1. Food Skills Inventory Report Released

    August 2024 - Lewis County Public Health and Social Services has released its Food Skills Inventory Report. For hard copies, please send an email to CommunityServicesDivision@lewiscountywa.gov.


    Public Health - Oct. 15, 2025, 9:45 a.m.

  2. Recycle used antifreeze at Hazo Hut today

    Lewis County residents can drop off unwanted household chemicals, up to five gallons of used motor oil, up to five gallons of used antifreeze, and up to 10 burned out fluorescent light bulbs at Hazo Hut at the Lewis County Central Transfer Station, 1411 S. Tower Ave., Centralia, today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. These are the limits for each household each day that the Hazo Hut is open. This time is reserved for residential customers only. Business customers must make an appointment by calling 360-740-1221 or emailing swu@lewiscountywa.gov.


    Solid Waste - March 14, 2025, 4:33 p.m.

  3. Residents can recycle anitifreeze & motor oil today

    Lewis County residents can drop off unwanted household chemicals, up to five gallons of used motor oil, up to five gallons of used antifreeze, and up to 10 burned out fluorescent light bulbs at Hazo Hut at the Lewis County Central Transfer Station, 1411 S. Tower Ave., Centralia, today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. These are the limits for each household each day that the Hazo Hut is open. This time is reserved for residential customers only. Business customers must make an appointment by calling 360-740-1221 or emailing swu@lewiscountywa.gov.


    Solid Waste - April 8, 2025, 12:38 p.m.

  4. Hazo Hut open the first, third Saturday of each month

    Lewis County residents can drop off aerosol cans, unwanted lawn chemicals, household cleaners, up to five gallons of used motor oil, and up to 10 burned out fluorescent light bulbs at Hazo Hut at the Lewis County Central Transfer Station, 1411 S. Tower Ave., Centralia, today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. These are the limits for each household each day that the Hazo Hut is open. This time is reserved for residential customers only. Business customers must make an appointment by calling 360-740-1221 or emailing swu@lewiscountywa.gov.


    Solid Waste - May 8, 2025, 1:45 p.m.

  5. Dangerous Animal Designation Board Being Created

    Many Lewis County residents share a love for animals and have consistently shown great interest in the welfare of animals of all kinds. Lewis County Public Health & Social Services (LCPHSS) wants to tap into that passion by reaching out for volunteers to serve on a new Dangerous Animal Designation (DAD) Board. A key reason for creating this board is to enhance public participation in the dangerous animal designation process. More


    Environmental Health - Sept. 12, 2018, 3:44 p.m.

  6. Hazard Mitigation Plan

    The Lewis County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, is a countywide plan that identifies risks and ways to minimize damage by natural and manmade disasters. The plan is a comprehensive resource document that serves many purposes such as enhancing public awareness, creating a decision tool for management, promoting compliance with Washington State and Federal program requirements, enhancing local policies for hazard mitigation capability, and providing inter-jurisdictional coordination.The federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all local governments to create such a disaster plan in order to qualify for hazard mitigation funding.Lewis County tackled this planning effort on a region wide basis, …


    Community Development - April 20, 2023, 11:28 a.m.

  7. May CERT Team Meeting

    We are moving our first CERT Team Meeting from June to Thursday May 16th at 6pm at the historic courthouse, 351 NW North Street, Chehalis.Everyone West of Mossyrock should make an effort to be there. Everyone East of Mossyrock that can’t make it, we will have an East Lewis County CERT Team Meeting in June.At the May 16th Meeting in Chehalis, we will be establishing our official(signed all the paperwork) Lewis County CERT Team:After a thorough review, you will be Signing and submitting:A Code of ConductPolicy and ProceduresStandard Operating ProceduresWashington State Emergency Worker CardCERT Volunteer ApplicationAfter review and submittal of …


    Emergency Management - May 7, 2024, 4:09 p.m.

  8. Residents invited to open house to view design of Packwood Sewer Project

    Proposed Packwood Sewer Project phase one design. CHEHALIS – You’ll have an opportunity to learn more about the design of the Packwood Sewer Project at an open house at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 at the Packwood Community Hall, 12935 U.S. Highway 12 in Packwood.The wastewater treatment plant and dispersal facility are proposed to be located on the northern portion of the former Hampton mill site. Pipes would run from the plant site along U.S. Highway 12 through the Packwood community to the Skate Creek Road and Snyder Road intersection. Service would also be extended east and west of the …


    News Room - Oct. 26, 2023, 4:44 p.m.

  9. Building Inspections

    As of December 1st, new online permitting software is live! SmartGov allows the public to submit permit applications and monitor their status through an online portal.Starting January 1, 2026 building inspections requests will be processed through our new SmartGov portal ONLY. Please visit the SmartGov portal and create an account anticipation of this change.Click HERE to view training for SmartGov. Daily Building InspectionsClick to view the list of locations being inspected today. This list is updated daily by 9:30am.Request an InspectionClick to request an inspection.* Please note that the cutoff time to get an inspection on the day you request …


    Community Development - April 25, 2023, 4:42 p.m.

  10. Suicide Prevention in the COVID-19 Pandemic

    September 2020by Rachel Wood, M.D., MPH, Lewis County Health OfficerEvery day researchers learn more about how COVID-19 affects us physically. However, we still have very little evidence to describe its short-term and longer term psychological and sociological effects on people. However, as a new study released the first week of September warns, nearly a quarter of the people in the United States are experiencing symptoms of depression. The study says that is nearly three times the pre-pandemic level, and higher than after September 11 and Hurricane Katrina.Click here for entire column.


    Public Health - Sept. 17, 2020, 11:25 a.m.