The Chronicle

06/10/2023

Tigers take punch, grind Loggers down:
Onalaska made Napavine bleed.
Napavine made Onalaska pay.
The Loggers threw the best punch that the Tigers have seen in a regular-season game in quite some time, but all it did was delay things, as a slow avalanche of big plays buried them in a 58-14 Napavine win in hostile territory.
“It’s always good beating Ony,” Napavine quarterback Ashton Demarest said. “It’s Ony. I love beating them.”
After falling behind 8-0 early and hitting rough patches on offense, the Tigers (2-0) ground their way to a lead by the end of the first quarter, on a pair of Demarest runs. By halftime, it was 30-14, capped off by a Demarest touchdown pass to Colin Shields in the final 10 seconds of the second quarter.
Still, the Logger faithful had plenty of buzz, down just two possessions at the break. So after only managing 37 rushing yards in the first half, the Tigers went to work crafting a haymaker.
“We had to stay the course and regroup,” Napavine coach Josh Fay said. “It took longer than I’d hoped it would, but I thought we responded at halftime, and were pretty focused coming out.”
Full story and more photos here: https://tinyurl.com/ykyr32jf
Photos and story by Chronicle Sports Editor Josh Kerhsenbaum.

03/10/2023

Winlock elementary welcomes retired reserve sergeant as school resource officer:
Retired Toledo reserve officer Randy Pennington was getting ready to return his patrol car after his last shift with the police department in July 2022 when he got a call from Winlock Police Chief Stephen Valentine.
“He said, ‘instead of turning it in, you should just change colors,’” Pennington said, recalling how Valentine asked him to come work in Winlock.
“I said, ‘’Now, Steve, I’m not chasing no more bad guys.’ And he said, ‘Well that’s what’s really cool: is you don’t have to chase bad guys.’”
Valentine had wanted to assign Pennington to Winlock Elementary School as a school resource officer: a law enforcement officer who is responsible for safety and crime prevention within a school.
“I said, ‘No more chasing bad guys?’ ‘Not unless they’re at school.’ ‘Hey, that sounds like something I can do,’” Pennington said, recalling the conversation with Valentine.
Full story: https://tinyurl.com/yrs4b4yc

03/10/2023

SPOTTED AT 2 A.M. IN NAPAVINE: The musician Jelly Roll passed through Lewis County overnight. He’s pictured here with Evie of Adna and Sadie of Chehalis.

28/09/2023

Get your co****le partner ready as players and spectators alike are invited to Dick’s Brewing Company’s Co****le and Sausage Fest this Saturday, Sept. 9.
Read more here https://tinyurl.com/2s3ubckh

27/09/2023

FROM THE ARCHIVES: October 24, 1964.

The Ocean Beaches do not lap Lewis County, but today the county has 1 1/2 acre salt water lake at Mary's Corner. The 15 foot deep lake is man made and contains 100,000 gallons of salt water that has been removed from the underground natural gas storage area.

26/09/2023

IN FOCUS: A black-tailed fawn looks on from a yard west of Chehalis on Thursday morning.
Photo by Jared Wenzelburger

25/09/2023

The Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) on Thursday announced an ongoing investigation at Green Hill School in Chehalis after tips alleging a staff member was providing narcotics to a student inmate and that overdoses were being handled internally rather than being reported to law enforcement.
Read more here https://tinyurl.com/3surkjb5

23/09/2023

HUNTING HIGHLIGHT: "Tanner Tobin, 14, of Chehalis, poses with the 7x7 bull she harvested with her youth elk tag that she drew through a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife drawing. The hunt location was near the former Centralia mine. Hunted this bull for four days until she had the perfect 230-yard shot and dropped him in his tracks."
To submit your own hunting highlight, or maybe even just a photo from another kind of outdoor adventure, email [email protected].

21/09/2023

BREAKING from the Centralia Police Department: JNET is investigating the Green Hill School after contraband and controlled substances dating back to 2017 were found in a staff storage locker.
The discovery comes after the state Attorney General declined to investigate the facility following an overdose and arrests for possession.
Read the full news release here:

18/09/2023

Emergency crews responded to the scene of a collision involving multiple vehicles in downtown Centralia at the intersection of Pearl and Locust streets just after 4 p.m.
Medics were tending to at least one patient at about 5 p.m. More information will be posted when available at chronline.com.
Photos by Chronicle Photo Editor Jared Wenzelburger.

