Longview News

LONGVIEW, Wash. -- In their Longview home, Dustin Bean and his mom Toni are making one of his favorite sandwiches: ham and cheese with ketchup and mayo and lettuce.

The Seattle City Council has declared its opposition to a coal export terminal on northern Puget Sound, in a statement almost as long as the coal trains that would pass through Seattle en route to the port.

IN HIS EYES, AN UNFITTING PUNISHMENT: "If someone did what I did, I'd want them on death row," says Joseph Kondro, serving a 55-year sentence for the murders of two girls.

A judge has ordered the people who tried to ransom a bulldog in Woodland to pay $2,700 in restitution.

There are at present six proposals to export coal from Northwest ports. If all of these proposals are built, and if all of them operate at full capacity, the Northwest would be shipping 145 million tons of per coal year.

Our little county boasts, "Welcome to Wahkiakum: We're a little out of the way but worth the adventure." Dan Silverman, owner of Skamokawa Gardens, believes with this slogan wholeheartedly.

Amid the general excitement and hubbub of the anniversary, outdoor reporter Grant McOmie found a quiet "first" on the nearby Coldwater Lake.

December 12th 2011 west coast shutdown was Occupy's most ambitious political event.

The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands of the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a field hearing on Monday, May 21, 2012, at the Cowlitz County Expo and Conference Center in Longview, Wash.

A little over five years ago, Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging didn't seem to have a very bright future in front of it.

An East Texas man got more than he bargained for while sitting in line at a drive-thru fast food restaurant.

US Army Specialist Mikayla A. Bragg, 21, was killed in Khowst province in Afghanistan on 21st December 2011.

The landfill owned by Robert Radakovich and his son is causing a stink, but they say they can't clean it up because they've declared bankruptcy.

Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a proposal to use the Pacific Northwest as a conduit between coal mined in Montana and Wyoming and shipped to Asia would pollute more than just the environment.

LONGVIEW, Wash. A suspect accused of pulling a two-foot long samurai sword on a security guard at a Longview Fred Meyer was arrested Friday, police said.

Longview, Wash., police have arrested a 47-year-old man who is accused of robbing a credit union in March after claiming to have a bomb in his backpack.