1. Adopt-A-Road Program

    Let’s keep Lewis County clean!The Lewis County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Utility Adopt-A-Road Program is now available for for community groups or like-minded friends and neighbors to pick up litter along county roads. This program was approved by Lewis County Commissioners in mid-August, and is now ready to get Lewis County residents, businesses and community groups signed up to keep our road clean. Organizations and individuals can submit an application to adopt a section of road to clean at least four times a year, or sign up for a one-time clean up of community, neighborhood, or park.Once an …


    Solid Waste - April 5, 2019, 4:36 p.m.

  2. Adopt-A-Road Program

    Let’s keep Lewis County clean!The Lewis County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Utility Adopt-A-Road Program is now available for for community groups or like-minded friends and neighbors to pick up litter along county roads. This program was approved by Lewis County Commissioners in mid-August, and is now ready to get Lewis County residents, businesses and community groups signed up to keep our road clean. Organizations and individuals can submit an application to adopt a section of road to clean at least four times a year, or sign up for a one-time clean up of community, neighborhood, or park.Once an …


    Solid Waste - April 5, 2019, 4:36 p.m.

  3. Board of Health

    Lewis County's Board of Health meets the second Monday of each month at 1:30 pm in the Commissioners Hearing Room.Agenda's for regularly scheduled meeting will now be listed on Public Health and Social Services "Events" calendar every Friday before the regularly scheduled Monday meeting. The Board of Health is allowing attendance by alternative means. Zoom information is listed at the bottom of each agenda.Current Board of Health Documents


    Public Health - April 4, 2016, 1:32 p.m.

  4. Community Involvement

    The Lewis County Coroner's Office takes a proactive approach to work with community partners to try and reduce preventable deaths.Community Partnerships:Lewis County Vulnerable Adult Advocacy TeamTraffic Safety Task ForceSafety CityExpand Your Horizons/TRIO EMS CouncilLC and WA State Drowning Prevention CoalitionsDUI Victim Impact PanelCribs for KidsMock DUI crashes/presentations for local high schoolsCentralia Police Department Citizen's AcademyW.F. West Career DayThe LCCO is always available to speak to any community or civic groups that may be interested. Please feel free to contact the office for any needs you may have at 360-740-1376.


    Coroner - Oct. 10, 2013, 3:53 p.m.

  5. About the Sheriff

    MESSAGE FROM THE SHERIFF: As your Sheriff, I am proud to serve the citizens of Lewis County. The Sheriff’s Office continues to seek out opportunities and ways to make Lewis County a great place to live, work, and send our kids to school. The Sheriff’s Office supports the Sheriffs' Mentoring Students Program, a way for our employees to interact within our local schools and to provide an example of a positive role model. We proactively seek out those individuals who wish to commit crime in Lewis County with the implementation of the Sheriff’s Enforcement Team. The Sheriff’s Office motto Public …


    Sheriff - Jan. 27, 2015, 8:49 a.m.

  6. Lodging Tax (tourism promotion) grant application

    The Lewis County Board of County Commissioners uses lodging tax funds to award grants to nonprofits and governmental organizations whose programs or activities promote tourism in the unincorporated areas of Lewis County."Tourism promotion," as defined in RCW 67.28.080, means activities, operations and expenditures designed to increase tourism, including but not limited to advertising, publicizing or otherwise distributing information for the purpose of attracting and welcoming tourists; developing strategies to expand tourism; operating tourism promotion agencies; and funding the marketing of or the operation of special events and festivals designed to attract tourists.To view an overview about the Lodging Tax, click …


    Commissioners - March 17, 2016, 3:28 p.m.

  7. Earthquake Awareness / Preparedness

    “Drop, Cover, Hold” The Recommended Earthquake Protection MethodIn recent years, an E-mail has been circulating that describes the “triangle of life,” an alternative to the long-established “Drop, Cover, and Hold” advise. “Drop, Cover, Hold” is still the official recommendation in the United States by many experts including State Emergency Management, the Red Cross, and the Lewis County Division of Emergency Management.Earthquakes seldom cause complete building collapse in the United States. The greatest danger is from falling or flying objects. The “Drop, Cover, and Hold” technique is designed to provide the greatest protection from this type of situation.The “triangle of life” …


    Emergency Management - Feb. 2, 2012, 7:31 a.m.

  8. Notice of hearing for the renewal of a franchise to Olympic Pipeline Company LLC for a pipeline for purposes of transmission of petroleum and petroleum products within Lewis County road rights of way. The hearing will take place in the Commissioners' Hear

    Please see the attached notice.


    Commissioners - Feb. 11, 2026, 10:57 a.m.

  9. BOCC News


    Commissioners - Jan. 23, 2019, 4:16 p.m.

  10. Transportation Improvement

    Transportation Improvement ProgramThe Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) represents the county's transportation priorities for a six-year time period and identifies road and bridge construction, and other transportation improvement projects throughout the unincorporated county. The Annual Construction Program (ACP) represents the first year of the program. Pursuant to Washington law and administrative code (RCW 36.81.121 & WAC 136-15-150), every year Public Works prepares a TIP and ACP for adoption by the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners after a public hearing thereon. Once adopted, road and bridges targeted for improvement may require new vertical and horizontal alignment, resurfacing, additional right of way, …


    Public Works - March 11, 2009, 11:12 a.m.