Lewis County News

ERIC SCHWARTZ; The Chronicle Published November 07, 2009 Comments Lewis County officials were able to largely escape layoffs while making budget cuts in 2008-09, but they warn that they won't be so lucky in 2010.

Lewis County Sheriff Steve Mansfield days a Toledo homeowner was justified in shooting and killing a suspected burglar.

A civil trial began in Lewis County Superior Court on Monday to determine whether a coroner's determination that Ronda Reynolds committed suicide is accurate.

The News Tribune's total readership grew by nearly 8 percent in the last year according to new statistics released Monday.

ANDY CAMPBELL; The Chronicle Published October 31, 2009 Comments CENTRALIA Twenty-three residents were displaced and two firefighters were injured in a fire that burned two homes and a garage in Centralia early Friday.

A 62-year-old man shot and killed an intruder in his home late Tuesday, officials said.

The Lewis County Public Health Department has reported that a Chehalis woman is Lewis County's first confirmed H1N1-related death, according to The Chronicle of Centralia.

TOLEDO, Wash. A 62-year-old Toledo resident shot and killed a man he said broke into his home Tuesday night.

The first Swine Flu-related death in Lewis County was reported Tuesday by public health officials.

The search for a missing Lake Roesiger pilot and his Taylorcraft two-seat airplane is moving to Olympia Airport.

The search for a pilot who's been missing since he took off from a Snohomish airport Saturday has moved south.

The Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis has been the subject of two "paranormal investigations" in the past year.

The Washington State Patrol has completed its investigation into alleged misconduct by Lewis County Sheriff Steve Mansfield in July, according to The Chronicle of Centralia.

A Toledo woman said Thursday that she was wronged when Lewis County Sheriff's Office deputies seized 20 ill dogs from her home.

A Lewis County dog breeder who had 20 animals seized from her property Thursday after allegations of abuse and deplorable conditions is defending herself.

The Lewis County sheriff's office says candles apparantly started the fire at an Onalaska home that killed a 32-year-old man.

Lewis County Sheriff's Office seized 20 dogs found living in deplorable conditions in Toledo.

A man was found dead inside an Onalaska home after an early morning fire, said the Lewis County Sheriff's Office.

A 28-year-old man has been accused of providing the alcohol that killed a 15-year-old Onalaska boy.

Lewis County investigators have arrested a 28-year-old Onalaska man following the alcohol poisoning death of a teenage boy.