Authorities on Friday afternoon recovered the body of a man who was found floating face-down in the Lake River. A 911 caller ...

Crews from Clark Cowlitz Fire and Washington DNR, including a helicopter, were working to contain the blaze. No injuries ...

The CCSO Marine Patrol Unit was also dispatched after an “apparently abandoned sailboat” was found, anchored just a few ...

The body was floating near an abandoned sailboat and the two are believed connected, the Clark County Sheriff's Office said.

Originally published August 29, 2017. Those portions of Oregon Territory lying south and north of the Columbia River must from their geographical position, difference in climate and internal ...

Smelt dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday, March 12, and Saturday, March 15.

The Cowlitz carries meltwater from three glacier-capped volcanos toward the Columbia River and the Washington-Oregon border at Longview, Washington. “We're ground zero for the smelt,” Iyall said.

DNA testing identified a body found on July 2022 in the Cowlitz River in Washington as 55-year-old Bryan M. Heinrich Sr. Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office A kayaker discovered a body on pilings in a ...

Mar. 6—Crowds from across the state gathered along the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon for the second day of smelt-dipping approved by the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

A teenager drowned in a river after being unable to make it to shore, Washington officials said. At 6:15 p.m. on Aug. 12, Cowlitz County officials were sent to the Cowlitz River near Lexington ...

An investigation is underway after a body was found floating in Lake River near the Ridgefield Marina on Friday afternoon.