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The many items discussed in the Centralia City Council’s first meeting of the year on Tuesday, Jan. 9, included an ordinance with three proposed amendments to different sections of the …

The Centralia City Council welcomed new Councilor Chris Brewer during its first meeting of the year on Tuesday night. Brewer was sworn in alongside incumbent Councilor Kelly Smith Johnston after …

With baseball and softball seasons quickly approaching, the Centralia City Council on Tuesday selected which fields will get artificial turf first at Fort Borst Park to improve playing conditions. …

The Salvation Army of Lewis County, based in Centralia, kicked off a fundraising effort Thursday morning to raise $80,000 by Christmas Eve, essential funds the nonprofit organization needs to serve …

During Tuesday’s general election, Centralia residents in several districts had the opportunity to vote for who will represent them on the city council for the next four years. Preliminary …

In the other “Washington,” on the opposite side of the country, Congress is too gridlocked by disagreements to perform its basic functions. Perhaps the House could learn from the …

The candidate interviews The Chronicle published last Tuesday were very informative.   I agree with Joyce Barnes that we want to keep our small town feel, but we aren’t going to keep …

With November’s general election less than a month away, candidates for Centralia City Council and a Port of Centralia commissioner position met at O’Blarney’s at the Gibson House …

A litany of changes to Centralia’s municipal code for housing developments were approved Tuesday night by the Centralia City Council following more than three hours of discussion during its …

Editor’s note: This breaking news story will be updated.  Gov. Jay Inslee, Rep. Peter Abbarno, Chehalis and Cowlitz tribal leaders, Lewis County Commissioner Sean Swope and Centralia …