The Kelso school teachers union and Kelso School District reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement on Sunday. Negotiators said they hope the deal will make Kelso more attractive as districts vie for a dwindling supply of qualified teachers.

JOHNSTON RIDGE — The view of Mount St. Helens’ crater rim, forged by lava, ice and the explosive force of molten rock, usually is the most impressive sight from this iconic Southwest Washington vantage point.

Forest Road 99 will continue to be closed to traffic due to winter damage, despite earlier plans to re-open the important Mount St. Helens tourism route on Monday this week.

In a once-a-century cosmic event, the much ballyhooed total solar eclipse of 2017 arrived and went in Southwest Washington Monday morning, never quite darkening the sky locally but prompting thousands of people from across the region to turn skyward for…

Recent reports of criminal activity from our local law enforcement agencies.

In its seventh year, Squirrel Fest continues to attract fun-seekers and squirrel enthusiasts from places far beyond Cowlitz County.

Just in time for the 97th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Longview will have a celebration of the suffrage movement and voting rights next weekend.

An Arizona rancher whom drug smugglers tried to bait and shoot.

Longview police have identified the two victims of Friday’s fatal pedestrian-versus-vehicle collision at the intersection of Delaware Street and Seventh Avenue in Longview.

Communities along the lower Cowlitz River are far less likely to flood today than they were just eight years ago.