Fords Prairie News

Over the past few years, Dale Drop has seen some of his property rights dwindle away under new state, county and city regulations.

Posted Thu, Apr 9, 2009 - 8:49 am . E-mail this article to a friend. Thursday, April 9 Kingham Gives Encore Performance Back in Centralia for the fourth time in recent years, singer and songwriter Jonathan Kingham will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday evening at Santa Lucia Coffee Company.

Posted Fri, Apr 3, 2009 - 9:57 am . E-mail this article to a friend. There have been one or two mostly sunny days lately, but it still doesn't feel much like spring.

In a day of pageantry focused on cuteness and fun rather than expensive gowns and swimsuits, the Washington State Cinderella Scholarship Pageant brought boys and girls, babies and teens to the Fords Prairie Grange in Centralia Saturday.

Centralia school teachers are urging decision-makers to spend down emergency cash reserves instead of making hundreds of thousands of dollars in cuts to programs such as summer school and extra reading help for students.

Record flood predictions on Lewis County rivers have prompted sandbag pickup locations in the Twin Cities, Rochester, Oakville and Napavine.

As I write this at 11 p.m. Wednesday night, a core group of Chronicle journalists are busily working from temporary desks in the meeting room of the bright and comfortable new Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland ...

By The Chronicle Record flood predictions on Lewis County rivers have prompted sandbag pickup locations in the Twin Cities, Rochester and Napavine.

By The Chronicle New models by the National Weather Service indicate that an incoming storm could cause record flooding across Lewis County beginning tomorrow night.