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The roads, especially Interstate 5 are projected to have holiday traffic conditions, Labor Day weekend. WSDOT encourages drivers to hit the road early or late to try and avoid the clogged roads.
Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue, WSDOT offer safety and driving tips for Labor Day weekend
The last big travel weekend of summer is approaching: Labor Day weekend, and county and state agencies advise travelers to take basic precautions before hitting the roads. The Clark-Cowlitz Fire … more
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(Above) Douglas aster is in bloom at the Goat Marsh Research Natural Area on the southwestern side of Mount St. Helens on Thursday, Aug. 10.
Wildflowers in bloom around the southside of Mount St. Helens
Miss Clark County, Vanessa Munson, introduces herself during the Miss Washington Pageant at Capitol High School's Performing Arts Center Friday evening, June 30, 2023.
Miss Clark County crowned as Miss Washington
Vanessa Munson, a Prairie High School graduate and current sergeant in the U.S. Army, increased her status from Miss Clark County to Miss Washington on Saturday, July 1, during a pageant in Olympia. … more
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Mount St. Helens appears in shades of blues and purples just after sunset, seen from the road to Windy Ridge Viewpoint on Thursday.
Windy Ridge open: views of the crater, wildflowers and Spirit Lake still accessible, if a long drive
Planning trips from the North Clark County area to Mount St. Helens this year has been challenging. A landslide on the Spirit Lake Highway closed access to Johnston Ridge just after The … more
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Sun shines on the entrance to the Ape Cave Interpretive Site in Cougar on opening day Thursday, May 18.
43 years after eruption, Mount St. Helens continues to ‘reveal new mysteries’
National Geographic states Earth first formed 4.5 billion years ago, and humans have been around for about 300,000 of those. That’s less than 0.007% of all the time on Earth. The single … more
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Centralia College President Bob Mohrbacher introduces Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez during a town hall at the TransAlta Commons in Centralia on Wednesday, May 3.
Congresswoman Gluesenkamp Perez emphasizes bipartisanship at most recent town hall
Media outlets across the nation called Southwest Washington’s most recent congressional race a major upset. Two political rookies sought the seat held by Jaime Herrera Buetler, R-Battle … more
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‘No less than $1M’ requested for lethal sea lion removal in Columbia Basin
After seals and sea lions were spotted 70 miles up the Cowlitz River last week, anglers, lawmakers and state officials expressed concern for one of Washington’s most precious, most delicate … more
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From left, IT3 Innovation Center Board of Directors Vice-Chair Brian Taylor, Siemens U.S. CEO Barbar Humpton, IT3 CEO Kevin Witte and IT3 board chair Ron Arp cut the ribbon during a ceremony that celebrated the opening of the Innovation Center’s Ridgefield facility on Feb. 22.
State, national workforce leaders speak at summit in Ridgefield
Playing video games and simplifying technical language are some ways to solve the gap in the manufacturing workforce, according to those who work on both sides of the equation. During a … more
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Mount St. Helens is pictured from above in 1980 prior to its eruption in this photo from the Washington State Archives.
A look back before Mount St. Helens blew its top
Mount St. Helens is pictured from above in 1980 prior to its eruption in this photo from the Washington State Archives. more
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Reporter Isabel Vander Stoep smiles after carrying a spruce tree through snow on Thursday near Forest Road 1284.
‘Spruce’ up the holidays with a Gifford Pinchot National Forest Christmas tree
The Cascade Mountains form a kingdom and the trees below are subjects. Nobility lives high up in a castle.  To get to the palace, one must cross rivers and forests. There he rests on sheets … more
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, left, and Joe Kent
Get to know the candidates for the 3rd Congressional Disrict
Come Nov. 8, Washington’s 3rd Congressional District will have a new representative in Congress for the first time since the 2010 election of Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground. The … more
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Jeff Green and Kim Freeman work to retrieve a memory card from a game camera in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest Saturday morning in Lewis County.
Clark County-based organization, OSU study fisher reintroduction in Gifford Pinchot National Forest
As fishers are carnivorous cousins of wolverines and predators of porcupines, one may think researchers would be hesitant about tromping through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest to find them. … more
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Interstate Bridge Replacement Project Community Advisory Group Member Sam Kim, right, talks about the challenges of a three-hour daily commute as bridge project administrator Greg Johnson and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell look on during a press event at the Interstate 5 bridge April 13.
Sen. Cantwell says I-5 bridge replacement project is good candidate for federal funding
The project to replace the aging Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River may see some additional funding opportunities at the federal level because of Congress’ $1.2 trillion infrastructure … more
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Mountain goats are pictured near the Johnston Ridge Observatory at Mount St. Helens on Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
Mount St. Helens begins to shed winter snow coat as road to Johnston Ridge opens
Mount St. Helens is an elusive wonder.  It steps out of the morning fog to offer majestic views, only to don a veil of clouds moments later. Still, the headless peak has become an icon of … more
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