Decades after Mount St. Helens' eruption sent almost 90 billion cubic feet of debris into the upper Toutle Valley, sediment ...

Nearly 45 years after Mount St. Helens' eruption sent almost 90 billion cubic feet of debris into the upper Toutle Valley, ...

This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them.

The sediment retention dam in Toutle has become less and less effective as it fills, switching from catching about 80% of passing sediment to allowing 80% to pass, according to ...

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest continues to hold public meetings while working on the draft environmental impact statement for a long-term Spirit Lake outflow solution near Mount St. Helens. The ...

On Thursday, WDFW approved dipping on Wednesday and March 22 — the last day of the season. Saturday's dipnetting is also ...

A tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children led Longview Police to arrest a 36-year-old man from Oklahoma ...

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 nets for ...

A rail car carrying garbage caught fire as a train was making its way through Kelso Tuesday night, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue ...

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, March 15.

Smelt! Yup, their passage up the lower Columbia has been marked by packs of sea lions and, more recently, by Washington’s ...

Smelt dipping will return to the banks of the Cowlitz River as Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved recreational fisheries for Wednesday and Saturday (March 15). Dip-netting will ...