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This letter is in response to letter writer Susanne Weil’s assertion that Antifa isn't real and repellent conservative ideas in the Dec. 18 issue of The Chronicle.
Let's start with the woke …
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12/23/25
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On Dec. 23, Lewis County commissioners were set to review revisions to the county’s five-year housing and homelessness strategic plan during their regular Lewis County Board of Commissioners …
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12/23/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson recently announced that his proposed budget includes $244 million for affordable housing projects.
At first glance, that figure sounds substantial.
But after years of …
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12/23/25
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A few years ago in Washington Hall at Centralia College, Rev. Alta Smith swapped one hat for another, including a long white wig, as she spoke of the many roles her friend Doris Wood-Brumsickle has …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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12/22/25
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Adults tend to remember Christmas by what we provide.
Children remember it by how it felt.
They don’t catalogue the cost of the gifts or the size of the tree. They don’t remember …
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By Richard Stride
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12/22/25
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On a cold December morning in Olympia, Ebenezer Scrounge sat hunched over his ledger inside Scrounge & Austerity, his counting house. He counted taxes. He counted regulations. He counted every …
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By Zac Eckstein
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12/22/25
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Every election season produces a familiar ritual. Candidates run on ideas, critiques, promises and energy. Voters choose. Ballots are counted. And then, almost overnight, something profound happens.
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By Wayne Fournier
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12/22/25
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This week, The Chronicle celebrated its new digs, and I was happy to be there to celebrate vibrant local family ownership and its support that gives our community a now-rare example of a thriving …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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12/19/25
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A Dec. 3 Chronicle article outlined a socialist tax proposal by Democrat Rep. Shaun Scott and Sen. Rebecca Saldana of Seattle.
In my April 3, 2025, letter to the editor, I proposed an …
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12/19/25
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In televised public speeches before active-duty armed services Trump personnel, Donald Trump heaps praises on them, thanking them for their service.
When the cameras are turned off, a very …
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12/19/25
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The accusations against Dr. Isaac Pope are false, and we all know it.
A man is being falsely accused by men who were juvenile offenders that are now looking for a payout. Guys that accuse every …
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12/19/25
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Please report the whole story.
Jose Armando Ochoa Tello, 22, hit a woman in the crosswalk and fled. That is a crime in every state in the U.S.
Sadly, what was not reported is that he must …
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12/19/25
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On the eighth day of Christmas, according to the popular holiday song, the gift was eight maids a-milking.
I can’t say if milking a cow would qualify as a taxable “live presentation” …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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12/19/25
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You may have noticed a change at the local Rite Aid pharmacy.
CVS Pharmacy has acquired two of our community’s Rite Aid stores as part of its aggressive takeover of 64 Rite Aid locations …
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12/17/25
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Dear Washington Veterans,
WellSpring Farm has donated over 3,000 tins of our best organic hemp product, our full strength balm, to the Veterans Memorial Museum in Chehalis.
Our goal is to …
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12/17/25
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Let’s Go Washington (LGW) got great publicity about last Saturday’s signature-gathering rally for a ballot initiative restricting trans students’ rights.
How?
LGW claimed that the FBI …
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12/17/25
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Sometimes living in the small towns of Lewis County really does feel like a Hallmark movie.
Last Friday, for instance, I joined a few dozen other festive, bundled-up folks in a carol singalong …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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12/17/25
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Earlier this year, while shopping in the produce department of a grocery store, I ran into a longtime friend I met years ago during the Weigh Down Workshop. I’m glad I wasn’t shopping in …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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12/15/25
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As Lewis County moves from emergency response into recovery following last week’s flooding, I want to extend my sincere appreciation to the many teams, volunteers and neighbors who have stepped …
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12/15/25
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I was at Three Rivers Care at 1305 Alexander St., Centralia, for six weeks.
I returned home on Dec. 10 completely healed. I received IV antibiotics for a broken foot that got infected after it …
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12/15/25
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