In July 1924, a large portion of Morton's downtown district was decimated in a fire, affecting 18 blocks.

Beginning at the Hilts Hotel, the blaze spread and destroyed 19 commercial buildings, including structures deemed fireproof.

With the exception of a housing section for railroad employees, residential areas in Morton were spared; only one minor injury was reported.

[10] As part of a single-evening act of vandalism towards LGBTQ symbols in June 2023 that also affected Chehalis, Washington, a window and a rainbow bench outside of a business in the city were damaged.

The clerk resigned after the city instituted a separation of the combined clerk-treasurer position in 2021 and had not yet faced official charges at the time of the audit's release in August 2024.

The group purchased the Roxy Theater and managed and found funding for the venue's restoration efforts that was completed in 2024.

[21] The Morton Loggers’ Jubilee is a weekend celebration of the city's history of logging, usually held in August.

Due to a lack of permanent records, the actual year the jubilee began is unknown, however there are reports of a beginning timeline of 1937 or 1938.

[22] A parade, flea market, live music, and street dance performances round out the festivities.

[26][27] Visitors to the city are welcomed with a wooden sculpture of a lumberjack, given the title "Big Ole", signifying the jubilee's importance to the community.

[28] The downtown district is home to the Roxy Theater, first opened in 1938; the first film shown was Thin Ice, starring figure skater Sonja Henie.

[36] The park is used by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to deliver migrating Chinook salmon, circumventing the dams on the Cowlitz River.

The Morton-White Pass boy's high school basketball team won back-to-back state championships in 2014 and 2015.

[39] The community is among 8 locations that are part of an EV installation project on the White Pass Scenic Byway.

The program will stretch from the White Pass Ski Area to Chehalis and is run in partnership with Lewis County PUD, Twin Transit, state government agencies, and local community efforts.

[41] Strom Field Airport is a single-runway municipal airfield located immediately southeast of the downtown core.

[44] A pilot of a Cirrus SR22 died during a crash in March 2010 when the aircraft, approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the airport, clipped trees during an attempted emergency landing due to power loss to an engine.