Napavine links Lewis County commerce in licensing service

All three incorporated cities in Lewis County connected to Interstate 5 are now also connected to the state Business Licensing Service.

Today, Napavine joins neighbors Centralia and Chehalis in the state's signature combined licensing service. The city was incorporated 105 years ago and is now home to more than 2000 people and nearly 200 businesses. More than a dozen southwest Washington cities are now BLS partners.

Thousands of travelers regularly pass through the city off the interstate's Exit 71 on their way to White Pass, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens and the beautiful lakes and rivers fed by snowmelt of the Central Cascades Range.

Welcome, Napavine.