1. Guidelines for Completing an Application

    Read the following instructions carefully before completing the application: 1. Job Posting: Read and follow all instructions and requirements in the Job Posting. 2. Application: The Lewis County application form must be used. A separate application is required for each open position you are applying for. 3. Signature: The application and release form must be signed. 4. Accuracy: All questions must be answered completely and accurately. You may be disqualified for any false or misleading statements or for omitting information. 5. Position: Fill in the position title you are applying for. If it is left blank, your application may be …


    Human Resources - Jan. 8, 2016, 10:13 a.m.

  2. Lewis County Clerk offers simplified process for requests for civil protection orders

    Lewis County Clerk Scott Tinney. CHEHALIS - When it’s necessary to seek a protection order in Lewis County Superior Court, a simplified and convenient method is being offered by the Lewis County Clerk.A link on the Clerk’s website will allow an individual to complete and submit the necessary forms for filing a petition for protection order.A petition for a protection order can be filed in cases of alleged domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, anti-harassment, protections for vulnerable adults, and in incidents of extreme risk.Plans are to place a kiosk outside the clerk’s office at the Law and Justice Center in …


    News Room - Oct. 12, 2023, 4:22 p.m.

  3. Press Release: Burglar of South County Businesses in Custody

    Click Here for Full Release: PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 08-30-18 @ 0945 Hours Contact: Chief Dusty Breen Phone: (360) 740-1327 Release #: 1 Burglar of South County Businesses in Custody A 32 year old Chehalis male is now in custody for a series of business burglaries plaguing southern Lewis County. Joint investigations involving the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office and the Toledo and Winlock Police Departments culminated yesterday when investigators met with Joshua A. Duncan. Duncan had been arrested shortly after midnight on 08/29/18 by the Chehalis Police Department during an in progress burglary to a church in the 600 block of …


    Sheriff - Aug. 30, 2018, 10:02 a.m.

  4. Family Functional Therapy (FFT)

    Functional Family Therapy (FFT) This program was part of a cost-benefit analysis completed by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy on several violence prevention and reduction programs, including six Blueprints programs: Watching the Bottom Line: Cost-Effective Interventions for Reducing Crime in Washington. Program Summary Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is an outcome-driven prevention/intervention program for youth who have demonstrated the entire range of maladaptive, acting out behaviors and related syndromes. Program Targets: Youth, aged 11-18, at risk for and/or presenting with delinquency, violence, substance use, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or Disruptive Behavior Disorder. Often these youth present with additional …


    Juvenile Court - Dec. 13, 2011, 10:32 a.m.

  5. Common fennel

    Foeniculum vulgare Common Fennel - A large perennial herb that grows to be about 6' tall, smells strongly of licorice, and spreads via seeds and pieces of the root crown.Leaves: Dark green or bronze feather-like, deeply lobed and somewhat spindly, the leaves are completely hairless and attachment points (petioles) are fleshy with a wide base.Flowers: In bloom from May to September, the small yellow flowers form an umbrella shaped cluster (umbel) and resemble those of poison hemlock and wild chervil.Habitat: Can establish in just about any habitat from roadsides, to prairies, to coastal bluffs, to wetland areas.Weed Classification: B DesignateWhy …


    Weed Control - Sept. 29, 2022, 9:46 a.m.

  6. Scrap Metal, Aluminum Cans, Tin Cans

    Aluminum cans and tin cans can be recycled in your curbside recycling container.Curbside recycling is available to all residents in Lewis County. Please rinse your cans, make sure they are empty and dry. Please throw away loose tin can lids. If possible, leave attached when opening and turn them inside the can when recycling. No other scrap metal can be included in your curbside recycling container. Please call LeMay, the curbside recycling service provider at 360-736-4769, if you have questions about this program, or if you would like to subscribe to it.Drop off for free at the Lewis County transfer …


    Solid Waste - Dec. 2, 2024, 4:42 p.m.

  7. Spring Repair & Sustainability Fair

    Repair & Sustainability Fair: The WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter (MRC) volunteers are teaming up with Centralia College, the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility and others in the community to offer the Repair & Sustainability Fair to the area residents. It will be located in the SWFT Centralia at Centralia College at 807 W. Pear Street.Volunteer fixers will be on site from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A "Composting Basics" Workshop is scheduled for 11 a.m. It will teach how to get started in composting organic material, including yard waste and kitchen waste. This process turned the organic waste …


    Solid Waste - Nov. 19, 2024, 4:32 p.m.

  8. Notice of a public hearing to consider Ordinance 1337 to amend the Lewis County Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Designations

    Please see the attached notice.For the Nov. 1, 2022, hearing presentation, please click here.For the Oct. 26, 2022, workshop presentation, please click here.The Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will hold a public hearing on November 1, 2022 to receive public testimony on proposed amendments to Lewis County Comprehensive Plan map and associated zoning designation changes, and will recess and continue the hearing to November 8, 2022 for final deliberation and decision.The hearing will take place at or after 10 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room on the second floor of the Historic Courthouse in Chehalis, Washington. Interested parties …


    Commissioners - Oct. 18, 2022, 3:35 p.m.

  9. Construction moves forward on bringing high-speed internet service to parts of south Lewis County

    WINLOCK - The Winlock-area broadband expansion project is a public-private partnership between Lewis County and ToledoTel with the assistance of a $23.5 million grant from the Washington State Broadband Office including $2.3 million from ToledoTel.Robinson Brothers Construction began work along Lane Dr. and Meier Rd. in Winlock, with hopes of extending the future network by adding three miles each week. The first fiber-optic connections to homes and businesses are expected in the spring or summer of 2024.For more information and details on the project, contact ToledoTel by clicking the link: https://www.toledotel.com/winlock/


    News Room - Oct. 25, 2023, 2:08 p.m.

  10. Chehalis Weed Management Area Group Meeting

    Attend the upcoming CWMA meeting and gain some free Pesticide Continuing Education Credits!The first half of this meeting will be for credits. We will be hearing a presentation on the state monitor list from our state Weed Control Board Outreach and Education Specialist, Anne Schuster followed by an informational presentation from the WSU Integrated Weed Control Project director, Jennifer Andreas, on bio-controls. The second half of the day will be designated for discussions and plans regarding Chehalis River aquatic invasive species. You can choose whether you would like to stay for that discussion from 12:45-3:00pm and learn more about the …


    Weed Control - Nov. 23, 2022, 11:58 a.m.