Cowlitz County

Local authorities in Cowlitz County have confirmed that a bat tested positive for rabies on a resident's property last week.

Alexander Lee Rogers, 51, was arrested in Los Angeles in connection to a murder and attempted murder in Longview.

The city of Longview has settled a lawsuit for $2 million with the family of Katelyn Rose Smith, who was fatally shot by officers on New Year's Day 2024.

The City of Longview agreed to a $2 million wrongful death settlement in the police shooting of Katelyn Rose Smith, who was killed on Jan. 1, 2024.

Authorities thwarted a planned mass shooting and bombing at a mall in Kelso, Washington, with the arrest of an Oregon juvenile who had detailed intentions to carry out the attack.

State Route 411 in Kelso has been shut down for emergency repairs after a culvert failed.

Washington wildlife officials are launching a new study to better manage the state's black-tail deer populations, including during hunting seasons.

A Kelso gun store owner said he sold hundreds of high-capacity magazines in the 90-minute window between a sales ban being ruled unconstitutional and the state's emergency appeal.

Amtrak is suspending all rail services between Seattle and Portland until Tuesday due to previous weather events, the transportation company announced Sunday.

A local animal shelter went the extra mile for a person in distress.

A shocking discovery near Mount St. Helens shook the community as a dog, cruelly shot and abandoned in the woods, was found clinging to life.

An online sting operation in southwest Washington led to the arrest of 15 men suspected of child sex abuse.

Deputies say a pedestrian was hit and killed by a train while trying to rescue a dog from the Ghost Bridge which spans the Lewis River between Cowlitz and Clark counties.