Cowlitz Regional News

Longview Protesters Come to Kelso to Scream, Yell, and Write Profanity on the Sidewalks

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

January 5, 2026, marks the 15th anniversary of one of the darkest days in our community as we remember Rainier Chief of Police Ralph Painter.

Brandon Lee Jessee, 32, has been charged with felony harassment and third-degree malicious mischief for allegedly threatening to kill his roommate with a knife after screaming at what he believed were noisy kids in an apartment next door.

Do we get costs under control now, or do we accept that HSSW is the only one and pay whatever they demand now until eternity?

As we head into 2026, Cowlitz County has four cold cases where the victims have yet to be identified:

Check out this week’s Police Blotter. Highest bail $40,000, forgery, money laundering, organized retail theft, one guy even drove 500 feet down the BNSF tracks, 49 arrests, plus a whole lot more.

The same people who helped Governor Inslee change the makeup of the Board at the Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission, now sit on its board, and they are actively working to pass SB 5974 into law.