16/09/2023

“My life was spared,” he said. “If I’d been driving one second faster, the tree would’ve hit me in the head, and I’d be dead.”
He thinks about that often, and the sequence of events that followed that kept him alive.
“There must be something worth keeping me around for,” he continued. “If it’s just to be a husband, dad and cop, that’s good enough for me.”
But there is more, he believes.
“There may eventually be someone who sees me and grows up to be a cop when they didn’t think it was something they could do,” he said.
That means doing the job every day, just like any other cop.

Drew Kennison walked out of his house that February morning and felt snowflakes on his cheeks. He knew his wife and their three children would be thrilled by this unexpected late-in-the season …

16/09/2023

Freshman Callie Mickelseon bagged a first-half hat trick, scoring goals in the fifth, 15th, and 34 minutes off of assists from Maria Summers, Kyla Watson, and Kyra Dirks.
“Callie Mickleson up front was fantastic today,” Tenino coach Dave Montgomery said. “Not only did she have that hat trick, but she did a good job of distributing the ball to other people.”

The Tenino girls soccer team made a long journey worth it Saturday, blowing out Chelan 7-0 in a non-league contest to open the fall. Freshman Callie Mickelseon bagged a first-half hat trick, …

15/09/2023

Makayla Kinser, 22, Isaiah Powers, 21, and Jonathan Chamberlain, 20 were killed in the accident, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office.

The three young adults killed in a fiery crash on a Greenwater Forest Service road in August have been identified. The single-vehicle wreck occurred just before 6 a.m. Aug. 18 on U.S. Forest …

15/09/2023

Moments after the Bremerton High School football team shook hands following its season-opening football win Friday night at Memorial Stadium, assistant coach Joe Kennedy walked to the 50-yard line and prayed.
By himself, he knelt at the center of the 50-yard line for a quick prayer, which was followed by some scattered applause from the stands.

BREMERTON — Moments after the Bremerton High School football team shook hands following its season-opening football win Friday night at Memorial Stadium, assistant coach Joe Kennedy walked to …

13/09/2023

New Toledo Learning Garden greenhouse opens with blessing from Cowlitz Indian Tribe:
Kids learning to garden at Toledo Elementary School can now be part of the full growing process, from seed to fruit, thanks to a new greenhouse built in the school’s garden.
The Toledo Learning Garden and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe hosted a ribbon-cutting and blessing for a new greenhouse on Saturday, Aug. 26, to celebrate the years of hard work that went into the greenhouse project and to spiritually prepare the space for new growth.
“What we’re going to do is just bless this wonderful, wonderful greenhouse and hopefully give it a fresh, energized start for its lifetime and what it’s going to do in the community,” said Cowlitz Indian Tribe Elder and Spiritual Leader Tanna Engdahl ahead of her spirit walk in the greenhouse with Cowlitz Indian Tribe Culture Board President John O’Brien on Saturday.
“We know that it will foster life, it will nurture growth and it will be part of all of you, especially the founders, who are going to launch it into the future for you to learn to grow along with it,” she said of the greenhouse.
The new greenhouse will allow Toledo students learning gardening through the school’s garden science classes to germinate seeds on-site instead of shipping them off after planting and picking them up when they are mature enough to transplant.
Full story: https://tinyurl.com/37tn766w

11/09/2023

Approximately 200 community volunteers and county employees are planning on participating in the cleanup event, according to a news release, which states the event is being held in memory of those lost during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The Centralia Washington Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in partnership with the Lewis County Parks and Recreation department, will be hosting a community service event …

11/09/2023

"Focusing on improving connectivity to work and education opportunities, these route updates will reduce travel times and increase frequency, better serving the needs of our community. Whether you’re a daily commuter or an occasional traveler, these changes are sure to simplify your journey."

With continued effort to provide more efficient, accessible, and convenient public transportation options for residents and visitors alike, Twin Transit is proud to announce the launch of its updated …

11/09/2023

The proposal would provide a process for the department to issue permits for individuals to kill black bears in specific locations where black bears damage commercial timber.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has filed a proposed rule change to revise how the department issues black bear timber damage depredation permits. The public is invited to …