A 59-year-old Longview man facing multiple firearms and child molestation charges in two separate cases pleaded not guilty in Cowlitz County Superior Court Tuesday.

The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office is using divers to retrieve a pickup that a distraught Woodland man deliberately drove into the Lewis River Tuesday afternoon.

As Fourth of July weekend approaches, officials at Gifford Pinchot National Forest are asking the public to keep public lands safe by leaving fireworks and exploding targets at home, according to a press release from the Forest Service.

A 22-year-old Longview man accused of having sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl was sentenced to a half-year in jail Tuesday.

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

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

Cowlitz County Commissioners voted Tuesday night to suspend the county’s needle exchange program within 90 days if the county health department doesn’t make plans to address five conditions.

It appears Longview and Kelso’s urban areas will remain the lone holdouts in adopting the state’s municipal stormwater regulations.

Questions about Republicans’ efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act once again dominated the first half of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s live telephone hall event on Tuesday night.

Standing on the sidewalk in downtown Kelso Monday morning, clad in a bright yellow high-visibility vest, it didn’t take long for walkability expert Dan Burden to find a flaw. The 40-year transportation and city planning veteran had barely traveled a…