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After volunteers originally gathered just to perform a community cleanup event on Earth Day in April, a year-round effort is being established by Experience Chehalis, a community service …
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8/15/22
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Madison McCoy, a third grade teacher at Morton Elementary School, was recently honored among 24 Washington State Employees Credit Union (WSECU) Teachers of the Week.
The honor acknowledges …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/15/22
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To add upcoming events to the Community Calendar, email reporter Matthew Zylstra at matthew@chronline.com.
Southwest Washington Fair
Southwest Washington Fairgrounds
The …
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8/15/22
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As the halfway point between Seattle and Portland, the Twin Cities are a popular stop for cyclists pedaling the about 200 miles between the two cities.
But the cyclists who typically cruise …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/15/22
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Parents sending their kids back to college after COVID aren't imagining things, it really is getting more expensive for students to live on or near campus.
For decades the traditional wisdom has …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald
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8/15/22
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Seven people, including three children, were reported injured after a head-on crash east of Woodland blamed on improper passing.
The Washington State Patrol said the crash occurred about 8:30 …
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Craig Brown / The Columbian
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8/14/22
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About 40% of 4.8 million registered voters in Washington participated in the Aug. 2 midterm primary election, with the highest turnouts recorded in east and far west parts of the state.
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Alison Saldanha / The Seattle Times
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8/14/22
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A 15-year-old child died on Friday in a two-vehicle collision just north of Hoquiam. An adult has been taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence.
According to a news …
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8/14/22
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Small Fire Near Rimrock Lake Caused by Escaped Campfire; Officials Ask People to Follow Campfire Ban
Firefighters responded to small fires near Rimrock Lake and Thorp Mountain on Friday, and officials with the Okanogan-Wenatchee Forest asked people to obey a ban on campfires.
An escaped …
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Yakima Herald-Republic
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8/13/22
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Note: This story was produced as part of a collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity , Columbia Journalism Investigations and Type Investigations .
From her driveway in the early …
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By Rochelle Gluzman / InvestigateWest
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8/13/22
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OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday issued a directive to fight the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, building off actions the Department of Health announced they were taking last week.
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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8/12/22
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Volcanoes don’t discriminate when they erupt, so why should any one group of people be over-represented in further understanding their effects?
Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/12/22
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The City of Toledo has contracted the Winlock Police Department to provide temporary law enforcement in the Toledo area while the city works to hire a new police chief and officers.
“They …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/12/22
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A striving still picture artist, budding singer, horse-trainer hopeful, potential firefighter or teacher and aspiring ice-cream shop owner walk into a bar.
In other words, five candidates for …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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8/12/22
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For better or for worse, longtime Toledo Police Department reserve sergeant Randy Pennington rarely does things halfway.
For many of his friends, family and law enforcement colleagues who …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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8/12/22
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The 205th birthday of Centralia’s founding father, George Washington, is coming up.
At the Centralia City Council’s Aug. 9 meeting, local historian Heather Beaird gave the council a …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/12/22
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CHEHALIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
Theft
• A vehicle’s back license plate was reported stolen from the 100 block of North Market Boulevard just before 2:45 p.m. on Aug. 10.
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8/12/22
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A vehicle was reported stolen from the 500 block of Northwest Quincy Place just after 7:05 a.m. on Friday. Officers with the Chehalis Police Department recovered the vehicle after it was involved in …
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8/12/22
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West Thurston Fire Authority Chief Robert Scott told The Chronicle Thursday afternoon that a brush fire in Rochester had been halted by around 3:15 p.m. after a swift response by firefighters and …
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8/12/22
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With temperatures soaring into the 80s and 90s and several months with less rain than the region historically gets, it’s understandable if the topic of flooding is far from the minds of area …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/12/22
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