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A man accused of crashing his vehicle into a ditch and injuring his passenger while driving drunk in Napavine on Sunday is facing multiple felony charges in Lewis County Superior Court. An officer with the Napavine Police Department and a deputy with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office responded to the...

No injuries were reported following a fire that destroyed a machine shed on North Fork Road between Napavine and Onalaska Friday night. Crews with Lewis County Fire Districts 5 and 6, as well as the Chehalis Fire Department, responded to the fire at 11:25 p.m. on Friday, March 18, according to Lewis County Fire District 6.

The Centralia Police Department is seeking information from the public after a motorcyclist sped away from an officer last week, according to a news release. Officers attempted to stop the “dirt-bike style motorcycle” at about 7:10 p.m. Friday, March 17, in the area of East Summa Street and Kresky Avenue, according to the release.

Thurston County law enforcement are asking for the public's help solving the murder of a woman found dead at a quarry in Rochester, Washington in 2007.

• A juvenile was arrested in the 800 block of South Tower Avenue just after 11:45 a.m. on March 17 and was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for assault after they were involved in a physical altercation with their parents. • Just before 1:10 a.m. on March...

A Rottweiler named “Johnny Cash” was unanimously deemed “not dangerous” by the Lewis County Dangerous Animal Designation (DAD) board during a hearing early this month. In the early afternoon of Jan. 8, according to records, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office sent a deputy to respond to a house in the 300 block of Burchett Road in Onalaska. There, a neighbor of Johnny Cash’s owner was being treated by medics for a puncture wound on his tricep inflicted by a dog bite. The victim said a heeler and a Rottweiler had left a neighboring property and that the Rottweiler bit him.

Toledo Pitching — Schultz 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 12 K, 3 BB Highlights —Stemkoski 2-3, 2B, R; Glass 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI. Napavine Pitching — Holmes 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 4 K, 4 BB Highlights — Holmes 2-3, BB, RBI. Game 2.

Hailie Haubrick raised her hand and cheered as Chef Eyner "Rene" Cardona cut a ribbon during a grand opening ceremony alongside his wife Odilia Gaspar and General Manager Kristi Beebe at Ocean Prime Monday morning in Chehalis. Located at the former Kit Carson Family Restaurant building at 107 SW Interstate Ave., Ocean Prime’s menu will feature a variety of items, such as ribeye, tomahawk steaks, king salmon, ribs, soups, sandwiches, pasta and salads. For more information and to view Ocean Prime Family Restaurant’s full menu, visit its Facebook page.

People from throughout the community came together at Fairway Lanes in Centralia on Saturday, March 4, to raise funds in support of the Lewis County Animal Shelter and cancer care in Lewis County. The third annual “We Love Animals and Hate Cancer” Bowling Tournament raised $3,277.50 each for the Cancer...

Since the OYO Hotel in Centralia was abruptly sold just over a month ago, many of those who had rented rooms long-term — some for more than three years — have moved out, but not everyone has been able to find a new residence and are still stuck living at the OYO.

A man found dead Friday afternoon in a portable toilet on the campus of Capital High School in west Olympia has been identified, according to the Thurston County Coroner. LT T. Smith, 41, was found by school staff about 1:15 p.m. Friday. The man had no known address and is suspected of dying from an overdose of drugs, Coroner Gary Warnock said Sunday.

One Toledo person’s trash — or, really anyone’s secondhand stuff — is now available at a new location for Lewis County thrifters: Toledo Treasures. Having lived in Toledo for about 15 years, 51-year-old Heidi Harder opened Toledo Treasures last November. She originally moved from Puyallup with her former partner for another business opportunity, but now lives with her daughter, 33-year-old Hayley Oberg.

He crashed into a car on Capital Mall Drive Southwest, and left the scene.

When Elwin La Fae Herman, 61, moved to Ethel with new-at-the-time husband Tom Herman, 62, in 2011 — according to marriage records published in The Chronicle — she founded her current business, a Pagan and “Core Magic” spirituality-based retreat called Sacred Spiral Sanctuary. The Chronicle, in...

A procession of log trucks and crew buses drove through Onalaska on Saturday to honor a local logger who died in a work-related accident in Grand Mound last month. Robert “Rob” Perkins started his own business, R. Perkins Logging, LLC in Centralia shortly before his death on Feb. 14.

Shots were fired, an officer was stabbed and a suspected child rapist died as detectives tried to arrest him in Lewis County on Saturday. Pierce County detectives were in Chehalis at 10:15 a.m. after they had probable cause to arrest a 32-year-old man accused of child rape, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. When detectives found him they radioed that shots had been fired and asked for backup. Chehalis police and other agencies arrived.

Overdose deaths are occurring more frequently than in past years, Thurston County officials told the Board of Health last week, and they are blaming an influx of fentanyl. The number of overdose deaths reached 153 in 2022, Coroner Gary Warnock told the board. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that's 50-100 times strong than morphine, accounted for 114 of those deaths, he said.

Rochester Pitching — L. Demers 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Highlights — Lenzi 2-3, R, RBI; Byrd 1-3, RBI; K. Demers 1-3 Ridgefield Pitching — Peery 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 K Highlights — Vancleave 2-3, R, RBI, HR; Ferguson 1-3, R, RBI, HR; Walker 2-3, 2 R, RBI, HR.

It’s a universal truth. Life is improved by spending time with joys like little kids, storybooks and Dolly Parton. And now, thanks to community partnerships between Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and Western Washington’s Child Care Action Council (CCAC), families in Thurston and Mason counties receive free books galore to set them on the road to success. As Dolly herself says, “Let’s share this dream that all children should grow up in a home full of books.”

Project information became available on WSDOT’s website March 17, and you can submit feedback and questions until March 31.