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WILLAPA HILLS — It’s a surprisingly warm 40 degrees outside as I arrive at a house I’ve never seen before in Raymond at 5:30 a.m. Friday. A Pacific County native, I’m back home to embark on …
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By Eric Trent / etrent@chronline.com
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12/9/20
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A drive and drop food and children’s winter clothing drive is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday at several East Lewis County locations. Onalaska school buses will be parked at the …
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By The Chronicle
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12/9/20
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Centralia is looking to fill the vacant city council seat in position 3 after Peter Abbarno’s resignation. Abbarno was recently elected to serve as State Representative for District 20.“We are …
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By The Chronicle
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12/9/20
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For just over a year, a high-definition camera, located at the Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis, has been recording the passing trains and live-streaming the action to the “Virtual …
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By Celene Fitzgerald / cfitzgerald@chronline.com
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12/9/20
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With COVID-19-ravaged 2020 nearly in the rearview mirror — thankfully — 2021 is already shaping up to help Tenino alleviate some of the past year’s trauma.According to Tenino Clerk-Treasurer …
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By The Chronicle
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12/9/20
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Lewis County saw 28 drug overdose deaths in 2020 — a significant increase over last year’s five overdose deaths and 2018’s four overdose deaths. Of this year’s 28, four are confirmed …
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By Claudia Yaw / cyaw@chronline.com
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12/9/20
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Asked if she acknowledges Joe Biden's presidential win, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, responded through a spokesman that she expects Biden to be inaugurated. But she stopped short of …
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Calley Hair / The Columbian
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12/9/20
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Two children jumped from a third-floor window of a South Hill apartment building to escape a fire Tuesday morning after the family's Christmas Tree burst into flames, according to their dad.
One …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review
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12/9/20
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Inmates protested and faced a lockdown at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Washington, as COVID-19 cases shot up from 85 Friday to 237 on Tuesday.
Family members of inmates …
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Maggie Quinlan / The Spokesman-Review
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12/9/20
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A majority of the Bellingham City Council voted Monday night, Dec. 7, to authorize the mayor to settle a claim for damages filed with the city by a daughter of the deceased man Bellingham Fire …
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Denver Pratt / The Bellingham Herald
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12/9/20
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A Gig Harbor man, accused of killing a Shelton man after he drove the wrong way on U.S. 101 last Friday morning in Thurston County, thought the victim was driving the wrong way.
That's according …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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12/9/20
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A Houston man is suspected of using an online game to befriend a Bellingham teen, get her login information, capture nude and sexually explicit images of her and use them to extort her. He ultimately …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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12/8/20
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For a fifth year in a row, the state has relied in ever greater numbers on hotels and offices to house children in its care. So now what?
That's a central question in a report issued Monday by …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times
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12/8/20
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At Northwest ski areas amid a global pandemic, tailgating has become the new après-ski. After a day skiing at Mount Baker, Jessica Henson found herself in a parking lot surrounded by skiers and …
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Megan Burbank / The Seattle Times
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12/8/20
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OLYMPIA — A year after Initiative 940 and its amendments passed the Washington state Legislature, lawmakers are again proposing a sweeping police reform package that would include a de-escalation …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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12/8/20
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Thurston County Superior Court set bail at $50,000 Monday for a 27-year-old man and Trump rally participant who allegedly fired his gun at counter-protesters Saturday.
Olympia police arrested …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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12/8/20
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The Packwood Improvement Club (PIC) is hosting its “Annual Light Up Packwood” contest where residents are asked to decorate their homes and businesses “in theme or with beautiful lights,” …
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By The Chronicle
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12/7/20
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Lewis County’s lodging tax — an indicator of how many tourists visited and stayed in the county — is up this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In October, the county’s lodging tax was …
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By The Chronicle
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12/7/20
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The Lewis County Board of Commissioners adopted the county’s 2021 budget on Monday. The fluid budget, subject to change throughout the year, includes $114.6 million in revenue and $122.6 million in …
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By Claudia Yaw / cyaw@chronline.com
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12/7/20
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Chehalis Fire Department Administrative Assistant Barbara Lovelady, the longest-running city of Chehalis employee, is retiring after 40 years of work for the city.On Thursday afternoon, Lovelady …
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By Celene Fitzgerald / cfitzgerald@chronline.com
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12/7/20
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