Federal regulators are asking county leaders to consider additional monitors on Cowlitz Public Utility District’s hydroelectric generating dam. Read more… Source: The Columbian
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SW WA gets millions from state for conservation; Battle Ground Lake State Park gets $800K for equestrian use
By The Citizen on July 28, 2025
The state’s Recreation and Conservation Funding Board has awarded almost $5 million to Southwest Washington to improve outdoor recreation and wildlife habitat. Read more… Source:…
Columbia River marine exporters brace for Trump tariff impacts while importers already feeling pain
By The Citizen on May 10, 2025
Southwest Washington’s Columbia River international exporters are bracing for the Trump administration’s ever-intensifying trade war. Many importers already feel the pain. Read more… Source: The…
Cowlitz PUD buys out partner in Gorge wind project it uses to meet clean energy laws
By The Citizen on May 9, 2025
Cowlitz Public Utility District bought out one of its three partners in a Columbia River Gorge wind project, giving the Longview-based utility provider a controlling…
Paid pikeminnow season starts Thursday on the Columbian River in Southwest Washington
By The Citizen on April 25, 2025
Anglers can get paid to fish for Northern pikeminnow starting Thursday at sites along the Columbia and Snake rivers, including the Kalama Marina, Ridgefield Marina…
Vancouver fire officials fear for region’s readiness with hazmat trainings canceled in federal funding freeze
By The Citizen on March 29, 2025
Days before Vancouver Fire Department recruits were headed to a training center in Alabama to become certified hazmat technicians, they were notified the classes were…
Washington State Patrol Trooper Will Finn accused of theft, destroying records while mayor of Woodland
By The Citizen on March 21, 2025
Two law enforcement agencies recently investigated separate allegations against Washington State Patrol Trooper Will Finn — that he stole from a business associate and destroyed…
45 years after blast, Mount St. Helens’ sediment still causing costly problems
By The Citizen on March 19, 2025
Nearly 45 years after Mount St. Helens’ eruption sent almost 90 billion cubic feet of debris into the upper Toutle Valley, millions of tons of…
Southwest Washington’s new smelt season got off to an awkward start on the Cowlitz River
By The Citizen on March 17, 2025
LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping…
Cowlitz River smelt dips approved for March 12 and 15
By The Citizen on March 8, 2025
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…