The Chehalis Confederated Tribes will host a special benefit concert at Lucky Eagle Casino February 27, in memory of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in recent months.

The local response to the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti has been amazing.

In 1851 George Washington , who would later found Centralia, arrived at the confluence.

Police say a 40-year-old Chehalis man was killed when his pickup truck was hit by a northbound Union Pacific freight train in Kalama.

A judge has given the Lewis County coroner 10 days to remove the word "suicide" from the death certificate of former Washington state trooper or else.

Barb Thompson is awaiting a decision by Lewis County Coroner Terry Wilson over a court- ordered change to her daughter's death certificate, according to The Chronicle of Centralia.

A 57-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping and burglary in a break-in at a Centralia credit union.

Two projects on Martin Way are nearing completion. Crews are finishing the new pedestrian bridge over the thoroughfare as well as improvements under the Interstate 5 overpass a short distance to the east.

Providence Centralia Hospital has donated $50,000 to the Centralia College Capital Campaign and $50,000 to support nursing education.

A fire that led to the death of an 82-year-old Chehalis woman in December was likely sparked when flammable liniment lotion self-heated and spontaneously combusted, a fire investigator says.

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Ray Walsh passed away on 1-13-2010 in the wonderful care of Hospice of Kitsap County, with his family by his side.He was 82 years old.

The first Chehalis River Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps drawn in more than 25 years won't be available until mid-March, but some Lewis County officials already are concerned after getting a glimpse of some potential changes, according to The Chronicle of Centralia.

A new manufacturing facility that will supply bread to Subway Restaurants has opened in Lewis County.

OLYMPIA A longtime South Sound doctor who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology will close her medical practice next week, a victim of the slower economy and a decision that likely will alter the health care landscape for women in Thurston County.

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Gov. Chris Gregoire made a case Tuesday for raising state revenue to preserve the social safety net, and she proposed a plan to create as many as 40,000 jobs this year in Washington state.

The Legislature should consider major government reforms and a multitude of possible tax hikes - no matter how small - as they try to solve a $2.6 billion budget deficit, top state officials say.

There are two relatively famous quotes that come to mind as the Legislature rumbles toward opening day on Monday.