Kelso may begin the eminent domain process to acquire the old Office Max building on Washington Way and Catlin Street after property owners declined the city’s offer of $700,000 and counteroffered with $1.65 million.

The Port of Kalama is considering a letter of intent from a Kelso contractor to develop a 7-acre portion of the Spencer Creek Business Park.

The Kelso School Board will swear in new board members and vote on a $6,000 donation at its Monday night board meeting.

Six-year-old Faith Stanchfield curiously scanned the toy aisles of Woodland’s Walmart Saturday morning before letting out an excited squeal when she found the perfect present: A pink, winged unicorn nearly twice the size of her.

During the summer of 1975, Mark Morris graduate Ted Selker spent more than 1,000 hours carving an old oak stump into a memorial sculpture to his late mother. Lisa Selker had escaped the Nazi Holocaust and then dedicated her life…

The gentle chorus of first-grade carolers and the smell of warm caramel corn filled the air Saturday afternoon as people of all ages drifted into downtown Castle Rock to experience the annual Festival of Lights.

A former employee of the Steelscape steel coating plant in Kalama has sued the company for allegedly failing to pay bonuses that were promised to plant employees in two recent fiscal years, when the company apparently was posting robust profits.

Some CenturyLink customers Friday night had difficulty calling 911, according to the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office.

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

Southwest Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler announced Friday that she plans to vote against both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.