Centralia News

For the third time since America went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, crowds in Centralia waved flags and said farewell this morning to troops from Centralia's National Guard Armory as they left town for overseas service.

In Centralia's Washington Park stands a statue commemorating the Nov. 11, 1919, deaths of four American Legionnaires who died "on peaceful parade." But a mural overlooking the park tells a different story of those deaths a story that went largely untold for nearly 80 years but echoes to this day.

ERIC SCHWARTZ; The Chronicle Published November 07, 2009 Comments Lewis County officials were able to largely escape layoffs while making budget cuts in 2008-09, but they warn that they won't be so lucky in 2010.

Arbie Groninger of Rochester has a messy problem. "It builds up real quick. We have fruit flies coming in and out of here," said Groninger.

ANDY CAMPBELL; The Chronicle Published October 31, 2009 Comments CENTRALIA Twenty-three residents were displaced and two firefighters were injured in a fire that burned two homes and a garage in Centralia early Friday.

CENTRALIA, Wash. - A three-alarm fire has burned two homes in Centralia. Everyone got out OK and no injuries are reported.

A three-alarm fire has burned two homes in Centralia. The Riverside Fire Authority says the fire apparently began in a garage located between two houses in the 300 block of East Maple Street at about 2:45 a.m. According to Fire Chief Jim Walkowski, by the time the first units arrived on the scene the flames had spread from the garage to the homes.

The Lewis County Public Health Department has reported that a Chehalis woman is Lewis County's first confirmed H1N1-related death, according to The Chronicle of Centralia.

OLYMPIA Starting today, visitors to Providence St. Peter Hospital will be screened for flu symptoms before they can visit hospitalized friends and family.

The U.S. Senate has approved $1.3 million for studies into potential flood-control efforts in the Chehalis River Basin.

Want to Write a Novel? November is Your Month National Novel Writing Month is fast approaching, and Lewis County NaNoWriMo group is gearing up for it.

The Washington State Patrol has completed its investigation into alleged misconduct by Lewis County Sheriff Steve Mansfield in July, according to The Chronicle of Centralia.

Officers responding to a report of a stabbing early Saturday found three injured people in the parking lot behind a Centralia tavern.

Residents of Tumwater are fortunate to have two highly qualified, motivated and intelligent City Council members competing for the honor to follow Ralph Osgood as mayor.

Vernadel Peterson, formerly the executive director of the Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce, is the new executive director of the San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce.

A Centralia man was flown by helicopter Saturday night to Madigan Army Medical Center after he crashed his motorcycle on Bucoda Highway Southeast near 174th Avenue Southeast, according to the Washington State Patrol.

A 15-year-old boy who was hospitalized after police say he drank alcohol at a house party has died, according to a hospital spokesperson.

Behind an 8-foot, plastic foam-lined fence, Richard Tracy presides over a labyrinth of cast-off items he has transformed into 'junk art' DAN SCHREIBER; The Chronicle Published September 24, 2009 Comments CENTRALIA Give Richard Tracy five minutes and he'll show you his life's work as it is happening.

A 15-year-old boy from SW Washington died Monday night from alcohol poisoning after an adult provided him and other under-aged friends with booze at a weekend party, according to the Lewis County Sheriff's Office.

A Centralia man suspected of delivering drugs to undercover officers and of harboring stolen guns and other property made his first appearance Friday in front of Lewis County Superior Court Judge Richard Brosey, according to The Chronicle of Centralia.