Cowlitz County News

The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a voter-approved initiative privatizing liquor sales a day before the measure goes into effect, legalizing sales of tequila, rum and other spirits at hundreds of retail stores across the state.

A judge is expected to rule Wednesday on whether a lawsuit challenging the tax initiative that requires a supermajority of the Legislature to raise taxes should go forward.

Cowlitz County, Wash., fire officials say a man mowing his lawn accidentally busted an above-ground natural gas line stub at the North Kelso Baptist Church.

The 15 projects were selected from 36 grant applications requesting over $30 million.

The Cowlitz County Coroner's Office on Thursday identified the 72-year-old man who died after his tractor overturned on Friday in Woodland.

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

The Cowlitz County Coroner's office says a 72-year-old man is dead after his tractor tipped while he was mowing a lawn.

The Cowlitz County Coroner's office says a 72-year-old man is dead after his tractor tipped while he was mowing a lawn.

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.

STEVEN LANE/The Columbian A multi-agency honor guard fires a 21 gun salute during to honor four Washington law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2011 and early 2012.

The Washington Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Thursday over the constitutionality of a voter-approved initiative privatizing liquor sales.

The highway takes visitors to the Johnston Ridge Observatory, where they can look into the crater.

He said all the buildings on his neatly tended property in Cowlitz County are permitted and he always tries to abide by the law.

Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that a proposal to bring coal to Oregon and Washington state will lead to political corruption and environmental damage, while the actual number of jobs it will create is minimal.

Longview, Wash. police have arrested a man accused of pulling out a small samurai sword when confronted by Fred Meyer employees for shoplifting on Monday.

The Woodland City Council on Monday will consider a resolution that would employ Laseke to work for the city full-time through December 2015, which is the end of his term, while the city explores hiring a city administrator.

Regional workforce development leaders are encouraging Southwest Washington employers to take advantage of an incentive program aimed at putting long-term unemployed people back to work.