1. Fall 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 bring the second Repair & Sustainability Fair to the area. The location of this event will be announced after it is secured.If you have something around your home that needs to be fixed, don't throw it out and bury it in the landfill forever. Bring it to this event. Volunteers will be on hand to do their best to make the repairs and teach you how to do it …


    Solid Waste - May 31, 2023, 3:49 p.m.

  2. Community Recycle Event in Winlock-Vader Area

    Community Recycle Event for the Winlock-Vader area at the old Winlock Solid Waste Drop Box, 1105 Winlock-Vader Road, Winlock, WA 98596All events will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., unless otherwise noted, or containers are full.Household Hazardous Waste Event: Residential customers may drop off unwanted or left-over household cleaners, lawn, garden, pool chemicals, other household chemicals. Please be prepared to leave your containers at the event. Workers don't have a place to empty them, and return them. Other limits: 5 gallons motor oil, 5 gallons antifreeze, 5 gallons cooking oil, and no containers larger than 5 gallons. No …


    Solid Waste - July 22, 2024, 4:53 p.m.

  3. Veterans Relief Fund

    Veterans Advisory Board Seeking ApplicationsThe Lewis County Veterans Advisory Board has openings on the board as alternates. Applications must be emailed to Caroline Garibay at caroline.garibay@lewiscountywa.gov between December 1 and December 31, 2025.The application can be found below:2501_LCVAB_applications The Veterans Advisory Board is held the first Wednesday of each month at 11:00 am in the Lower Level BOCC Room of the Lewis County Historic Courthouse. This is an open meeting and the public is welcome. Veterans' Relief Fund Veterans or spouses of veterans may be eligible for assistance through the Veterans Relief Fund. Possible help includes:Funeral ExpensesUtilitiesRent/HousingEmergency Medical ExpensesFood VouchersGas …


    Public Health - March 21, 2016, 10:30 a.m.

  4. Lewis County Assessor sends property owners new revaluation information

    Lewis County Assessor Ross Nielson. CHEHALIS – The Lewis County Assessor’s Office has mailed property revaluation notices for taxes owed in 2024. Some values have increased, some have lowered, depending on areas and other factors. The notices will be representing property value as of January 1, 2023.Lewis County Assessor Ross Nielson says his office has the responsibility to determine the value of all taxable real and personal property within the county. State law requires the Assessor to revalue real property on an annual basis, and to value at 100% of market value per RCW 84.40.Any taxpayer that disagrees with the …


    News Room - Nov. 3, 2023, 9:59 a.m.

  5. Public invited to meet County Manager finalists July 11

    Todd Mielke Gun-Sam Kim Ryan Barrett Amber Smith CHEHALIS – The Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is inviting the public to a meet-and-greet with its four finalists for County Manager.Citizens will be given an opportunity to get to know the candidates at a public reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room at the Historic Lewis County Courthouse, 351 NW North St. in Chehalis. Comment cards will be available for citizens to share their opinion of the finalists with the commissioners.The commissioners and other county officials and staff members will hold private …


    News Room - June 30, 2023, 1:08 p.m.

  6. Press Release: First Responder Day SWWF

    Click here for full press release: PRESS RELEASE Date/Time: 08-10-17 @ 1630 Hours Contact: Chief Bruce F. Kimsey Phone: (360) 748-9286 Release #: 1 Lewis County Sheriff’s Office to Host First Responder’s Day The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with local emergency responders, will be hosting a First Responder’s Day on August 15, at the Southwest Washington Fair. The fair gates will open at 10:00 A.M. This event is designed to give citizens a chance to interact with the many different first responders serving the citizens of Lewis County, all in one place. The event will be held in …


    Sheriff - Aug. 10, 2017, 4:51 p.m.

  7. Community Recycle Event in Pe Ell (6/22)

    The Community Recycle Event will be at Pe Ell Town Hall, 111 Main St., Pe Ell, WA 98572. Residential customers can drop off the following items for proper disposal or recycling:Satellite Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event: Residential customers may drop off their unwanted or leftover cleaners, lawn, garden, pool chemicals, and other household chemicals. Please be prepared to leaves your containers at the event. Workers don't have a place to empty them, and return them to customers at satellite events. Limits for these events are 5 gallons motor oil, 5 gallons antifreeze, 5 gallons cooking oil, and no containers larger …


    Solid Waste - April 15, 2024, 12:08 p.m.

  8. Fall Repair & Sustainability Fair scheduled

    Repair & Sustainability Fair: The WSU Lewis County Master Recycler Composter (MRC) volunteers are teaming up with the Lewis County Solid Waste Utility and others in the community to offer the Repair & Sustainability Fair to the area residents at Chehalis Outfitters, 1757 N. National Ave.If you have something around your home that needs to be fixed, don't throw it out and bury it in the landfill forever. Bring it to this event. Volunteers will be on hand to do their best to make the repairs and teach you how to do it in the process. Some community members will …


    Solid Waste - Nov. 19, 2024, 4:34 p.m.

  9. Italian Arum

    Arum italicum Italian Arum - Perennial, herbaceous plant that grows from tubers. Multiple tubers will be produced during growing season.Leaves: Leaves emerge in the fall-winter and will die back in the summer. Leaves are arrowhead-shaped, green, and possibly has cream or silver-gray colored veins and markings. Young leaves are generally more oval in shape.Flowers: Flowers bloom from April-June. Made up of a spathe and spadix, and grow into many red-orange berries in a cluster.Habitat: Normally found in forest understudies, riparian areas, wetlands, old gardens, woodland gardens, and disturbed areas near urban developments.Weed Classification: CWhy is it a Noxious Weed?It is …


    Weed Control - Oct. 6, 2022, 9:33 a.m.

  10. Sheriff's Office Receives WASPC Accreditation Award

    Lewis County Sheriff’s Office received formal notice that they are an official WASPC (Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs) Accredited Agency on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at a WASPC Conference held in Yakima. The accreditation process took the Sheriff’s Office over a year to complete. Only fifty (approximately) agencies statewide have met the accreditation standards and have been awarded the accredited agency status. The process takes considerable time and effort and determination for an agency to complete. “This formal Accreditation is something our office and the community should be very proud of. The men and women employed by this …


    Sheriff - June 1, 2011, 8:23 a.m.