1. Bid Period CLOSED - Rosebrook Slide Repair Project: AWARDED 12/6/2010

    A new project has been added to the Contract Ads and Calls for Bid page. This project will close on Nov. 29, 2010. Access the details and necessary documents, and get on the planholders list by clicking here.


    Public Works - Dec. 30, 2010, 1:21 p.m.

  2. Bid Period CLOSED - Rosebrook Slide Repair Project: AWARDED 12/6/2010

    A new project has been added to the Contract Ads and Calls for Bid page. This project will close on Nov. 29, 2010. Access the details and necessary documents, and get on the planholders list by clicking here.


    Public Works - Dec. 30, 2010, 1:21 p.m.

  3. New BID CALL - Pe Ell McDonald Rehabilitation Project

    A new project has been added to the Contract Ads and Calls for Bid page. This project will close on July 12, 2010. Access the details and necessary documents, and get on the planholders list by clicking here.


    Public Works - June 30, 2010, 8:06 a.m.

  4. Lewis County expects to save thousands from new energy efficient equipment

    New HVAC equipment installed in the Lewis County Jail. Lewis County Commissioner Scott Brummer, left, and Capital Facilities Manager Doug Carey, looking at equipment improvements on the roof of the county jail. CHEHALIS – Construction on new energy efficient upgrades to the Lewis County Jail are being completed below cost estimates and ahead of schedule. The contractor on the job has calculated that the new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment could save the county upwards to $50,000 annually in energy costs.“We’re replacing aging equipment with a modern energy efficient system,” said Lewis County Capital Facilities Manager Doug Carey. …


    News Room - July 18, 2023, 3:56 p.m.

  5. Construction begins on Sheriff’s East Lewis County Substation

    From left, Lewis County Sheriff’s Captain Richard VanWyck, Sheriff Rob Snaza, Commissioner Scott Brummer, County Manager Ryan Barrett and Undersheriff Wes Rethwill at groundbreaking of new East Lewis County Sheriff’s Substation near Randle. CHEHALIS – Construction of a new East Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Substation is underway on county-owned property at 8911 U.S. Highway 12, west of Randle. Midway Underground, a Toledo construction company, is building the 12-by 36-foot office with four adjoining vehicle bays at the Kiona county public works shop site.“It will place a Sheriff’s footprint in the east end of the county, housing emergency equipment for deputies …


    News Room - Oct. 19, 2023, 3:40 p.m.

  6. Lewis County businesses applauded for employing the developmentally disabled

    From left, Lewis County Manager Ryan Barrett, Developmental Disabilities Program Coordinator Sara Sons and Commissioner Sean Swope. CHEHALIS – Dozens of people gathered at The Loft in Chehalis Oct. 18 to celebrate Lewis County organizations and businesses that support individuals with developmental disabilities.The Lewis County Public Health and Social Services Developmental Disabilities Program and local social services providers recognized 27 local employers for their hiring practices of providing new opportunities for many in our communities. An estimated 35 people receiving developmental disabilities services are employed by businesses throughout Lewis County."Employment opens doors for people to gain financial freedom, opportunity to …


    News Room - Oct. 30, 2023, 4:31 p.m.

  7. Collaboration in the face of Rapid Growth

    A group of local governments—the City of Chehalis, the Port of Chehalis, Twin Transit, and Lewis County—are collaborating to reckon with the rapid growth expected in south Chehalis and its adjacent urban growth area (UGA). Chehalis is projected to grow by over 13,000 people by 2045.The South Chehalis/UGA Design Project is a standing workgroup convened by these governments, with several other participants and partners, to address the infrastructure, development, land-use, and other needs of this growing area.“The south Chehalis UGA is booming,” notes Eric Eisenberg, the Lewis County staffer who first organized the group. “In twenty years, we want this …


    News Room - Nov. 14, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

  8. WSDOT TRAFFIC ADVISORY - Closures of SR 508 no longer in effect

    Full closures of SR 508 start Monday, Sept. 20 & extend thru Oct 1 MORTON – Drivers on SR 508 near Mosswood Road (milepost 29.8) will encounter full daytime closures of the highway the next few weeks for an ongoing erosion repair and prevention project. SR 508 will be fully closed between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20 through Friday, Oct 1 while crews use a large crane to set the major pieces of an erosion prevention structure in place. SR 508 must be closed during this work because the 180-ton crane takes up both …


    Public Works - Dec. 30, 2010, 1:24 p.m.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.