1. Designated Forest Land

    RCW 84.33Land owners who wish current use assessment for property tax purposes on lands eligible for classification under the Designated Forest Land program must submit an application to the Lewis County Assessor's Office by December 31st. Applications taken in the calendar year prior to December 31st are inspected in the next year and either approved or denied. If the application is approved, it is taxed in the subsequent year. It takes two years after application for it to affect your taxes.Provided that acreage is being used as originally intended, valuation of land for tax purposes under the Designated Forest Land …


    Assessor - April 4, 2018, 4:31 p.m.

  2. Canceled - Board of Health (BOH) Monthly Meeting

    There will be no Board of Health monthly meeting on Monday, June 10th.Please see the attached cancellation notice.


    Public Health - June 7, 2024, 3:14 p.m.

  3. Canceled - Board of Health (BOH) Monthly Meeting

    There will be no Board of Health monthly meeting on Monday, October 14th.Please see the attached cancellation notice.


    Public Health - Oct. 9, 2024, 3:44 p.m.

  4. Weed Board - August 2024 Quarterly Board Meeting

    The Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Board will be having its quarterly board meeting on Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 at 1 PM at the Noxious Weed Control office at 19 SW Cascade Avenue. Please contact LCNWCB staff for more details, at 360.740.1215.


    Weed Control - Feb. 6, 2024, 11:10 a.m.

  5. Weed Board Meeting & Hearing

    The Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Board will be meeting on February 16, 2016 to adopt the 2016 Lewis County Noxious Weed list.  The public is welcome to attend the meeting (hearing) and be heard either for or against the adoption of the weed list. The meeting will be held at 4:00 PM in the Lewis County Courthouse, meeting room #003 at 351 NW North St, Chehalis, WA. An open public meeting will precede and follow the public hearing. The Weed Board will be considering the addition of Ventenata, medusahead, and English hawthorn that were added as Class C noxious …


    Weed Control - Jan. 6, 2016, 1:15 p.m.

  6. Notice of hearing regarding a franchise to City of Centralia to construct, operate and maintain electrical distribution, water, stormwater and sewer facilities in Lewis County road rights-of-way. The hearing will take place in the Commissioners' Hearing R

    Please see the attached notice.


    Commissioners - Feb. 21, 2023, 3:51 p.m.

  7. Weed Board - November 2024 Quarterly Board Meeting

    The Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Board will have its quarterly board meeting on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024, at 1 PM, in the Noxious Weed Control office at 19 SW Cascade Avenue in downtown Chehalis, WA. For more details, please contact LCNWCB staff at


    Weed Control - Feb. 6, 2024, 11:34 a.m.

  8. The proposed vacation of undeveloped Washington Street lying north of Horsley Avenue. A hearing on the matter will take place at or after 10 a.m. June 27, 2023, in the Commissioners' Hearing Room.

    Please see the attached notice.


    Commissioners - June 7, 2023, 12:14 p.m.

  9. Notice of Public Hearing, Land Classification

    NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to RCW 17.10. 240 that the Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Board has scheduled a public hearing at the following time and location: Chehalis: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 4:00 PM in the Lewis County Courthouse, basement level meeting room 003, 351 NW North Street, Chehalis, WA. The purpose of the hearing is to review and gather information to serve as a basis for land classification for consideration prior to levying an assessment against land in Lewis County for the control of noxious weeds. The following land classifications proposed are: 1) …


    Weed Control - Oct. 16, 2017, 11:01 a.m.

  10. Lewis County Public Works holds ribbon-cutting at new Chehalis location

    From left, Lewis County Commissioner Sean Swope, Public Works Director Josh Metcalf, Facilities Administrator Alex Murray, Commissioner Scott Brummer and Commissioner Lindsey Pollock attend the Public Works building ribbon-cutting May 22. CHEHALIS – The Lewis County department that maintains over 1,000 miles of county roads, two airports, solid waste and various publicly-owned properties, is now housed in new offices at 57 W. Main St. in Chehalis.A ribbon-cutting was held Monday afternoon at the new location for Lewis County Public Works.In addition to managing annual road maintenance and construction programs, the 160 employees at Public Works handle traffic engineering and geographic …


    News Room - May 23, 2023, 4:01 p.m.