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The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has awarded an $886,999 joint grant to the Nisqually Indian Tribe, Nisqually Community Forest and Northwest Natural Resource Group to build forest resiliency in …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@yelmonline.com
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3/4/25
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A bill that would require public colleges and universities in Washington state to offer medication abortion through student health centers has died in the Senate Ways & Means Committee.
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By Tate Miller / The Center Square
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3/3/25
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The American Forest Resource Council voiced its strong support for two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on March 1 aimed at expanding U.S. timber production and strengthening the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the City of Tenino made international headlines when it brought back a Great Depression-era wooden scrip currency program in order to help keep the …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Walsh calls for federal review of Washington state’s Automatic Voter Registration Act implementation
Washington state GOP Chairman and state Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, has introduced House Joint Memorial 4007, calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to audit and review the Washington state …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Bail is set at $100,000 for a man accused of breaking into his estranged wife’s Centralia home, cooking himself dinner and then sitting in a car in the driveway before his estranged wife …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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Bail is set at $25,000 for a woman accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from outlet stores in Centralia.
Stephanny Shabri Johnson, 36, of Portland, Oregon, was …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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Protesters held up signs and chanted as cars passed by during a “Protect Our Parks” protest along state Route 706 outside of the Nisqually entrance to Mount Rainier National Park near …
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3/3/25
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The second week of tree-planting at the Seminary Hill Natural Area brought together three dozen volunteers to plant 18 different varieties of native trees and shrubs as part of a larger project to …
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3/3/25
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Following a process that began in June 2023 and involved working with engineers and consultants and hosting multiple open house events to gather input from local pilots and residents, the Chehalis …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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U.S. Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, Gabe Vasquez, D-New Mexico, and Don Davis, D-North Carolina, last week introduced the bipartisan Rural Veterans …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Last week, U.S. Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, introduced the Farmland Security Act of 2025, which, according to a news release from Gluesenkamp …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• A 36-year-old Vancouver woman was arrested for organized retail theft in the 100 block of West High Street just after 4:25 p.m. on Feb. 28 after …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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• MARTHA P. SWEENEY, 82, Centralia, died Feb. 19 at Providence Centralia Hospital. A Rosary service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 7, at Newell-Hoerling’s Mortuary. …
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3/3/25
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Julia Gaul, a financial adviser with Edward Jones in Lewis County, will host a seminar on March 18.
The title of the presentation is “Women and Investing: Finding and Funding Your …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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John Rogers James, an early pioneer of South Thurston County, wrote his memoirs before his death in 1929 and listed the names of people who settled Grand Mound in its early years — the same …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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3/3/25
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The Tenino Honor Roll Committee, in partnership with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5878 and the City of Tenino, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new veterans monument at Tenino …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/3/25
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Just 30 minutes north of Shelton in the Olympic National Forest, one of the tallest railway arch bridges in the United States towers over the Skokomish River.
Originally a logging railroad …
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By Ridley Hudson / ridley@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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The Tenino No. 564 Fraternal Order of Eagles in downtown Tenino was bustling on Saturday, March 1, for James “Jim” Gardner’s 100th birthday celebration, which was attended by …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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3/3/25
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