1. Fall Repair & Sustainability Fair

    Repair & Sustainability Fair: The WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter (MRC) volunteers are teaming up with Centralia College, the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility and others in the community to bring the second Repair & Sustainability Fair to the area. The location of this event will be announced after it is secured.If you have something around your home that needs to be fixed, don't throw it out and bury it in the landfill forever. Bring it to this event. Volunteers will be on hand to do their best to make the repairs and teach you how to do it …


    Solid Waste - May 31, 2023, 3:49 p.m.

  2. East End Community Recycle Event today in Randle

    The event will take place from *10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (except where noted) at the Lewis County Area 7 Road Shop (Kiona), 8911 US Hwy 12, Randle, WA 98377.Satellite Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event: Residential customers may drop off their unwanted or left-over cleaners, lawn, garden, pool chemicals, and other household chemicals. Please be prepared to leave your containers at the event. Workers don't have a place to empty them, and return them to customers at satellite events. Limits for these events are 10 CFL lights, 5 gallons motor oil, 5 gallons antifreeze, 5 gallons cooking oil, and no …


    Solid Waste - July 30, 2024, 4:30 p.m.

  3. Class Bs of Concern

    The Class Bs featured here are either already found in Lewis County or have been confirmed in neighboring counties and are likely to be introduced. Weeds are often spread unintentionally through the movement of materials, such as hay, dirt, gravel, and woodchips. They are also brought in by pets, animals, floods, ATVs and other vehicles, and watercraft. Finally, many are brought in intentionally as ornamentals by those who are unfamiliar with the noxiousness of that particular species. It is very important to recognize noxious weeds so that you can have a better understanding of your risk of transporting seeds or …


    Weed Control - March 5, 2015, 1:44 p.m.

  4. Italian Arum from a friend’s garden is not a gift to your landscape

    The Italian Arum’s common names of ‘Italian Lily’ and ‘Italian Lords and Ladies’ may stoke the gardener’s imagination but the actual plant is far from enticing. Aside from having poisonous plant parts, its single spadix flower is unpleasant-smelling. These disagreeable features however are not what makes this plant a noxious weed. Having two ways of forming thick colonies, the Italian Arum will quickly crowd out native plants and destroy riparian habitats. First, birds will eat and disperse the bright red berries making the potential for escape from home gardens into natural areas high. Second, its numerous daughter tubers easily detach …


    Weed Control - June 4, 2018, 2:08 p.m.

  5. Call for Citizen Scientists. Learn to Detect Invasive Plant Species

    A volunteer effort to learn and detect invasive plants is underway by the Pacific North West Invasive Plant Council. A training for citizens will take place Thursday June 29th from 1:00-3:00 PM at the Old Credit Union Building, 156 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, WA. The training will cover identification of plants, methods of manual control, along with how to conduct a survey. The work will support our local public lands including the National Forest and National Parks to document emerging invasive plant populations. The program is open to those who recreate or work on public lands in addition to folks …


    Weed Control - June 26, 2017, 12:52 p.m.

  6. Identifying Local Noxious Weeds

    Queen Anne's Lace (Wild Carrot) Poison Hemlock Cow Parsnip vs Giant Hogweed Join us for an in-depth look at some of harder to identify noxious weeds that are (or may be) present in the Toledo/Winlock part of Lewis County.We will learnTo identify Poison hemlock vs water hemlock vs wild carrot vs chervil. How to tell them apart and how to address them safelyHow recognize the inconspicuous differences between native Cow Parsnip and highly caustic Giant HogweedTell Tansy Ragwort vs St Johnswort vs Common TansyMeadow knapweed vs Canada thistle vs Bull thistle vs native thistlesEveryone is invited to attend this free …


    Weed Control - Dec. 7, 2022, 11:12 a.m.

  7. Repair & Sustainability Fair for Earth Day 2023!

    In honor of Earth Day, the WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter volunteers are teaming up with Centralia College, the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility and others in the community to bring the first ever Repair & Sustainability Fair to the area.If you have something around your home that needs to be fixed, don't throw it out and bury it in the landfill forever. Bring it to the Repair Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Earth Day, April 22, at Centralia College's Swift Center, SWFT 108. Volunteers will be on hand to do their best to make the …


    Solid Waste - March 24, 2023, 11:20 a.m.

  8. Limits on Food and Retail Service Uses in LAMIRDs

    Effective on June 9, 2022 Lewis County will implement new state rules that limit the size of food and retail service uses in Type I Limited Areas of More Intense Rural Development (LAMIRDs). During the 2022 Washington State Legislative Session, Senate Bill 5275 revised RCW 36.70A.070(5)(d)(i)(C) related to LAMIRDs. The revised law includes the following limits on retail and food service:Retail or food service uses can occupy an existing building, or redeveloped building, as long as the structure was previously used for retail or food service and the use will occupy the same building footprint as the original footprint or …


    Community Development - June 6, 2022, 4:59 p.m.

  9. *Special meeting: Joint hearing with Chehalis on UGA ILA

    Lewis County will hold a joint hearing with Chehalis regarding an interlocal agreement that would allow the city to annex territory within the urban growth area (UGA).AgendaPlease click here to view the agenda.Ordinance 1368Ordinance 1368Exhibit AExhibit A, Attachment AExhibit A, Attachment BExhibit A, Attachment CSpecial meeting materialsPlease click here for Lewis County's special meeting notice.Please click here to view Resolution 25-260, which includes Lewis County's legal notice for the hearing as well as a copy of the draft ordinance.City of Chehalis materialsPlease click here to access information the City of Chehalis has posted regarding the proposed interlocal agreement.Please click here …


    Commissioners - Sept. 23, 2025, 3:41 p.m.

  10. Courthouse Closed for Independence Day


    Commissioners - June 30, 2017, 2:35 p.m.