Lewis County News

Declare your independence from travel delay by using Washington State Department of Transport's web site for travel over the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Washington state's community health-care system will share in an $850 million national stimulus grant.

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

A Lewis County Superior Court jury returned with not guilty verdicts in the trial of a Chehalis massage therapist accused of indecent liberties.

This year's University of Washington graduating class is now out from behind the books and into the real world.

Seven headstones were damaged at one of Lewis County's oldest cemeteries. Centralia police are trying to find the people responsible for the vandalism at the Mountain View Cemetery on Caveness Drive.

Three young adults and a 16-year-old driver from Thurston County were injured in a Lewis County crash around 10 p.m. Saturday night, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Four Thurston county teenagers were injured when their car crashes in Lewis county late Saturday night.

I'd pay good money to see them try. They'd get what they deserved for sure. Then you mentioned ducks.

A Washington state man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for having sex with his two dogs.

Swiss Tavern co-owner Gayl Bertagni collects a sample of earth to be put on display in the tavern from a University of Washington groundbreaking ceremony in May 1995 with the help of UW's president at the time, William Gerberding.

Medrice Coluccio is the new chief executive of the Southwest Washington service area of Providence Health & Services, an area that includes Providence St.

A three-alarm fire has destroyed a truss and beam manufacturing business in Chehalis that had about 60 workers.

Animal rescue charity says it's target of 'smear campaign' MONROE -- A high-profile animal-welfare charity is telling supporters it will defend itself against what it describes as a "smear campaign" by people who have been raising questions about the organization's fundraising practices and oversight.

Gayl Bertagni, a co-owner of The Swiss pub in downtown Tacoma, was killed Friday night when she was accidentally pinned under her truck while on her way to an annual weekend camp out for her pub's employees near Packwood in Lewis County.

May 16--With construction of a new La Quinta Hotel announced and two businesses ready to open on Monday, the commercial center on the west side of Chehalis is a spot of growth despite the slow economy.

State officials say there are now 236 confirmed cases of swine flu in Washington, including the first case in Lewis County.

Ronda Reynolds' husband is fighting a subpoena to give a deposition in a civil lawsuit contesting the Lewis County Coroner's determination that her 1998 death by gunshot was a suicide.

A Lewis County woman was sentenced Monday for criminal mistreatment of her young daughter.

OLYMPIA, Wash. An Olympia woman was arrested after her ex-boyfriend claimed she wanted to kill the wife and children of a Washington State Patrol Trooper.