Napavine News

A Washington State Patrol trooper and a Napavine police officer arrested an Olympia man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Sunday morning after an alert Lewis County driver called 911, according to a news release.

Orcas Vikings played in the state championship today, against Napavine, who beat Seattle Lutheran late yesterday 2-1. The Lady Vikings won, and are the new state champions in 1B/2B women's soccer.

Les and Clairrene Heywood, Weippe, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept.

Farmer Julie Brown got into emu farming for the same reason she's getting out of it - arthritis.

They may not have known Mike Gallagher, but hundreds of law enforcement officers from across the region showed their support for him at his memorial service.

A 19-year-old Auburn man was injured in a two-car crash Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 5, about two miles southeast of Napavine, according to the Washington State Patrol.

As the summer fire season bears down on Washington, many fire departments are having their ranks doused by a "perfect storm" of events.

A person was pinned under a crane after it collapsed at a new overpass crews are working on, said officials from the Centralia Fire Department.

One person was injured when a crane collapsed Tuesday afternoon near Interstate 5 in this Lewis County town.

The Lewis County Coroner's Office confirmed the names of the couple who died near Napavine Friday as John Estigoy, 62, and Barbara Porthen, 52.

The Lewis County sheriff's office says the deaths of a Napavine couple were a murder-suicide. Investigators say the 62-year-old man shot the 53-year-old woman and then himself.

The Lewis County Sheriff's Office is calling two deaths outside of Napavine Friday a murder suicide, according to a press release.