Centralia News

Looking for some All-American ways to celebrate Uncle Sam's birthday this long holiday weekend? The region offers community events that range from quaint to big budget so you can celebrate in your own style.

A member, Brooke Stepp of the Olympia General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World was fired from her job on unfair, illegal and unjust grounds.

This race gets my vote for the "Entire Family Can Play" 4th of July race. There is an 8k run , a 1.5 mile health walk/run, and the SWAT Challenge: basically, trying out the minimum physical fitness requirements for entry into SWAT school.

Two people died Monday afternoon near Grand Mound after a car swerved to avoid a truck that had pulled out.

Environmental groups are asking the Department of Interior to certify that pollution from a coal-fired plant in Centralia, Wash., is causing haze and poor visibility in Mount Rainier and Olympic national parks.

The Taxpayers: Everybody Hit the Deck! She's Got a Gun! 0 Comments Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 CENTRALIA, WASHINGTON "Welcome to Centralia - " Antique Festival June 1st through May 30th" Less than one hour into the first day of tour and we've already decided to make a short detour.

The Taxpayers: Everybody Hit the Deck! She's Got a Gun! June 16th, 2009 [4:30PM] Posted by: The Taxpayers 0 COMMENTS CENTRALIA, WASHINGTON Less than one hour into the first day of tour and we've already decided to make a short detour.

Shoelaces - I think Wind Power and and Solar power are subsidized. An efficient nuclear plant can get below 4cents a kwhr.

Make moving money offshore illegal Gas stations can charge you a tenth of a cent a gallon? What other retailer can do that? Business leaders can run a business into the ground, and, rather than get fired, get a big bonus and move onto the next company? Insurance companies that you pay premiums to for years can deny a claim because "we don't think ...

Seven headstones were damaged at one of Lewis County's oldest cemeteries. Centralia police are trying to find the people responsible for the vandalism at the Mountain View Cemetery on Caveness Drive.

The Thurston County Coroner's office today will examine the dental records of an unidentified girl whose body was found Monday morning at a hydroelectric facility just outside Yelm.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Department is investigating after a woman's body was discovered this morning at a hydroelectric facility outside Yelm.

It's been a harrowing journey for two "Lost Boys of Sudan" who came to Washington state nearly four years ago.

Medrice Coluccio is the new chief executive of the Southwest Washington service area of Providence Health & Services, an area that includes Providence St.

CENTRALIA, Wash. -- Homeless and living out of her car for months after a devastating flood, a Lewis County woman now finally has a new home.

May 16--With construction of a new La Quinta Hotel announced and two businesses ready to open on Monday, the commercial center on the west side of Chehalis is a spot of growth despite the slow economy.

As an Iranian woman who lives in Chehalis, Golnaz Koloushani has been struck by how little local people really know about her homeland.

The state's transportation budget for the next two years includes four large projects in the Lewis County area, some already under construction, some set for the future.

Local law enforcement agencies are utilizing yet another new technology to make their jobs faster and easier: instant electronic ticketing.

Centralia College East celebrated 25 years on Friday with an afternoon of reminiscing about the efforts and key people it took to build and create a foundation for the campus in Morton.