Our thriving community, Chehalis, Washington

Chehalis, the county seat of Lewis County, is located halfway between Portland, OR and Seattle. Our twin city, Centralia, is just to the north on Interstate 5.

Education

Centralia College is the oldest continuously operating community college in the state of Washington. Founded in 1925, the college has a rich heritage of professional, technical, transfer, and basic skills programs serving the community. The college has an enrollment of approximately 10,000. The college is located in the center of the town of Centralia on a tree-lined, 29-acre campus. Centralia College is your local resource for responsive, cost-effective, just-in-time training. The college provides key vocation programs such as welding and diesel technology. Custom training programs are available to fit numerous specific business needs. There are State funding programs available for those businesses who qualify to help pay for the cost of training. Centralia College will work with each individual business to customize training courses. Contact them to see how they can meet your company's training needs.

There are also many excellent award winning K-12 school systems in Lewis County.

Health Care Services

Lewis County is served by a progressive health care community. Providence Centralia Hospital is a 191-bed, not-for-profit community-based hospital in Centralia and the other in Chehalis. With supporting clinics and satellite hospitals, expanding technology, this major health care facility has become a premier operation for medical care in Lewis County and surrounding areas.

Our thriving community, Chehalis, Washington

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