Onalaska News

Dan Schreiber, dschreiber@chronline.com High school students gaze at Saturn Tuesday night at the Herold Observatory behind Onalaska Elementary School.

More than 150 people showed up in front of the Lewis County Courthouse in Chehalis Wednesday to speak out against rising taxes and government spending as part of a national grassroots protest.

Like bookends around Earth Day, work parties and "green" business exhibitions are taking place this weekend and next from Centralia to Onalaska.

A lost toddler was found Saturday night after a frantic, county-wide search and rescue operation.

A quick response by about 100 searchers succeeded in finding a 2-year-old boy who wandered away from his home in Onalaska with a black Labrador puppy.

Onalaska resident Mary Louise Darnell said she was always taught not to go into debt, to never spend more than she could afford to pay back.

Keith Johnson started his business 35 years ago, and out of necessity, he branched out into camshaft design and manufacturing about 15 years ago.

A Draper Valley Farms truck hauling chicken feed fell on its side Wednesday afternoon on state Route 508, about a mile east of town, landing in a resident's yard and closing the highway for hours.

High winds caused power outages, especially in central Lewis County, on Sunday afternoon as limbs and trees blew onto power lines.< Posted Mon, Mar 16, 2009 - 11:41 am .

Posted Thu, Mar 12, 2009 - 11:18 am . E-mail this article to a friend. Friday, March 13 Quadruple Talent There will be four times the musical talent on stage at The Matrix Coffeehouse in Chehalis Friday night.

Four Lewis County young women will have the opportunity to display their intelligence, style and grace on Saturday.

Michael Draper, the fugitive who last year led Lewis County law enforcement officials on car and foot chases, was convicted on myriad charges in three separate court cases in late February and early March.

By The Chronicle Tests of artillery on the southernmost part of the Fort Lewis military base are sending booms through Tenino and the Twin Cities, with many residents reporting vibrations and thuds that sounds ...

Jesse Smith, For The Chronicle Two Onalaska firefighters sit on Market Boulevard in Chehalis while taking part in a practice burn Sunday afternoon.

Posted Sat, Feb 21, 2009 - 6:38 am . E-mail this article to a friend. By Dan Schreiber dschreiber@chronline.com The fugitive-turned-defendant Michael Draper decided Friday -- at his last possible chance -- to ...

Couples extended their romantic weekend at McMenamins Olympic Club Hotel and Theater's wine and chocolate tasting Sunday afternoon.

Whitworth lost to seventh-ranked George Fox 77-46 to open the second half of Northwest Conference womena s basketball play on Friday night.

By The Chronicle Four Chehalis men and a Chehalis 16-year-old were arrested Friday in connection with an alleged early morning home invasion robbery in Onalaska.

Posted Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 10:01 am . E-mail this article to a friend. Here we are on the cusp of another February and no definitive sign of spring.

Posted Fri, Jan 16, 2009 - 11:10 am . E-mail this article to a friend. By Sharyn L. Decker sdecker@chronline.com Nearly a week after the Newaukum River rose over its banks, life settled down enough that dairy ...