Cowlitz County News

Kelso and Longview share a Chamber of Commerce and a telephone directory. Washington State Highway 4 is the main traffic artery for both Cowlitz County towns along the Columbia River.

Some Cowlitz County officials hoped that people staying close to home during the recession for "staycations" would boost tourism this summer at Mount St.

Two Woodland-area youths have been arrested following an investigation into an Oct.

Darren McLeod may have taken the search for cell phone service to new heights on Oct.

The most dangerous space in Washington state lies between Tim Eyman and a TV camera.

The steady drumbeat of opposition to Initiative 1033 that finally began a noticeable rhythm earlier this month continues to get louder.

A couple is facing drug charges and their daughter is in protective custody after officers found almost 100 pot plants inside their home, police said.

Supporters and opponents of a proposal to change Woodland's form of government spent nearly an hour Oct.

After nearly a week of searching, Cowlitz County Sheriff detectives have arrested the person they believe to be responsible for the Sunday stabbing of a visitor to a largely Cuban apartment complex in west Longview.

Language barriers and a seriously injured victim slowed an investigation into a stabbing Sunday night in southwest Washington.

Washington authorities seek information about a stabbing in Longview that left a Portland man seriously injured.

Heroin addiction is shooting upward in Southwest Washington - and so are heroin overdoses.

Cowlitz County officials are giving back $225,000 worth of federal stimulus money after a highway project came in with such a low bid.

This is a press release from the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office. NEW COWLITZ SHERIFF NELSON ARRESTS STOLEN CAR THIEF IN MINUTES LONGVIEW, Wash.

A 41-year-old man was arrested and accused of stalking earlier this week after inadvertently calling his ex-girlfriend from a cell phone in his pocket -- a call answered by a Cowlitz County sheriff's deputy.

Using text messages and GPS, police helped prevent a possible suicide in the woods in Cowlitz County.

A Castle Rock man who was banished from Cowlitz County for molesting his 11-year-old next door neighbor has won a court fight - but he might not be too happy about it.

A body has been found at a mobile home fire in Toutle. The Cowlitz County sheriff's office says firefighters found the body inside the trailer early Monday at a mobile home park on Spirit Lake Memorial Highway.

The state Community Economic Revitalization Board is giving more than $1 million in funding for projects in Asotin and Cowlitz counties which are expected to create jobs and fuel business growth.

A nine-year-old boy was found dead Tuesday evening hanging from a tree in his backyard.