- 22 February 2012
Castle Rock School Board approves high school principal's resignation
CASTLE ROCK — Jenny Risner, the Castle Rock High School principal and a school alumna, is leaving the district this spring - despite pleas at Tuesday's school board meeting for district officials to r
- 22 February 2012
Community House director to retire
Rich Kirk, the longtime director of Community House on Broadway, is stepping down for health reasons, the board of the Longview homeless shelter announced Wednesday.
- 22 February 2012
Faulty wiring may have caused attic fire in Kelso home
Faulty wiring is the suspected cause of an attic fire that caused $5,000 damage to a North Kelso home late Tuesday afternoon, according to Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue.
- 22 February 2012
ILWU turns up heat on prosecutor in bid to help protesters fight charges
The longshore union is stepping up pressure to get protesters off the hook for criminal charges stemming from the labor strife at the EGT grain terminal, even accusing Cowlitz County Prosecutor Sue Ba
- 22 February 2012
Castle Rock's Title IX dispute in hands of school board
CASTLE ROCK — The Castle Rock School Board has 10 days to decide whether to overrule its superintendent's decisions concerning a dispute between boys and girls athletic teams over use of a lighted pla
- 22 February 2012
Rainier council hires contractor to manage water treatment plant
The Rainier City Council didn't fire Public Works Director Darrel Lockard on Tuesday but instead hired a Clatskanie contractor to do his job.
- 22 February 2012
Castle Rock house fire pinned on baby goat
A baby goat on the porch knocked over a heat lamp, causing Monday's fire that destroyed a Castle Rock-area home, fire investigator John McDowell of Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue said Tuesday.
- 22 February 2012
Group pushing E-Verify hits wall in Wahkiakum County
A Wahkiakum County commissioners meeting Tuesday became a shouting match when strongly worded testimonies from a group seeking restrictions on employing illegal workers prompted an accusation of racis
- 22 February 2012
Local government entities reach deal on future of Kelso airport
After nearly two years of haggling, the cities of Kelso and Longview, Cowlitz County and Port of Longview have reached an agreement about how to govern, finance and improve the Kelso airport.
- 22 February 2012
Appellate court ruling may end some federal land-use fees
A recent ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals calls into question some U.S. Forest Service visitor fees, but no immediate changes are expected at either the Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- 22 February 2012
Clatskanie's beloved Humps Restaurant to close
Humps Restaurant, Clatskanie's longtime diner and community hub, is closing its doors indefinitely Sunday, a victim of the sluggish economy and the owners' wish to retire.
- 22 February 2012
Police Blotter: Feb. 22
Feb. 22, 2012 Police Blotter and Courts Report
- 22 February 2012
News Photo: Oak tree down
Longview city workers on Tuesday removed a large limb that broke
away from one of the stately oak trees along Washington Way near
Longview Community Church.
- 21 February 2012
Contractor causes brief power outage in East Kelso
A contractor dropped a tree into a high-voltage transmission line, knocking out power to 1,401 Cowlitz PUD customers in East Kelso late Tuesday morning.
- 21 February 2012
Blaze destroys rural home near Castle Rock
Firefighters say that a lack of water prevented them from saving
a rural Castle Rock-area house that burned to the ground and left a
family of five homeless early Monday morning.
- 21 February 2012
Weekend incident at Woodland Bottoms farm leaves one pig shot, one missing
A Woodland farmer said one of his pigs was killed and another wounded Saturday night in what appears to be an ongoing pattern of illegal livestock slaughtering in the area.
- 21 February 2012
'Zombies' will help promote disaster preparedness in Kelso
Zombies are coming to Kelso Saturday — but they're coming to help rather than harm.
- 21 February 2012
Alcoa forming public advisory board as part of Reynolds site cleanup
The owner of Longview's former Reynolds Metals Co. aluminum making site is assembling an advisory board of community leaders to stay abreast of the company's efforts to clean up industrial contaminati
- 21 February 2012
Police Blotter: Feb. 21
Feb. 21, 2012 Police Blotter
- 21 February 2012
News Photo: Ramping up business in Kelso
The walls of Kelso's new Jack in the Box restaurant are rising
beside Exit 39 of Interstate 5, where the old Hilander Bowl stood
for 50 years.
