Pe Ell News

As Weyerhaeuser announced the closure of its Aberdeen log exporting facility on Monday, local workers were getting few details of how their livelihoods might be affected.

Editor's note: Today we begin a series on public school employees in Lewis County.

Lewis County and the city of Centralia will jointly fund the design stage of a project to bring a curb, gutter and sidewalk to an often-traveled portion of Borst Avenue near Centralia High School.

Its reliability is nearly as famed as that of the post office and the Perseid meteor shower.

Kayaks, canoes, rafts, and makeshift watercraft of all stripes will launch down the Chehalis River today for the Pe Ell River Run.

When the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority votes on whether or not to provide a half million dollars for a second-tier study into dams Thursday, at least one jurisdiction plans to vote against the measure.

They say cats have nine lives. Melvin "Mole" Wilson, 95, of Chehalis, believes he has had at least nine lives as well.

A preliminary look at construction of two dams on the Chehalis River in West Lewis County as a partial fix for flooding was the focus of a business luncheon in Centralia on Monday.

Who says State B isn't what it used to be? Tell that to the players and fans from White Swan and Oroville, who battled it out for four periods, plus two overtimes.

More than 150 people attended a meeting at Adna High School Monday night focusing on the role dams might play in a flood solution for the Chehalis River Valley.

The Dryad Fire Hall still bears the signs of a community struck by disaster. Boxes of drinking water, cleaning kits and donated appliances still line the perimeter, and a makeshift sign with what has become a ...

Lewis County's frustrating flooding problems were discussed in a three-hour meeting held Wednesday night by the Chehalis River Basin Flood Control Authority, a group of 11 local governments in the process of ...

Marqise Allen, mallen@chronline.com Centralia and Chehalis saw a return of winter weather this morning as snowfall stuck to local roadways.

The Lewis County Public Utilities District released more information Monday about preliminary proposals for two new earthen dams in the upper watershed of the Chehalis River, saying the makeup of the soil at ...

For folks living on the upper Chehalis River in the 1990s, dam was a bad word -- but a lot has happened since then.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn's announcement Wednesday to move away from the Washington Assessment of Student Learning by 2010 has received mixed reviews from local district ...

Lewis County voters will consider two levy matters in a special election set for Feb.

The Washington State Department of Transportation released the following: Portable camera views in place at I-5 and Labree Rd in Chehalis I-5, Closed in both directions between US 12 junction and Grand Mound .

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.

The National Weather Service says many flooding rivers in Western Washington have crested but warnings remain in effect in 10 counties.