Centralia Chronicle

2 days ago | chronline.com | Martín Bilbao

Thurston County Superior Court judges and Prosecuting Attorney Jon Tunheim will get a 4% raise to $237,460 starting July 1. The Board of County Commissioners approved the raise for Tunheim last week, keeping him in line with the state-set salary for Superior Court judges. Tunheim heads an office that prosecutes people accused of committing local misdemeanor and felony crimes.

2 days ago | chronline.com | Helena Wegner

A man lost in the woods for five days was discovered after someone heard a voice calling for help, deputies in Washington said. The witness called 911 at about 12:30 a.m. June 21 in Poulsbo, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. A deputy then went to the area and heard “a faint, distressful voice coming from the woods from a man saying he had fallen from a tree,” authorities said.

2 days ago | chronline.com | Martín Bilbao

Thurston County Superior Court judges and Prosecuting Attorney Jon Tunheim will get a 4% raise to $237,460 starting July 1. The Board of County Commissioners approved the raise for Tunheim last week, keeping him in line with the state-set salary for Superior Court judges. Tunheim heads an office that prosecutes people accused of committing local misdemeanor and felony crimes.

6 days ago | chronline.com | Elena Perry

The West Valley High School teacher facing contract nonrenewal for his use of the N-word in his Spanish class in April convened a group of supporters in Millwood Park Thursday to continue to defend his actions. Matthew Mastronardi read a passage from "To Kill A Mockingbird" that contained the slur in his Spanish class. Following the incident, school superintendent Kyle Rydell recommended his provisional employee contract not be renewed.

6 days ago | chronline.com | Daniella Segura

The wrong mountain lion was killed after a cougar attacked a summer camp worker, California officials say. The camp worker “was attacked by a mountain lion” east of Hyampom at about 3 p.m. Saturday, June 14, according to a joint news June 19 release from the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The attack left the worker with minor injuries, officials said.