Six crews, most composed of inmates, are using chain saws, shovels and, in some cases, explosive “det cord” in the arduous job of encircling a 66-acre fire burning in heavy timber, logging slash and ...

State Route 503/Lewis River Road will be closed in both directors for several more days following a debris slide that blocked the highway about a mile west of Speelyai Bay Road late Monday morning.

A hiker who got lost Tuesday evening near Speelyai Bay on Lake Merwin was rescued with the help of a heat-sensing drone, according to the Cowlitz County Sheriff's office. The 36-year-old Rainier woman ...