COWLITZ COUNTY, Wash. (KATU) — Firefighters from Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue responded to a rail car fire late Tuesday night near the BNSF rail line at Talley Way and Coweeman Park Drive.

A former correctional sergeant has been charged with felony abuse of a resident of a penal facility and substantial battery after allegedly assaulting an inmate at the Lincoln County Jail in Merrill, ...

ATLANTA — A guard is recovering after he was stabbed in the neck over the weekend at a jail in Atlanta that is currently under a federal consent decree. Fulton County Detention Officer Rico ...

Morales was additionally charged for being on an ICE detainer. All six of them are held with no bond in the Morgan County Jail. Each subject will have an Aniah's Law hearing to determine if a bond ...

Dozens of fishermen from Oregon and Washington test their luck during a one-day chance for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Smelt dipping will ...

On Friday, March 28, be sure to tune in to FOX 8 News at 7 p.m. for our Fighting Fentanyl special. It is estimated that one in four children in the U.S., between the ages of three and 17, are ...

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Tamayo’s widow, Samaria Tamayo, sat in the front row of the Cowlitz County Jail Courtroom, and did not make a statement. A police report says witnesses saw a white Chrysler 300 and the victim ...

After more than 60 years of service to its communities, The County Federal Credit Union is unveiling a new logo and brand identity to better reflect its membership and evolution as a modern financial ...

OLYMPIA — The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office suspended a corrections deputy without pay for collecting 27 hours of pay for time they did not work last year. An internal investigation found ...