Cowlitz County News

The Cowlitz County sheriff's office is looking for information about a missing Woodland man last seen during the early hours of Wednesday, June 24.

Rescuers were searching for a boater who went missing on the Lewis River in Woodland.

This being Sunday and all, you might be expecting a column about churches. No, my sermon today is about Church's. You know, the fried-chicken franchise that's coming to Clark County.

The Cowlitz County sheriff's office said a driver went at least three miles on I-5 near Castle Rock in reverse.

Lots of fireworks are missing but one of two trailers belonging to Bomber Brothers of Vancouver stolen Monday from a lot in Woodland has been recovered.

Maybe the thief wanted the semi-trailers. Or maybe the loads of fireworks were the lure.

This is a press release courtesy of the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office Cowlitz County Fire District 5 firefighters and Cowlitz County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a possible drowning in the 300 block of Modrow Rd., Kalama at around 4:10 p.m. today.

For some time, Longview diking district officials had put off a project for a "trash rack" to prevent floating debris from clogging the drainage pipes near Lake Sacajawea.

Motorists on Interstate 5 in Clark and Cowlitz counties should expect delays next week as workers replace pavement markings damaged by snow removal equipment over the winter.

The Cowlitz County sheriff's office says a 3-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool at the family home near Longview.

A fierce and fast-moving fire gutted the historic Heritage Square building in Kalama on Wednesday, along with its antique, gift and espresso shops.

He has written the tickets, read the Miranda warnings, stopped criminals and saved lives, but as of June 1, Wahkiakum County Deputy Sheriff Hans York is a free man.

St. Bernadette Circle, St. Rose Church, Longview, WA is recalling PISTACHIOS In Shell Roasted and Salted, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella .

The morning after a thunderstorm swept across Southwest Washington and caused a series of power outages, 97 Cowlitz County customers were still in the dark.

Advocates of turning Mount St. Helens into a national park aren't ready to give up on the idea, despite an advisory committee's recommendation to keep it with the U.S. Forest Service.

The Clark County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Ridgefield man on accusations of possessing stolen vehicles, including cars and parts of a boat.

The Evergreen Americana Health and Rehabilitation Center has postponed visitation until further notice due to an outbreak of norovirus, a highly contagious gastrointestinal virus whose eradication requires extensive cleaning of services, according to the Longview Daily News .

KELSO, Wash. Authorities allege in court documents that a substitute teacher at Castle Rock High School exchanged about 100 text messages a day with a 16-year-old student, some of them describing sex acts he wanted to engage in with her.

LONGVIEW Angelina Mclean said it's tough to hold down a job when your child has severe asthma like her son, 4-year-old Spencer Deaver.

A substitute high school teacher has been arrested in connection with explicit sexual text messages sent to a female student, police said.