1. New Request for Proposals - Professional Services for Annual Wetland & Stream Services

    There has been a Request for Proposals added to the Contract Ads and Calls for Bid page. Please submit by mail or email a complete proposal packet to: Lewis County Public Works, Attn: Tim Fife, County Engineer, 2025 NE Kresky Ave, Chehalis, WA, 98502 or through email to Josh.Metcalf@lewiscountywa.gov no later than 1:00 p.m. on March 31, 2023. Submittals will not be accepted after that time and date.Access the details and necessary documents here.


    Public Works - March 2, 2023, 11:02 a.m.

  2. Invitation to Bid: Bishop Intersection Improvements Project

    Lewis County Public Works has announced a project for bidding, the Bishop Intersection Improvements Project. NOTE: Only contractors listed in Lewis County’s Small Works Roster for “Excavating, Grading & Road Construction” and meeting the qualifications of the 2008 Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge and Municipal Construction, and APWA Supplement, are eligible to bid. Access the details and necessary documents, and get on the planholders list by clicking here. Read updated instructions on how to use the new site by clicking here.


    Public Works - Aug. 28, 2009, 2:37 p.m.

  3. Lewis County offers an online building inspection request process

    Lewis County Building Official and Fire Marshal Doyle Sanford in his office in Chehalis. CHEHALIS – Lewis County and many of its cities are experiencing boom time construction growth. Lewis County Lead Permit Technician Bradley Clark reports 7,672 construction inspections were completed in the county in 2022 and an average 669 inspections have been performed each month so far this year.The Lewis County Community Development Department continues to adopt ways to better serve the public, with the use of an online building inspection request platform which you can access by clicking the link: https://tinyurl.com/3j7yayr6Contractors and home owners who submit an …


    News Room - June 13, 2023, 4:13 p.m.

  4. Fire Marshal issues a total burn ban on unincorporated Lewis County

    CHEHALIS – Burn restrictions have been expanded for all of unincorporated Lewis County, effective immediately.Lewis County Fire Marshal Doyle Sanford said the expanded burn ban prohibits all outdoor burning, which includes recreational fires. Until modified by the Lewis County Commissioners or the Lewis County Fire Marshal, only liquid gas or propane camp stoves that do not use solid briquettes and have on/off controls are permitted. This decision was made due to the continued, and in some parts of unincorporated Lewis County, worsening dry season conditions.The Lewis County Fire Marshal, in coordination with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) …


    News Room - Aug. 14, 2023, 5:06 p.m.

  5. 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.

  6. Press Release: Lewis County Sheriff’s Office to Close Packwood Substation

    Click Here for Original Release PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 09-11-18 @ 1232 Hours Contact: Chief Dusty Breen Phone: (360) 740-1327 Release #: 1 Lewis County Sheriff’s Office to Close Packwood Substation The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office will be closing their Packwood Substation at the end of 2018 due to budgetary constraints and staffing issues. The substation had currently only been open two days a week, offering a limited extension of public services related to permits and licensing performed at our main office in Chehalis. The closure of the Packwood Substation will not have an adverse effect on law enforcement field services …


    Sheriff - Sept. 11, 2018, 12:43 p.m.

  7. Lewis County Solid Waste Disposal District #1 Meeting - 1:30 pm

    LEWIS COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL DISTRICT #1 - AGENDA Regular Meeting Meeting Date: Monday, October 22, 2018 Meeting Time: 1:30 P.M. Location: Lewis County Commissioners’ Office, Meeting Room, Lewis County Courthouse, Chehalis, Wash. I. Call to Order II. Verification of a Quorum III. Approval of Minutes of September 24, 2018 Regular Meeting IV. Public Comment – None V. Public Hearing – None VI. Board Measures and Proposals – Resolution 008-18 Clerk of the Board VII. Transfer Station Operations A. Recycling Report B. Household Hazardous Waste & CE-SQG Report C. Community Litter Program D. Transfer Station Tonnages VIII. Financial Reports A. …


    Solid Waste - Oct. 17, 2018, 10:40 a.m.

  8. Disposal District Commissioners reschedule monthly meeting to today

    The Lewis County Solid Waste Disposal District No. 1 Commissioners have canceled their regularly scheduled July meeting, and rescheduled it to July 21 at 10:30 a.m. in the hearing room of the Lewis County Commissioners, second floor of the historic Lewis County Courthouse, 351 N.W. North St., Chehalis, WA 98532.Pursuant to RCW 36.58.100 et seq., the Lewis County Solid Waste Disposal District (LCSWDD) No. 1, a quasi-municipal corporation, was established by Ordinance 1124 (now LCC 8.15.150) in 1992, after Lewis County and all incorporated cities signed an interlocal agreement to form it. In addition to forming the district, the agreement …


    Solid Waste - July 8, 2025, 10:22 a.m.

  9. Addendum #1 - Request for Proposal (RFP) Professional Engineering Design - West Connector Phase I Improvements

    There has been an Addendum added to the Request for Proposal (RFP) Professional Engineering Design - West Connector Phase I Improvements Bid page. Please submit by mail a complete proposal packet to: Lewis County Public Works, Attn: Josh Metcalf, 2025 NE Kresky Ave, Chehalis, WA, 98502 or through email to Josh.Metcalf@lewiscountywa.gov no later than 4:00 p.m. on May 15, 2023. Submittals will not be accepted after that time and date.Access the details and necessary documents, and get on the planholders list here.


    Public Works - May 2, 2023, 2:48 p.m.

  10. Dangerous Animal Designation Board Volunteers Sought

    Lewis County Public Health & Social Services (LCPHSS) is seeking community volunteers to serve on a newly formed Dangerous Animal Designation (DAD) Board. This five-member board will conduct hearings when county residents receive a dangerous animal notification from Lewis County. Applications are also available on the third floor of the LCPHSS building at 360 NW North Street in downtown Chehalis. Application deadline is Friday, September 28, 2018. Once all applications are reviewed, the Lewis County Board of Commissioners will appoint five candidates to three-year terms on the DAD Board. More


    Environmental Health - Aug. 23, 2018, 3:58 p.m.