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

KALAMA — After a presentation from Kalama resident Nicholas Currymaciel, the Kalama City Council decided not to move forward with legalizing wheeled all-terrain vehicles (WATVs) within city limits.

Northwest beach enthusiasts will once again return to Long Beach next week to sculpt animals, castles and other creations in the 35th annual Sandsations sand sculpting contest.

Opioid manufacturers distributed more than 40 million oxycodone and hydrocodone pills in Cowlitz County between 2006 and 2012, making the county one of Washington’s largest consumers of the legal but addictive painkillers in the state, according to previously unpublished data…

Claire Sarnowski enjoys connecting with history through the personal accounts of those who lived through it.

Most Cowlitz County primary election ballots should start arriving in the mail Monday or Tuesday, although some had already started arriving Friday.

The driver of a passenger sedan that was shredded when it slid beneath a loaded log truck on Wednesday walked away from the wreck with only a broken jaw, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Two families with deep ties to Longview businesses are members of the corporation that bought Kelso’s Three Rivers Mall Wednesday.

After vandals damaged dozens of plants, the Highlands Neighborhood Association Community Garden has received an outpouring of community support.

The U.S. House on Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill cosponsored by U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler to repeal the unpopular Obamacare excise tax on high-quality health insurance plans, a provision widely known as the “Cadillac tax” and which nearly led…