Centralia Chronicle

The Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is defending a decision to redact the names of home preschool and daycare providers receiving taxpayer subsidies as part of an expansion of early learning programs. A press release issued by DCYF through the governor’s office on Sept. 21 announced $251 million in grants to daycare vendors for early learning programs. It lists 42 grant recipients, but the names of three of them are redacted. State Sen.

A new federal policy ending enforcement of certain registration and approval requirements for suppressors and short-barreled firearms is drawing support from some officials in Washington, but questions remain about how exactly the change will work with state restrictions.

The leader of Washington state public schools says the state should not join a federal tax credit program that would fund K-12 education. Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal views the tax credit as a way to expand school choice options without closing funding gaps for public schools. “Washington cannot in good faith participate,” Reykdal, who leads the nonpartisan state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, wrote in an Oct. 9 letter to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson.

A member of the Satanic Temple of Washington delivered the first invocation under a new Battle Ground City Council policy, marking the start of a practice intended to bring opening prayers, statements or moments of silence to future council meetings. Bast Sekhmet, representing the Satanic Temple, addressed the council during its Monday, Oct. 5 meeting, offering remarks inspired by the organization’s seven tenets, or ethical principles.

The campaigns for Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, traded barbs Tuesday over an advertisement commissioned by the Gluesenkamp Perez campaign featuring the son of a man killed in a tragic workplace accident at Braun Northwest.

A 66-year-old Winlock man with no previous criminal history appeared in Lewis County Superior Court on Tuesday facing accusations that he broke a window at a medical facility after his vape was taken from him. Keith David Caldwell made a video appearance before Lewis County Pro Tem Court Commissioner Kathryn Eyraud, who ultimately ordered his release on personal recognizance, meaning he could be booked out of jail without posting bail. On Tuesday, Oct.

A 56-year-old Mossyrock man is facing a felony criminal charge after allegedly stealing all items from a self-serve farm stand in 2025. Jeffrey Todd Larson made a video appearance in Lewis County Superior Court Tuesday from the Lewis County Jail after being arrested on a warrant.

A 19-year-old Winlock man is in the Lewis County Jail facing allegations he sexually assaulted a girl on several occasions since she was 8 years old. Cameron Douglas Steik appeared in Lewis County Superior Court for his initial appearance on Thursday, Oct. 8. He’s charged with two counts of third-degree rape, a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, in addition to two other felony charges.

Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders, accompanied by his executive staff and senior officers, held a town hall at the Yelm Community Center on Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2026 2:22 pm Funeral services for Kyle Seymour will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at Summit Wesleyan Church in Buffalo, Wyoming. Donations in Kyle’s memory may be made to The Path Behavioral Health Center, 1401 W. Fifth St., Suite A, Sheridan, Wyoming, 82801. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com.