An Olympia driver stuck and injured a Ferndale pedestrian on Interstate 5 in south Lewis County Thursday morning. The ...

On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 38 salmonid boats and ...

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 for them.

The source of the Cowlitz River is plotted by the geographers to be here, where two rather modest streams rising on Mount Rainier’s Cowlitz Glacier — the Ohanapecosh and the Clear Fork ...

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.

It’s time to dust off the smelt dip-nets as state Fish and Wildlife has approved a one-day, five-hour long sport fishery this Saturday (Feb. 25) along the banks of the Cowlitz River.

The Cowlitz run is well known, and so are occasional runs in the North Fork Lewis River. However, when the fish appeared in other streams, they were thought to be strays from the mainstem Columbia.

Another Cowlitz River dip-net smelt fishery is still a wait and see game. The preseason smelt forecast by state Fish and Wildlife called for an acceptable return, and somewhat down ...

The Cowlitz River is widely considered to be one of Western Washington’s major sport-fishing factories, and this time of year anglers have their choice of several overlapping species.

When the call came in Saturday evening, Cowlitz County deputies were dubious. Several miles west of the Cowlitz River and sleepy downtown Castle Rock, a driver said they spotted a massive sea lion ...

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 ...

LONGVIEW — Shooting pulses of water down southwest Washington’s Cowlitz River could flush out volcanic debris as an alternative to dredging, according to a proposal being considered by the ...