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Despite his blindness, Tristian Gallegos, 14, of Chehalis, taught himself to play the ABC song on a toy piano at age 2.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Raelene McElvain was surprised to find a group of volunteers ready to demolish and eventually rebuild her flooded home that was damaged in the record-breaking December 2007 flood.
Video by Chris Brewer
Former high school air tribute band reunites after 32 years to play four more shows.
Video by Brandon Swanson
Jack Bowers makes and plays mountain banjos in Packwood.
Video by Adrienne Goodrich
Steve Rambo takes to the skies above Lewis County in his parachute apparatus.
Video by Brandon Swanson
Local first responders recount the "other anniversary" of the May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption - when the wind shifted a week later and the ash fell like dirty snow on the Twin Cities.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Former Lewis County Sheriff Bill Wiester remembers the efforts to keep people out of the blast zone of Mount St. Helens during the days leading up to the May 18, 1980 eruption, and then the grim results when they didn't heed warnings.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Tacoma Power's Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery outside Salkum and distribute it among the community and those in need on Tuesday, May 11, 2010.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Chronicle Reporter Adam Pearson challenges 80-year-old powerlifting guru Robert Hubbard to a contest of strength.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Mount St. Helens Monument Scientist Peter Frenzen talks about the eruption of the volcano nearly 30 years later and the surrounding ecosystem that continues to recover and grow.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Dan Omdal, state forest pathologist, explains one of the largest organisms on earth - a giant fungus that feeds off the trees south of Mount Adams.
Video by Brandon Swanson
Centralia's piano virtuoso Charlie Albright played a homecoming show to a Centralia College crowd on Saturday, March 27, 2010.
Video courtesy of Centralia College
Robert Oja talks about his camel, Ben Hur, who lives at his Ryderwood ranch.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Riverside Fire Authority firefighters attempt to rescue a rascally feline in Centralia on Tuesday, March 16, 2010.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Former professional kickboxer Oscar Musgrove-Wilhelm shows Centralia's alternative high school students how to defend themselves and do martial arts on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Video by Dan Schreiber
On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, the Olympia Jazz Senators payed tribute to former member Geoff Gilbert, also the director of the W.F. West High School band, following his motorcycle crash death last month.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Centralia heavy metal act Blood to Dust rehearse and play live as they explain more about the unique musical genre.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Calvin Johnson & The Hive Dwellers picked Bucoda when they participated in a national collaborative documentary project about America's main streets. The video is archival footage from Bucoda and Centralia, courtesy of Nat Unwin, shot by his father, Edwin Unwin, in the 1930s and 1940s.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Centralia College marked "Dress Like Your Favorite Movie Star Day" on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Glenoma's Peggy Scearce makes "reborn dolls," a collector's brand designed to look as lifelike as possible.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Twila Collins is a wild cat trapper who wants to help quell the problem in Lewis County. She showed off her techniques at a gas station in Napavine in January.
Video by Dan Schreiber
The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization scours the woods most weekends for evidence of the iconic Northwestern beast known as sasquatch. They invited Chronicle reporters along for the hunt on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010.
Video by Brandon Swanson
The Washington State Department of Transportation's plan to put a roundabout at the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and state Route 122 is highlighted in this video. Mossyrock teen Ryan Rashoff died in a car wreck at the dangerous crossroads in December.
Video courtesy of Washington State Department of Transportation
Centralia police discuss a dramatic bank robbery at a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. Police also released surveillance footage of a 57-year-old suspect threatening a teller with a gun. The suspect was shot twice and escaped before being picked up in Olympia later that night on a tip from a cab driver.
Video by Dan Schreiber
It's the big burger challenge at The Limit Bar and Grill in Centralia on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. If customers can finish over five pounds of beef, bun and fixins, plus a pound and a half of fries, the meal is free. If not, it's $24.99.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Congressman Brian Baird stops by The Chronicle on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, to talk about issues in the 3rd District and his decision not to seek re-election in 2010.
Video by Dan Schreiber
It's The Chronicle's Top 10 videos of the year - based on popular appeal measured in online traffic.
Videos by Dan Schreiber and Brandon Swanson
Hundreds gathered on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, on the football field of Mossyrock High School to honor the life of student Ryan Rashoff, who died a day earlier in a car wreck on U.S. Highway 12.
Video by Dan Schreiber
A Lewis County Sheriff's Office deputy, with help from Washington State Patrol air support ran a red Corvette off the road Friday night south of Chehalis in pursuit of murder suspect Robert J. Maddaus.
Video courtesy of Washington State Patrol
Chronicle Reporter Andy "ChronCop" Campbell continues his spate of experiential journalism by allowing himself to be attacked by a police dog. What a dork.
Video by Dan Schreiber
Slideshows
Tenino celebrated its annual Oregon Trail Days on Saturday, July 25, 2010.
Photos by Holly Pederson
Bucoda celebrated its 100th birthday on Saturday, July 25, 2010.
Photos by Holly Pederson
The annual Seattle to Portland bike ride had cyclists rolling through the Twin Cities once again on Saturday, July 17, 2010.
Photos by Jesse Smith
It was time for fun once again in Napavine, where the annual Funtime Festival filled the streets on Saturday, July 17, 2010.
Photos by Holly Pederson
It's the annual Cheese Days celebration in Toledo.
Photos by Holly Pederson
From the downtown Centralia parade to Schwingfest in Frances, Lewis County was bustling with activity on Independence Day 2010.
Photos by Holly Pederson and Jesse Smith
It's The Chronicle's photos of the month for June.
Photos by Dan Schreiber, Brandon Swanson, Pete Caster, Holly Pederson and Jesse Smith
Winlock celebrated its annual Egg Days on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Photos by Holly Pederson
Rochester celebrated Swede Day on Saturday, June 19, 2010.
