The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners has finished its 2025-27 budget deliberations and is set to vote on Dec. 16.
“This was not an easy year,” Thurston County Manager …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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On the 83rd anniversary of the Imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor — Sunday, Dec. 7 — a pair of World War II veterans will be honored during the annual WWII dinner at the Veterans …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/5/25
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After 30 years and 50 productions as W.F. West High School’s theater director, Brian Adams will fold up his director’s chair after the school’s winter musical, …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Stiller operated on the cutting edge.
In 2017, the Spokane-area doctor began offering surgeries that he said nobody else was performing in Washington, Idaho …
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By Daniel Walters / InvestigateWest
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12/5/25
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Trumpeter swans are pictured at a pond near the Willapa Hills Trailhead in Chehalis on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Seeking dairy farm fields and wetlands, the swans, like clockwork, show up in late …
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Photos by Ridley Hudson / ridley@chronline.com
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12/5/25
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Conservation groups are gearing up to take the federal government to court to preserve the protected status of gray wolves across the country.
The Center for Biological Diversity in a Tuesday …
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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12/5/25
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Immigrants in Whatcom County are feeling scared after federal officials responded to last week’s shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., with harsh rhetoric about those …
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By Sophia Gates / Cascadia Daily News
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12/5/25
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House and Senate Republicans say they have a “front row seat to a train wreck” next month as the Legislature prepares to fill a $2 billion state deficit with more taxes amid record …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/4/25
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A 77-year-old Chehalis man was killed in a traffic collision on state Route 6 near Chehalis on Thursday.
The man was identified by the Washington State Patrol as Gordon E. Johns.
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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A 67-year-old Olympia man was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday, Dec. 3, following a single-vehicle collision on Interstate 5 near Grand Mound, according to a news release from the Washington …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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The proposed annexation of the Chehalis urban growth area (UGA) will move forward as planned after a week-long delay in approving the process by Lewis County.
The Lewis County commissioners …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/4/25
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The Port of Chehalis announced Wednesday that Amazon has requested an assignment of sale through an existing purchase and sale agreement in the amount of $9,320,080.18 between the Port of Chehalis …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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Brady Wojtowicz, a 33-year-old man currently residing in Longview, made a preliminary appearance in Lewis County Superior Court Thursday, Dec. 4, to face one count of motor vehicle theft — a …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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12/4/25
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The Lewis County Farm Bureau will host its Christmas Party and Toy Drive from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at Red Barn Studios, 207 Goff Road, Chehalis.
The cost of entry is a donation to the toy …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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The Friends of the Winlock Timberland Library will host its last used book sale fundraiser of 2025 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, in the book room at 300 NE First St. in Winlock.
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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Lewis County recently moved forward with plans to create an advisory board to research and recommend rules and regulations for the operation of short-term rental (STR) properties in the county.
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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The Lewis County Beekeepers’ Association (LCBA) is accepting applications for its 2026-2027 youth scholarships.
Each year, LCBA awards two scholarships to Lewis County youths, according to …
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By The Chronicle staff
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12/4/25
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A year and eight months after the Friends of Grays Harbor and Grays Harbor Audubon Society filed a lawsuit against the State Parks and Recreation, State Recreation Commission, Recreation and …
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By Andrea Watts / The Daily World
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12/4/25
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On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) advanced her Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act through a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands …
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By The Daily World
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12/4/25
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On the landing page of the “Noxious Weeds of the Chehalis Basin” webpage is a map of Southwest Washington with the 2,600 square miles that is the Chehalis Basin outlined.
Red pixels …
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By Andrea Watts / The Daily World
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12/4/25
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