The annual event kicks off Friday at Lake Sacajawea Park. People can bring blankets or lawn chairs to watch films. The event begins with pre-movie activities at 7:30 p.m. and movies start when the ...

Smoke is seen in the distance near North Hendrickson Drive on Thursday, Aug. 21 in Kalama, after a "READY" status was lifted in the area. Matt Esnayra ...

Anja Bell, left, and Marra Johnson, from the Washington Federation of State Employees Local 313, represent their union at the regional Labor Day picnic in 2024 in Kalama. The event returns Sept. 1.

A Daily News reporter explains protein-style, animal-style and more ways to order at the California-based chain.

Join the eighth annual Labor Day float on the Cowlitz River by launching kayaks, paddle boards or canoes at 11 a.m. Aug. 31 at the Castle Rock boat launch, 5040 West Side Hwy. near the high school.

Commissioners voiced their opposition to a proposed rule the state board is considering that would bar logging on private forest land at least 50 feet from non-fish bearing streams.

Celebrate Hawaiian and Native Indian culture with live music, food, workshops, a canoe regatta and more during the Kalama Cultural Festival Saturday and Sunday at the Westin Amphitheater area, 215 ...

After a significant dip in the local unemployment rate earlier this summer, Cowlitz County’s rate is again above state and national figures.

Washington Army National Guard soldiers descended on Southwest Washington rivers and lakes for back-to-back weekends earlier this month in a recently announced large-scale training exercise. The ...

The Portland National Weather Service issued an extreme heat watch for Southwest Washington and parts of Oregon Friday afternoon through late Sunday night. The watch includes the Cowlitz County ...

A Castle Rock man is facing charges for felony harassment and residential burglary after allegedly trying to break into a bedroom with a butter knife and making death threats.

Jill Nunes, 46, of Longview says her family is planning a funeral, finding housing for her displaced relatives, and making needed repairs to the home that was the site of the attack and subsequent ...