Mary Lyons said Cowlitz County was “the dumping ground of every project that nobody else wants,” at a meeting this summer of locals opposing a proposed $250 million biomass fuel plant in Lo ...

Communities downstream from Mount St. Helens face ongoing risks as sediment continues to move through the river system, ...

High winds and heavy rains pummeled Washington state over the past two weeks, resulting in evacuations, widespread flooding, ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a project to dredge giant ship turnarounds in the Columbia River by the ports of Longview and Kalama.

Smith said that her current focus was on advocating for pipelines to be built along “existing rights of way,” such as the ...

Leaders around Cowlitz County said Friday that sediment from Mount St. Helens worsened flooding along the Cowlitz River and ...

Dick and Nancy Smith met in Longview, Washington, in 1955 when he was in fourth grade and she was in third. Ten years later, they married. When Dick and his family moved to Longview they looked for a ...

Authorities are investigating a Washington County man's death and several struck vehicles after a van fire on Dec. 17, 2025, near Hagerstown.

Pacific Northwest residents braced for another round of heavy rain Wednesday after a powerful storm clobbered the region the day before, swelling rivers, closin ...

"The levees along the lower Cowlitz River in the communities of Kelso, Longview, Lexington, and Castle Rock are still meeting ...

DEVELOPING: Deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office are currently on the scene of an investigation in Hagerstown ...

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal are investigating an incident that ...