Photos by Holly Pederson
Graduates in the Twin Cities receive their diplomas.
Photos by Dan Schreiber, Brandon Swanson and Jesse Smith
It's the Chronicle's photos of the month for May.
Photos by Dan Schreiber, Brandon Swanson, Pete Caster, Holly Pederson and Erin Lodi
Local high school baseball and softball teams fight to win the state title in Yakima, May 28-29, 2010.
Photos by Brandon Swanson
Locals came out for the "So You've Got Talent?" show at Centralia College's Corbet Theatre on Saturday, May 8, 2010.
Photos by Erin Lodi
It's The Chronicle's photos of the month for April.
Photos by Dan Schreiber, Brandon Swanson, Pete Caster and Ron Quinn
Willapa Hills Farmstead Cheese outside Pe Ell is bustling with life this spring, with new lambs born and sheep cheese being made at a steady pace.
Photos by Dan Schreiber
It's The Chronicle's photos of the month for March.
Photos by Brandon Swanson, Dan Schreiber, Pete Caster, Ron Quinn, Holly Pederson and Erin Lodi
Contestants brought their best at the 2010 Miss Lewis County Scholarship Pageant on Saturday, March 13, 2010.
Photos by Erin Lodi
Kickboxers stepped into the ring on Saturday, March 13, 2010, for "Fights at the Yard" at Yard Birds Mall in Chehalis.
Photos by Erin Lodi
It's the annual Cutest Baby Contest at Providence Centralia Hospital.
Photos by Dan Schreiber
It's The Chronicle's photos of the month for February.
Photos by Brandon Swanson, Dan Schreiber, Pete Caster, Ron Quinn, Brian Mittge and Aaron VanTuyl
Jack Crocker recounts the story of how he learned to play the saxophone at age 65 and talks about his band, Jack and The Roadrunners, a popular local act for senior dances.
Audio Slideshow by Dan Schreiber
Centralia mail artist Ron Stenberg talks about the obscure genre in which artists share work using the U.S. Postal Service.
Audio Slideshow by Dan Schreiber
It's The Chronicle's photos of the month for January.
Photos by Dan Schreiber, Brandon Swanson and Pete Caster
It's The Chronicle's photos of the year for 2009.
Photos by Brandon Swanson, Dan Schreiber, Jesse Smith, Holly Pederson and Brian Mittge
It's The Chronicle's photos of the month for December.
Photos by Brandon Swanson, Dan Schreiber, Holly Pederson and Pete Caster
Centralia College has dubbed its new nine-foot Steinway the "Charlie Albright Piano" in honor of the local virtuoso. Albright, 21, broke in the $100,000 instrument Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, in the Corbet Theatre by playing "I'll Be Home For Christmas" in front of his mother and music teacher.
Photos by Brandon Swanson
Chronicle stringer Holly Pederson goes behind the scenes at the annual production of the Nutcracker at Centralia College's Corbet Theatre on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009.
Photos by Holly Pederson
Hundreds gathered on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 in the Mossyrock High School gym to remember student and basketball player Ryan Rashoff, who died the previous week in a car wreck on U.S. Highway 12.
Photos by Brandon Swanson
The Adna Pirates defeat Colfax at the Tacoma Dome to claim the school's first state championship in 20 years.
Photos by Brandon Swanson
Salkum resident John Troit is moving on, but not before he sells a lifetime worth of stuff in his front yard.
Audio Slideshow by Dan Schreiber
It's The Chronicle's photos of the month for November.
Photos by Brandon Swanson, Dan Schreiber, Holly Pederson, Erin Lodi and Jesse Smith
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, after a five-day civil trial, a jury found that the 1998 death of former Washington State Patrol Trooper Ronda Reynolds was not a suicide and that Lewis County Coroner Terry Wilson erred in ruling the cause of death.
Photos by Brandon Swanson
It's the Halloween pet parade in Napavine on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009.
Photos by Holly Pederson
Special Report
Former Chronicle Online Editor Nick George presents "Agony of the Aftermath," a multimedia project about Lewis County's record-breaking 2007 storm and flood. After leaving The Chronicle in November 2008, George produced the piece as a Knight Digital Media Fellow in the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at The Ohio State University.
Multimedia Project by Nick George
Chroncast
July 27, 2010Tristian Gallegos, 14, of Chehalis, plays on his home instruments and live at the Matrix Coffee House. Advanced for his age by any standard, Gallegos is also blind, and taught himself to play the ABC song on a toy piano at age 2. For a video version of these recordings, click here. Recorded by Dan Schreiber and Hippie Jesus |
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Dec. 15, 2009
Have a listen back over the 2009 football season for area teams, with play-by-play and analysis each week by Northwest Sports Radio's Alex Alderson. Click here for the full season page. Webcasts by Alex Alderson |
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Aug. 25, 2009U.S. Rep. Brian Baird, D-Vancouver, held a "telephone town hall" meeting on federal health care reform. Recorded by Dan Schreiber |
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July 30, 2009Cowlitz Valley District Ranger Jack Thorne explains the developing wildfire situation in East Lewis County. Interview by Dan Schreiber |
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July 29, 2009Darin Cramer, of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, explains the $1.6 million project to minimize landslides on forest lands subject to the Forest Practices Rules. This interview is part of the larger Agony of the Aftermath project that can be found here. Interview by Nick George |
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June 17, 2009Centralia-born singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen drops into the studio to record some tracks and talks about what inspires him to play. Hosted by Dan Schreiber |
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June 3, 2009Executive Editor Michael Wagar talks about big changes at The Chronicle and the future of the newspaper industry. Hosted by Dan Schreiber |
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