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No corner of Lewis County was spared from the near-constant rainfall early this week.
The technical name for the now-dissipating storm is an “atmospheric river.”
On average, …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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12/6/23
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CENTRALIA — It’s just before 1 p.m. Tuesday, and the National Weather Service has issued Flood Warnings for parts of the Chehalis, Newaukum and Cowlitz rivers. The warning is set to stay …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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12/5/23
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After early morning rainfall, the skies cleared up just in time on Saturday morning for approximately 2,500 attendees to line North Market Boulevard in downtown Chehalis for the Centralia-Chehalis …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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12/4/23
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Rain, heavy rain, heavy rain, rain, rain, rain, rain and rain.
That’s the National Weather Service’s forecast for Monday to Thursday, day and night, out of the Chehalis-Centralia …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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12/4/23
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Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series about Onalaska High School. The first story in ‘Smart Ax’ — named after a pun on the school’s Logger …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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12/4/23
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While a delivery truck means a long-awaited package has finally arrived, one town is just as appreciative of the man behind the wheel.
So much so, the town has named a day after him.
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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12/1/23
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Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a three-part series about Onalaska High School. ‘Smart Ax’ will examine the school’s unique approach to culture, community and …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/30/23
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Two people were hospitalized, and one later died, following a fire at the Centralia Manor Apartments early Wednesday morning, according to a news release from the Centralia Police Department.
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By The Chronicle
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11/29/23
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A Lewis County judge sentenced Kelly David Hribar, 46, of Pe Ell, to approximately 34 years in jail on Wednesday, Nov. 29 for first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/29/23
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About 20 residents from a senior housing facility in Centralia were evacuated before sunrise on Wednesday morning after a fire started in a third-floor unit of the three-story Centralia Manor …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/29/23
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The Centralia Downtown Association (CDA) wasted no time moving on to Christmas after Thanksgiving was over.
On Friday, the CDA hosted the annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in George …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/27/23
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A group of historians, professional and amateur, watched last week as W.F. West High School students delicately adjusted the pages of a small booklet.
“Chehalis Public Schools, …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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11/27/23
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Don Tapio “believes he was destined to grow Christmas trees on his family’s farm near Rochester.”
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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11/24/23
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In an interview earlier this month, Daryl Lund, Robin Ronnell and Shakara Ryan each spoke of the new Minuteman Press store at the Lewis County Mall the way a wide-eyed, experimental scientist would describe a brand new laboratory.
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/24/23
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While in her Chehalis apartment, Eileen Bliss, 74, retrieved a phonebook-sized copy of the Bible from her bedroom. A small medallion etched with “CTR” hangs near the book's spine, short …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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11/22/23
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When the Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors decided the theme for this year’s Santa Parade in Chehalis would be “Aloha Christmas,” there was just one …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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11/21/23
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Chehalis couple Mike and Sue Austin were honored with the “Chehalis Foundation Legacy Award” for their service to the Chehalis School District and community on Saturday night.
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/21/23
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The purpose behind Friday’s National Adoption Day celebration in Lewis County Superior Court was concisely stated on T-shirts worn by nearly a dozen friends and members of the Mathews family: …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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11/20/23
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On Nov. 22, the Chehalis School District will celebrate as Orin Smith Elementary student Tylie Tobin turns 11 years old.
On Sept. 8, doctors found a rare form of cancerous tumor on Tylie’s …
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By The Chronicle staff
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11/20/23
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