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Yakima County, Wash. — The recent closure of Cow Palace Dairy Farm in Granger has left more than 100 employees facing ...

Can trees from warmer places withstand Western Washington's sogginess? Forestry workers are starting a trial to find out.

An eastern Washington company recently won the bid to expand the Lincoln County Landfill. The Lincoln County commissioners ...

Woodbury County Attorney James Loomis filed a trial information charging Thomas Popp with first-degree murder for the ...

Dipnetting from the shore is allowed on the Cowlitz River from the Tennant Way Bridge upstream to the Al Helenberg Memorial Boat Ramp in Castle Rock, Fish and Wildlife reports. Popular dipnetting ...

Firefighters from Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue responded to a rail car fire late Tuesday night near the BNSF rail line at Talley ...

Workforce Southwest Washington has grants available to programs that support the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act's Adult & Dislocated Worker program in Clark, Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties.

A man died in a house fire in Kelso on Thursday, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue reported. Firefighters arrived in the 1000 block of ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation is advising travelers to prepare for potential delays due to maintenance work on two area bridges.

The Washington State Department of Transportation is advising travelers to prepare for potential delays due to maintenance work on two area bridges starting next week. Quality journalism doesn't ...

Gantavya Bhatt via Unsplash A snowmobiler plunged into a deep canyon, triggering an avalanche on a Washington mountain, rescuers said. The snowmobiler was riding with other people on Feb. 17 when ...