Cowlitz Regional News

Cowlitz County Wild Horses live on Weyerhaeuser Land and professional wranglers manage the herd.

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

Our police got a bit of a reprieve this week; there were only 41 arrests, compared with 49 last week. There are some ugly charges, though. We all know about the former school superintendent charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, but there are lots of others. Criminal Impersonations, unlawful imprisonment, fugitive from justice, along with lots of DUIs, and even vehicular assault.

Dine & Dash, it ain’t just for kids anymore. On January 30, 2026, two older women, appearing to be in their 60s or 70s, came in for dinner at Fei’s Carriage Restaurant & Lounge and left without paying their $55.20 tab.

Kalama City Hall downtown Kalama

Longview has always been a town that makes things. From our timber beginnings to our modern port, we are an industrial city built on honest work. And right now, politicians in Olympia are making it harder to grow that future.

The term, “eminent domain,” infers a sense of nobility, honorability, and indicates an exercise for the public’s common good. Sadly, more often than not, it’s used as a bludgeoning tool to lawfully take property from legal landowners, under the guise of the “greater public good,” or in the “public’s best interest.” 

Two Found Deceased in the Industrial Way Slough, Where 5 Teenagers Perished in 1986