Cowlitz Regional News

Castle Rock starts they new year off with 2 new council members, 2 employees promoted, 4 retirees, and 1 accepted a new position

Direct link on the Washington State Office of Equity Website leads to non-profit that says they are strengthening a powerful, connected immigrant justice movement from Spokane to Seattle, from Blaine to the Tri-Cities, and everywhere in between.

36-year forester & 24-year legislator explains how overzealousness threatens to remove 200,000 acres of land from working forests – a few acres at a time, and at a very high cost to our rural communities.

Kalama City Hall downtown Kalama

What’s your stress score? Try the Holmes- Rahe Life Stress Inventory. If you have a high score, I advise you to pay close attention to your health. Eat right, exercise, get plenty of sleep, take your meds religiously, and avoid risky life situations.

As the 2026 City Council takes its seat,
they prepare to shape Woodland’s future forever with its first major decision to sell marijuana within city limits

In Loving Memory of our Family, Friends, and Neighbors January 2026

Proposed triple roundabouts on Allen Street in Kelso

I love what I do, but I’m not involved in politics as Bill Ammons was, and I was really taken aback by the loud screaming, yelling, and blaring horns the protesters were using to protest Rep. Gluesenkamp-Perez’s office. We’ve had protesters here before, and they’ve always been respectful of me and my space. But this year was different; I don’t even know how to describe it. I’m all for free speech and people’s right to protest, but I’m not involved with it at all. I just want to cut hair and carry on my business.