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[email protected] State taxable retail sales have nearly recovered to second quarter 2008 levels, when they last topped $29 billion dollars. Statewide sales, from April 1 to June 30 of this year, are 8.3 percent higher than what was reported in the sec- ond quarter last year, accord- ing to a report released by the Washington State Depart- ment of Revenue. Construction, e-com- merce, and car sales were among the most changed, with e-commerce showing 22.1 percent growth. Locally, Lewis County re- ports a 6.4 percent increase, Chehalis reports a 6.1 per- cent increase and Centralia Pete Caster /
[email protected] please see SALES, page 9 Hurley, a 5-year-old standard poodle, shows a concerned look while having an animal rescue oxygen mask put on his snout at the Littlerock Fire Station on Wednesday afternoon. ‘PROJECT BREATHE’: Centralia National Company Man Invisible Fence Aims to Equip Every Fire Pinned By Department With Pet- Sized Oxygen Masks His Own By Stephanie Schendel
[email protected] Vehicle LITTLEROCK — When a firefighter carried Scooter, an 8-year-old shih tzu, out of a POLICE: Icy Roads smoke-filled trailer in Grand Result in Crashes Mound last May, she was limp in the man’s arms and not By Stephanie Schendel breathing.