Nurses at seven Providence hospitals in Oregon overwhelmingly voted down proposed labor contracts Friday, opting to continue a strike now in its fifth week.
Nurses at Providence Portland Medical …
more
Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
|
2/8/25
|
For more than 30 years, Portland police officers have packed up the rocks of confiscated crystal meth, baggies of weed and blocks of powdered fentanyl and made the 38-mile trek to Marion County.
…
more
Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
|
2/8/25
|
Four people, including two boys ages 5 and 6, were injured in a crash on state Route 505 east of Toledo Friday night, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The children and two adults, …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
2/8/25
|
The group behind the 2024 initiative that led to the Parental Bill of Rights in Washington is weighing potential options now that majority Democrats are championing a bill that would repeal most of …
more
By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
|
2/7/25
|
The Washington state Department of Ecology is seeing nearly $53 million in federal funding being held up as a result of a recent funding freeze.
Last month, a memo from the White House paused …
more
By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
|
2/7/25
|
A Washington lawmaker has introduced legislation that would prevent an inmate convicted of a physical or sexual assault from being housed in a cell with another inmate of the opposite sex.
House …
more
By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
|
2/7/25
|
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown on Friday sued the Trump administration over an executive order threatening to stop federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
…
more
By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
|
2/7/25
|
One of the loudest crowds in the NFL – Seattle Seahawks fans – could soon get a day of their own to celebrate as Washington lawmakers look to make Dec. 12, the “Day of the …
more
By: Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
|
2/7/25
|
T here were 632 babies born at Providence Centralia Hospital in 2024, each of them entering the world without the burden of past errors and with the full potential to change their community — …
more
By Eric Schwartz / eschwartz@chronline.com
|
2/7/25
|
• GERALDINE L. MCCLURE , 98, Centralia, died Feb. 5 at Providence Centralia Hospital. Arrangements are under the care of Cattermole Funeral Home.
• JOHN C. FLANAGAN, 73, Pe …
more
2/7/25
|
Onalaska Farm Sanctuary was awarded $6,530 at the Soroptimist Int. Centralia-Chehalis inaugural 100+ Women Who Care event on Thursday, Feb. 6.
But the nonprofit won’t be keeping the full …
more
By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
|
2/7/25
|
In the decade since he left Southwest Washington, Tenino High School and Centralia College graduate Aaron Flahaut has achieved remarkable success, joining the U.S. Air Force and working on a …
more
By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
|
2/7/25
|
CENTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Harassment
• Officers are investigating “potential threats of harm to another person” reported in the 200 block of Reynolds Avenue just before …
more
By The Chronicle staff
|
2/7/25
|
Washington State University has its next leader.
On Thursday, Elizabeth “Betsy” Cantwell, president of Utah State University, was named the WSU’s 12th president. She …
more
By Nick Gibson / The Spokesman-Review
|
2/7/25
|
Among the agenda items for the Port of Centralia commissioners during their regular Wednesday, Feb. 5, meeting was consideration of a resolution containing updated public records policies and …
more
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
|
2/7/25
|
The next time pilots from throughout the region who frequent the South Lewis County Airport — also known as Ed Carlson Memorial Field — land at the small airport near Toledo, …
more
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
|
2/7/25
|
Two male chihuahuas that sparked community concern after a viral video showed the dogs’ owner abusing them at a laundromat in Morton in November are now in the care of Onalaska Farm Sanctuary …
more
By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
|
2/7/25
|
Clem and Odette Cilluffo, who have lived in Onalaska for about three years, had already been operating a mobile barber shop and esthetician clinic doing “tips for clips” for about six …
more
By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
|
2/7/25
|