Pe Ell News

Thousands of bicyclists passing through Chehalis, Washington, this past weekend on the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic rode bicycles sporting high-tech materials and components unheard of just a few years ago.

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.