Morton News

MORTON When Sharon Fisher closes the door of her Heavenly Hand-Me-Downs shop May 29 in Morton's one-street business district, it will be for the last time.

A man has been accused of giving methamphetamine-laced water to his wife in the Morton area at a time when she was nursing a 3-month-old baby.

A 2-year-old boy was airlifted after falling into a creek at the family's home near Mossyrock.

A 77-year-old missing Washington man was hospitalized today for severe hypothermia after searchers found him in brush near his vehicle on South First Street.

Centralia got a raw deal in the disbursement of $1.8 million in federal stimulus funds earmarked for transportation projects in Lewis County, according to the city's interim city manager, Bob Berg.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency and Washington Emergency Management Division officials announced that beginning this week, Disaster Recovery Centers will be closed on Sundays.

The KBSG call letters are gone from the Seattle airwaves, the FM station's original oldies format even longer departed.

More than 40 East Lewis County residents met with state, federal and local officials at the Bob Lyle Community Center here Wednesday night to discuss disaster recovery.

A state recommendation for increased elk hunting in East Lewis County has prompted the Puyallup Tribe of Indians to put out a petition aimed at reversing the move, which was prompted in part by residents' ...

Lewis County Commissioners approved an extension of free flood debris disposal vouchers until Feb.

In a 6-mile stretch of hillsides north of Glenoma, state Department of Natural Resources aerial surveys tallied 116 slides.

Fire Chief Dan Powell was set up with dump trucks and prepared for a day of helping get snow off roofs around Morton, several of which had already collapsed from the weight of a rain soaking.

Posted Sat, Jan 17, 2009 - 5:49 am . E-mail this article to a friend. Standing in his backyard just off state Route 508 northwest of Morton, Joe Squibb is surrounded by a twisted mess of mud, logs, destroyed ...

The Lewis County Department of Public Health is warning residents who get their drinking water from private wells that were surrounded or covered by water or muddy debris during the floods they should consider ...

County residents have begun the long process of cleaning up following last week's storm that left some parts of the county in dire mess.

More than 435 houses and 300 residents in Lewis County were damaged or displaced by last week's flood, according to an early estimate released by the Lewis County Sheriff's office.

The Morton and White Pass school districts closed shop today as officials take extra precautions with potentially major and even record flooding forecast to hit the county.

Salem-News.com - January 10, 2009 - 2:26 am Jan-10-2009 02:15 Salem-News.com The Coast Guard video shows the crew retrieving two different evacuees.

Boil water advisories were issued Thursday for Pe Ell and Morton as the state Department of Health sent out cautions for water systems in five counties following flooding damage.