Human remains at a privately owned cemetery in Rumney recently fell into the Baker River because of erosion issues.

The extreme heat watch also includes parts of the Columbia River Gorge, including the Corbett area as well as the Hood River, Lower Columbia River and Cowlitz River valleys.

Local News Lampasas River rises significantly as flash floods strike Central Texas Flash flooding and high water levels struck Central Texas, causing the Lampasas River to surge from 10 to 33 feet.

Once on the river and running some fast currents, three of us got dumped into that fast water. Fortunately for us, Reece Wallace of Wallace Waters Fishing guide service was right there to our rescue.

A 69-year-old Olympia driver struck and injured a 33-year-old Ferndale pedestrian on I-5 near the Cowlitz River in south Lewis County Thursday, June 26, 2025.

Standing on the bank of the Cowlitz River outside his office in Kelso in late February, the river gauge read about 13.5 feet.

Op-Ed: State must act to protect salmon from sea lion predation Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview April 7, 2025 Sea lions gather near the mouth of the Cowlitz River in March 2025. ©Photo by Rod Dayton ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening.

People dip for smelt at Gerhart Gardens Park in February 2024 along the Cowlitz River in Longview. The state opened a one-day, six-hour recreational fishery Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, for the first ...