🌱 Chehalis woman faces felony charges after trooper-injury traffic stop
Chehalis, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Chehalis! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Chehalis woman faces felony charges after trooper-injury traffic stop
- How Chehalis officers helped take down a national drug ring
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.
- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 69, low: 46.
- Friday: Cooler with showers around, with a high of 60 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Chehalis woman accused of kicking trooper, fleeing traffic stop (chronline.com) — A 19-year-old Chehalis woman is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly injuring a Washington State Patrol trooper and fleeing a traffic stop, leading to a high-speed pursuit. She appeared in Lewis County Superior Court, where a judge set $50,000 bail and imposed driving restrictions while the case moves forward. 
• National drug leader plotted to kill Centralia police officer, says DOJ (chronline.com) — Chehalis residents should know their local police department helped dismantle a national drug ring whose leaders discussed killing a Centralia officer after a major bust. Federal agents traced large meth and fentanyl shipments nationwide, seized weapons and drugs in Washington and California, and secured a 15‑year federal sentence for the ring’s co‑leader in Seattle.
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🗞 Nearby News
Centralia
- 820 Barbara Lane, Centralia, WA 98531 (zillow.com)
- 'I want them to come here': Centralia is a proving ground for new crisis treatment model (bellinghamherald.com)
- Centralia's Fiddlers Coffee transitions to new family ownership as founder looks forward to retirement (chronline.com)
Napavine
- Mulling a tragedy in Longview and a historic church at Claquato (chronline.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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