Isabel Vander Stoep

Seven years ago, I was certain I’d never live in Lewis County again. Certainty, I’d learn, is fickle at age 18. On March 15, 2021, 10 days after my 23rd birthday, I entered the …

This is the final installment of Beak of the Week. It has been a semi-regular piece in The Chronicle since May. Among others, Beak of the Week has featured sparrows, backyard feeder birds, …

Glasses with pre-programmed virtual reality displays for a wide array of classic literature. A windshield that never freezes. Bubble gum that replaces vitamins and supplements. These were …

Forest Service Road 52, also known as Skate Creek Road, is blocked at milepost 18.5 after an “impassable” landslide on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The road is managed by the Gifford Pinchot …

Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series about Onalaska High School. The first story in ‘Smart Ax’ — named after a pun on the school’s Logger …

Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a three-part series about Onalaska High School. ‘Smart Ax’ will examine the school’s unique approach to culture, community and …

Fitting for a coming of age play, “James and the Giant Peach” will be the Evergreen Playhouse debut for 14-year-old Lane Nixon, who will play James, and the directorial debut for Andrea …

Jay Gordon’s farm between Porter and Elma has been in his family since the late 1700s. In 1872, Ulysses S. Grant signed a deed for the homestead. In 2023, Gordon is one of just three …

In an interview earlier this month, Daryl Lund, Robin Ronnell and Shakara Ryan each spoke of the new Minuteman Press store at the Lewis County Mall the way a wide-eyed, experimental scientist would describe a brand new laboratory.

Johnston Ridge, which offers the best crater viewpoint in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, is unlikely to be open any time soon, despite initial optimism from the Washington State …