A Kelso man was arrested early Monday after deputies say he held his wife against her will for about four hours, threatened her with a handgun and expressed suicidal intentions before surrendering to a SWAT team. Deputies responded shortly after 1 a.m. Monday to the 1500 block of West Side Highway after 911 received a…
A Cowlitz County man has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office of unlawfully seizing and holding his firearms even though a temporary protection order specifically stated he was not required to surrender them. In his lawsuit filed July 3 in Tacoma federal court, Zane Hogue alleges deputies violated his constitutional rights…
Multiple people were killed, others suffered critical injuries, and several workers remained unaccounted for Tuesday after a massive chemical tank rupture at a paper mill in Longview. Emergency crews responded around 7:15 a.m. to the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility at 3401 Industrial Way following what the Longview Fire Department initially described as a “major chemical…
Human remains discovered by hikers in a remote area of Cowlitz County have been identified as those of Hailey Athay, a mother of three who disappeared in early 2025, authorities said. The discovery was made Sunday, April 12, on Weyerhaeuser property near Rose Valley Road and the 1600 line, where residents hiking in the area…
A 67-year-old landlord is accused of killing his tenant and hiding the victim’s body inside a barrel on his Cowlitz County property. Cowlitz 911 received a report around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, after a caller said a family member, identified as Ricky Dean Miller, admitted to killing someone and claimed the body was hidden…
Deputies are searching for a 30-year-old man accused of stabbing his mother at a Woodland mobile home park. Deputies responded to the Oaks Mobile & RV Park on Northwest Lakeshore Drive at around 5 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, after a woman reported her adult son had stabbed her, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office….
Human remains discovered in a remote area of Cowlitz County have been identified as a Portland man who vanished nearly 30 years ago. The remains belong to Anthony Matthew Croy, born in 1973, who went missing from the Portland area in September 1995, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office revealed Thursday, Sept. 4. Croy’s skull was…
A Longview man is wanted for murder and attempted murder following a fatal stabbing on Terumi Lane earlier this week. Detectives identified Alexander Lee Rogers, 51, as the suspect in the Aug. 5 attack that left Dawn Peters, 64, dead and Andrew Peters, 73, critically injured, according to Longview Police. Rogers is described as white,…
