Press Releases

Your Property Value Went Up. Here Is Why Your Tax Bill Might Not Have

Posted: Oct. 28, 2026

A common misunderstanding drives a lot of frustrated phone calls to the Lewis County Assessor's Office each year: that a rising home value automatically means a rising tax bill. Lewis …

How Lewis County Prepares for Flood Season

Posted: Oct. 22, 2026

How Lewis County Prepares for Flood SeasonAs flood season begins this fall, Lewis County's Department of Emergency Management (DEM) and the Lewis County Sheriff's Office are getting equipment in place, …

"I Was Just Doing My Job"

Posted: Oct. 15, 2026

How Erika Katt stood with Longview’s grieving families after the deadliest workplace disaster in Washington in nearly a centuryThe call came early. It was just before 7:15 a.m. on a …