People living at Blakeslee Junction, a railroad interchange in Centralia and the location of the area’s largest homeless encampment, were given a one-week deadline to clear out by Tuesday, …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/4/23
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While a chance of rain was in the forecast, the weather at the eighth annual Rust or Shine Car Show and Music Festival remained pleasantly overcast without rain, at least until about halfway through …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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9/4/23
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Several fires scattered across east Lewis and north Skamania counties have reached a combined 697 acres and are 5% contained as of Monday morning.
After lightning on Aug. 25 came in contact with …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/4/23
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On Thursday, in the field just west of White Pass Junior Senior High School, firefighters from across the country were busy building a small town. In one neighborhood, there are tents. In another, a …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/1/23
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Almost exactly one year ago, Packwood’s Labor Day weekend flea market was in full swing as helicopters circled over to drop water on the Goat Rocks Fire.
On Sept. 5, 2022, the U.S. Forest …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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9/1/23
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Caitlin Rogers can tell you exactly how long it’s been.
“Four years, eight months and five days,” she said Thursday.
It’s a milestone she never imagined …
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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9/1/23
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For about a decade, Blakeslee Junction, a railroad interchange in Centralia, has been a crossroads for more than just freight.
There, on about 4 acres of land between Interstate 5, Eckerson and …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/30/23
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Kids learning to garden at Toledo Elementary School can now be part of the full growing process, from seed to fruit, thanks to a new greenhouse built in the school’s garden.
The …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/30/23
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Whether your car has a faded and scratched paint job complete with rusty bumpers or a shiny and waxed paint job with chrome bumpers, it’s welcome at the eighth annual Rust or Shine Car Show and …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/30/23
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The Bearcats Stadium was far from ready to host a ballgame Monday afternoon, but now that the Chehalis Foundation and the Chehalis School District have broken ground on a project to completely …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/29/23
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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.
Five candidates …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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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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One Toledo gentleman on Wednesday night at a town hall with U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, had a comfortable solution for travel and seating: his lawnmower.
When the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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Under normal circumstances, it takes about 20 minutes to drive from Napavine to Centralia.
Tim Baxter made the drive in less than eight minutes the evening of April 28 when he got the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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After more than a year and a half of delays, the trial for the Amanda Park man accused of killing a 46-year-old man and injuring a 12-year-old in Chehalis in December 2021 will commence in Lewis …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/25/23
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