Randle News

Fine arts, crafts, and music will join with the natural beauty of fall in the mountains this weekend as Packwood celebrates its tenth annual Arts Festival.

Editor's note: This is the final story of a two-part series on fire lookouts in Lewis County.

When the heavens unleashed a downpour almost two years ago that lifted the Cowlitz River more than seven feet over its banks in East Lewis County, first responders went house to house warning residents to move ...

No criminal charges will be filed against Greg Cox, a former Lewis County Public Works Department supervisor who was accused of poisoning his boss at an official meeting in April 2007 at the Kiona Road Shop ...

A dedication ceremony for the new NOAA weather radio tower serving East Lewis County is set for next week.

"Strataspade III," 2007, 16 inches high, 7 inches wide, 6 inches deep. Bronze and glass.

With the Labor Day weekend approaching, officials from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest are expecting plenty of campers, anglers, hikers and other outdoor enthusiasts to visit the forest.

Lewis County released documents on Thursday detailing the reason for firing a former Public Works Department road shop supervisor who was recently investigated by the sheriff's office over allegations that he ...

Drivers on U.S. 12 between Interstate 5 and Randle may notice new rumble strips down the center of the roadway, announced the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Takhlakh Lake Campground, in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near the crest of Mount Adams, has been selected as one of the Top 100 Family Campgrounds in the United States by ReserveAmerica, a nationwide ...

WHAT: The Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument opens the Windy Ridge viewpoint each spring giving volcano watchers access to the closest spot they can drive to the crater.

Cougar sightings in residential portions of our area are on the upswing. Rural Centralia/Chehalis, and West Olympia are the current hotspots for cougar encounters.

The Windy Ridge Viewpoint of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument will likely be closed to vehicles for the summer due to road damage, closing off a main access point to the volcano from East Lewis ...

Visitors to Gifford Pinchot National Forest can now drive on Forest Road 25. The road, providing key north-south access from Randle and Packwood to Swift Reservoir and to the east side of the Mount St.

Nathan Block Nathan Block was sentenced to 7 years - " eight months for arson at Joe Romania car dealership and Jefferson Poplar Farm.

On Sunday, May 18, a group of Chehalis Seventh-Day Adventist Church members from Lewis County as well as Olympia, Puyallup, Edmonds, Sequim, and Bothell met up to help flood victims.

Sky-high fuel prices likely will disrupt travel plans for many people who usually wheel motor homes, campers or big trailers onto the road for Memorial Day weekend - and the summer.

By The Chronicle High water from the Cowlitz River has caused the closure of State Route 131 at Skinner Road, just south of Randle, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Melting snowpack in the Cascade Mountains was cause for a flood warning over the weekend, but river observances from the National Weather Service's Hydrologic Prediction Service show only minor flooding. via The Chronicle, Centralia, WA

Climbing meeting to be all about backpacks Everything you've ever wanted to know about backpacks -- what makes a good backpack, how to select and use one, and what to fill it with -- will be the focus of ... via Yakima Herald-Republic