Mar. 12—Anglers from across the Pacific Northwest took to the banks of the Cowlitz River on Wednesday, March 12, for the opening of the state's brief smelt dipping season. All it took was a few empty ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening. The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one caught ...

Mar. 8—Smelt dippers will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday, March 12, and Saturday, ...

Forecasters have issued a flood warning for the Cowlitz River in the Randle area of eastern Lewis County, but no flood threats are forecast anywhere else in the lower Columbia region. The Cowlitz has ...

Thousands of Northwesterners were disappointed when they failed to meet up with some hooligans in March. These hooligans don’t make much trouble, except when they don’t show up. They’re a species of ...