Cowlitz County News

A Bellingham man has reached the top of Mount Everest, achieving his quest to climb the highest peaks on seven continents.

The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office resumed its search in the Cowlitz River on Saturday for a missing Kelso youth last seen near Rocky Point.

WOODLAND, Wash. - Police say there have been four or five incidents of attempted child luring in the past week in the Cowlitz County town of Woodland.

An investigation conducted by a group of government officials in Snohomish County, Wash., has alleged that two recycling companies operating in the county committed multiple violations of the county's waste-disposal code.

Firefighting crews are working to contain the blaze of two wildfires that occurred this past weekend in Western Washington.

Police in the southwest Washington town of Woodland say a 14-year-old boy took his mom's car without permission and drove it up to 115 mph during a chase.

Former Woodland Fire Chief Tony Brentin and his wife were sentenced Thursday for defrauding an elderly woman two years ago out of nearly $24,000. Brentin, 52, was sentenced to six months in jail and Shari Brentin, 48, was sentenced to a year behind bars.

A 1981 FBI artist's rendition shows D.B. Cooper as he looked in 1971. Photo: P-I File Hijacker D.B. Cooper requested parachute, harvested of some of its cord, then discarded on the plane.