Cowlitz County, WA

Editor’s note: Information is provided by the Cowlitz County Corrections Department and local law enforcement agencies. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Fugitive from justice — Castle Rock police Thursday arrested Haley Danielle Dougherty, 30, of Castle...

A regional housing authority has gathered the first $300,000 it needs to build a planned $14 million affordable housing rental complex at 38th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street in Longview. The organization plans to construct an estimated $14 million multifamily rental complex in 2022 to provide affordable housing for the elderly...

Editor’s Note: This is part three in a series on rebuilding Cowlitz River recreational fisheries. Over the past few months, the Western Washington recreational fishing community has looked to the Cowlitz River for opportunity and hope. As rivers around the region were closed to sport fishing due to poor returns,...

KALAMA — Northwest Innovation Works on Friday notified the Port of Kalama it will terminate its lease, ending its seven-year effort to build a $2.3 billion methanol plant at the port. Project supporters — including the port, Cowlitz County Commissioners, labor groups and state lawmakers — mourned the loss of...

Authorities on Friday identified the law enforcement officers who fired at a driver June 3 following a chase along southbound Interstate 5 from Kelso that ended at the Northwest 319th Street exit. The driver’s identity was also released. The involved officers were Washington State Patrol Troopers Josh Bacheller and Evan...

The city of Longview plans to officially OK the Go 4th Festival on Monday on the condition the state reopens by June 30. Two permits to hold the parade and festival July 2-4 at Lake Sacajawea will be issued to organizers Monday, said Longview Public Works Director Ken Hash — just two weeks before the event and the state’s expected lift on pandemic restrictions.

Fallen Cowlitz County deputy Justin DeRosier was honored at a ceremony in Lacey June 4 for state law enforcement officers killed while serving. He will receive a posthumous medal of honor this fall. DeRosier and 13 other fallen officers from September 2018-December 2020 were honored in a ceremony June 4...

The Cowlitz Black Bears got their five-game, non-league homestand off to a winning start, but it wasn’t necessarily the most relaxed of victories in a 2-1 victory over the Northwest Stars Nighthawks on Friday. The Nighthawks scratched a run across in the top of the first inning, but from there...

Editor’s note: Information is provided by the Cowlitz County Corrections Department and local law enforcement agencies. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Assault — Longview officers Tuesday arrested Amanda Ford, 42, of Kelso, on suspicion of third-degree...

As COVID-19 vaccination has slowed statewide, some age groups and regions of Cowlitz County have seen larger increases in residents receiving the vaccine than others over the past three weeks. From May 17 to June 5, the percent of Cowlitz County residents who initiated vaccination increased from 40% to about...

Northwest Innovation Works on Friday notified the Port of Kalama it will terminate its lease, ending its seven-year effort to build a $2.3 billion methanol plant at the port. Project supporters — including the port, Cowlitz County Commissioners, labor groups and state lawmakers — mourned the loss of the project and its potential boost for the county. Conservation groups and residents who opposed the plant applauded the announcement.

Washington is on track to reach 70% of people 16 and older receiving at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on or before its June 30 reopening date, but many counties, including Cowlitz, are behind the state average. It’s too early to see if the state’s plan to offer...

Homeowners who may be interested in selling are staying in their properties longer to avoid a frenzied market where available real estate is limited and prices have gone sky-high. Properties are selling for higher prices in Cowlitz County than years before, but homeowners who fear “competing for the next home,”...

Editor’s note: Information is provided by the Cowlitz County Corrections Department and local law enforcement agencies. Each individual named in this report is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Assault — Longview officers Monday arrested Luis Acosta Molina, 22, of Longview on suspicion of...

After years of delays, Cowlitz County’s new morgue is taking shape on the corner of Washington Way and Third Avenue in Longview. The 8,600-square-foot building’s framing is up after crews demolished two abandoned houses and the Washington State University Extension office earlier this year. Construction is going smoothly and is expected to wrap up around the end of the year, said county Finance Director Kurt Williams.

Cowlitz County Farmers’ Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays through October 30, and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays through Sept. 14, across the street from the Cowlitz County Event (Expo) Center 1900 Seventh Ave., Longview. Attendees are asked to park in designated area and keep pets on a leash. 28th Annual Tour...

People can safely get rid of their unwanted, unused or expired medication for free at a new medication disposal kiosk located at the Cowlitz County Health and Human Services building in Longview. “We know most opioid misuse starts by people taking medication that wasn’t prescribed to them,” said Health and...

Local nonprofits serving Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania counties can register to virtually participate in the annual Give More 24! fundraiser hosted by the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington. The campaign is a 24-hour online giving event where people can donate to various local nonprofits and others from outside the area....

Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue welcomed the first of four new fire engines coming to the district, commemorating the purchase with a “push-in” ceremony for the apparatus in Woodland. On May 25, CCFR brought in the new engine built by Wisconsin-based Pierce Manufacturing, which replaced an engine built by the same company...