Review of coal-export project on Columbia River delayed
LONGVIEW, Washington - Local, state and federal regulators have delayed their review of a coal export project along the Columbia River near Longview.
View ArticleWyoming-Montana delegation hopes to warm those cool on coal
GILLETTE, Wyoming - A delegation of Wyoming and Montana state lawmakers and others are looking to highlight the economic importance of opening ports to export U.S. coal to Asian markets and counter...
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Gov. Matt Mead expects Wyoming will get access to coal ports
CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Just back from a trade mission that took him to Japan and India, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said he expects ports in the Northwest will eventually allow coal exports from the Powder...
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Longview's historic Shay locomotive at last stop
LONGVIEW, Washington - Instead of the rusting, broken down Shay locomotive he knew as a boy, Ivan Christensen could see his own tall figure in the polished metal of a fully-restored piece of Longview...
View ArticleLand formally recognized as reservation for Cowlitz Tribe
LONGVIEW, Washington - After more than a decade of legal battles, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe has received 156 acres of land to call their own.
View Article5 workers fired after mill strike could get jobs back
LONGVIEW, Washington - Five workers fired after a strike at a Longview paper mill and box plant over the summer could get their jobs back.
View ArticleDNA links Kelso man to 2000 killing, may clear victim's son
LONGVIEW, Washington - New DNA testing has linked a Kelso man to the murder of his aunt 15 years ago - and could exonerate the victim's son, who is serving life in prison for the crime.
View ArticleWashington man freed after DNA clears him in mom's death
SEATTLE - A Washington state man convicted of killing his mother 15 years ago walked free out of prison Wednesday after investigators said new DNA tests linked another man to the crime.
View ArticleCentralia woman drowned; manner of death undetermined
LONGVIEW, Washington - Officials say a Centralia woman whose body was found in the Cowlitz River died from drowning, but the manner of her death has been ruled undetermined.
View ArticleMen survived 2 hours of terror along the Kalama River
KALAMA, Washington - Gary Ripp says he should be dead.
View ArticleSmall culverts, new houses contribute to flooding
LONGVIEW, Washington - When Lomor Drive flooded in 1996, 3 feet of water washed into Diana Bach's house. She and her late husband, Gene, spent $30,000 to raise the home 4 feet. But last week's flood...
View ArticleMarijuana retailers cope with falling pot prices
LONGVIEW, Washington - As the price of marijuana continues to drop, Washington pot businesses are struggling to keep up with the changes.
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Port of Woodland director on a mission for world takeover
LONGVIEW, Washington - Jennifer Keene jokingly compares her ambitions for growing the Port of Woodland to "The Simpson's" character C. Montgomery Burns, who is infamous for sinister plots to amass...
View ArticleTroubled honeybees find friends in beekeepers
LONGVIEW, Washington - On a snowy weekday, several bees lay still beneath a small strainer. Doug Penning, who tends to 20 bee colonies at his Coal Creek-area home, earlier had scooped up the bees,...
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Troubled honeybees find friends in beekeepers
LONGVIEW, Washington - On a snowy weekday, several bees lay still beneath a small strainer. Doug Penning, who tends to 20 bee colonies at his Coal Creek-area home, earlier had scooped up the bees,...
View ArticleSingle day of smelt season nets more than 160 violations
LONGVIEW, Washington - Though this year's smelt fishing season was only one-day long, dippers netted more than 160 violations.
View ArticleDonor accuses Columbia Human Society of misusing money
LONGVIEW, Washington - A donor to the Columbia Human Society has filed a lawsuit against the nonprofit after he earmarked a donation for an onsite spay and neuter clinic that was never built.
View ArticleSexual misconduct charge dismissed for corrections counselor
LONGVIEW, Washington - A sexual misconduct charge has been dropped against a Thurston County corrections counselor accused of having sexual relations with an offender who was under state supervision.
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Should Longview church remove swastika floor tiles?
LONGVIEW, Washington - When R.A. Long established Longview Community Church in the 1920s, he wanted it to be a truly community church, welcoming people from all Christian traditions.
View ArticleLongview man injured in hit-run crash dies
LONGVIEW, Washington - A 55-year-old Longview pedestrian who was hit by a car over the weekend has died in an Oregon hospital.
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