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March 2024

In Progress: Industry Options Developing In St. Helens

The City of St. Helens is working to reignite industry in the properties vacated when Cascades Tissue Group ceased operations last year. At a recent St. Helens City Council meeting on Feb. 21, Ron Houghtelling and Craig Allen discussed the possibility of “restarting” and “restructuring” the paper mill. Former employees of the Cascades mill attended […]

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Cowlitz County Landfill And Others Could Be Now Funded By WA Legislature

The Cowlitz County Landfill, captured on Thursday, Feb. 29 in Castle Rock. Millions in the state Legislature’s draft budgets could be approved to capture the methane produced at the landfill for energy. Data from the Environmental Protection Agency indicates the landfill produced around 290,000 metric tons of methane from the breakdown of organic waste in

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Another One-Day Smelt Fishery Announced For Cowlitz River

There will be another opportunity to dip for smelt in the Cowlitz River as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved an additional one-day recreational fishery from 1 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5. To increase access opportunities, the upper boundary of the fishery has been extended. Dip-netting is permitted from the shore

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Increased Jail Levy Coming To Columbia County Ballots In May

With the expiration date for Columbia County’s jail levy looming in the distance, voters will decide on passing a new, higher tax to fund its operations. The new levy will be on Columbia County ballots this May, and will ask voters to raise property taxes 29 cents per $1,000 assessed property value — to 87

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Juveniles Tip Off The Law, Leads To Jail, $6,750 In Fines For Poachers

White sturgeon in Scappoose Bay in Oregon is catch-and-release only, but three men thought they could get away with keeping five. Unfortunately for these perpetrators, some much younger—and wiser—than them had an eye on them. What the juvenile sportsmen witnessed were the men in a boat catching a white sturgeon and not releasing it. So,

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Longview Teen Charged As Adult After Stabbing Leaves 2nd Teen In Critical Condition

LONGVIEW Wash. (KPTV) – A 16-year-old boy is being charged as an adult after a stabbing in Longview, the Longview Police Department announced Friday. Johnson Mailos of Longview is facing charges of first-degree attempted murder after another 16-year-old was stabbed during a fight near Elks Memorial Park at Lake Sacajawea. On Feb. 21 shortly after

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Liberal Oregon U Turns And Passes Bill To Recriminalize Hard Drugs

The passage of the bill all but ends a key liberal policy Private security guard in Portland Michael Bock joined Americas Newsroom to discuss how the drug crisis has ravaged the citys communities. Oregon lawmakers have voted to recriminalize certain drugs after a surge in overdose deaths resulted in the governor declaring a state of emergency

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Lawyers Asking For $6 Billion From Elon Musk

Lawyers who sunk Elon Musk’s big pay package are now asking for nearly $6 billion worth of Tesla stock. Musk doesn’t seem happy. Lawyers for a Tesla shareholder successfully argued in a Delaware court that Elon Musk doesn’t deserve a $55-billion compensation package for his work at the EV company. Instead, some of that compensation package should go to

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Case Dismissed Against Teen Migrant Accused In Police Officer’s Death

The case has been dismissed against a teen migrant from Guatemala almost a year after he was arrested following the death of a Florida police officer, according to Jose Baez, the teen’s lawyer. Virgilio Aguilar Mendez, a 19-year-old migrant, was arrested in May 2023 after Sgt. Michael Kunovich, an officer with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s

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