Cowlitz Regional News

Austin Murray’s sentence to remain at 30 years for the 2017 murder of Ryan Hoven

Insurance Companies and Pharmacies say doses above 90mg Morphine Equivalent Dose (MED) (and now it’s 50) may cause overdose. Clearly, they haven’t reviewed the current statistics—1.14% ODs are from pharmaceutical meds. They deny “Prior Authorization” without a taper plan.

They say they’ll increase the Working Families Tax Credit, but they don’t say by how much, if any. Talk is cheap.
Since the WFTC program launched in 2023, approximately 359,000 refunds have been issued, totaling about $263.4M (this is a pittance when you consider a $78 billion budget)

The WA State Senate Votes to lower the blood alcohol content limit from 0.08% to 0.05%.

Worst Alleged Crime of the Week – Murder 2nd, Unlawful Disposal of Remains. Dumbest Charges of the Week – Contempt of Court, Attempt to Elude, Obstructing Public Servant, Resisting Arrest, Fugitive Frm Justice. Highest Bail of the Week – $75,000

Armed robbery at Don Pedro’s in Longview, masked man banging on doors in Kalama, huge RV fire in Castle Rock, vehicle fire with screaming person in Kelso, and Woodland had one burglary alarm and two fires.

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.

Many are upset that the city doesn’t seem to be making an effort to save the Community Center. The building has a lot of sentimental value, but it needs over $3.8 million in repairs and the community voted down a tax increase to bring the building back to its glory days by 76%.