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Volunteer officers bolster understaffed area police forces
In his 26 years on the beat, Toledo Sgt. Randy Pennington has been bitten, kicked in the groin and beaten with a metal pipe. He has broken both his thumb and his leg. He's been hit by a truck.
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Kids get the royal treatment at the Merk during princess party
Abby Williamson, 7, of Castle Rock is a rough-and-tumble girl who likes kicking a soccer ball, riding her horse Scooter and sledding with her three brothers.
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Cutting through the fog of war: Longview native finds challenge, purpose as a Marine
He doesn't look it, but Eric Worth defies stereotypes.
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Port of Longview signs off on ILWU and EGT settlement
Port of Longview commissioners Friday signed off on a settlement with EGT Development and union dock workers. The pact provides a framework for longshoremen to work inside the $200 million grain terminal and end one of the area's longest, angriest labor disputes in decades.
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Historic Barnes Elementary willow tree to be cut down
The symbol of Barnes Elementary School — a willow tree that stood on the North Kelso property more than 50 years — will be cut down because the Jan. 17 snowfall tore off a major limb.
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R.A. Long snags first league win, avenges prior loss to Woodland
Before R.A. Long's boys basketball game against Woodland at Joe Moses Court on Friday, Lumberjacks coach Rally Wallace wrote three things on the board in the locker room: "League win, Payback, and Pride."
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Sorry state economy factor in LCC students defaulting on loans
As Cowlitz County's blue-collar economy struggled in recent years, students poured into Lower Columbia College in record numbers. Now, many of those former students are defaulting on student loans at surprisingly high rates, sometimes within nine months of graduating.
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CEDC considers using detailed customer data to help small businesses, local gov.
Big companies can already can find out what kind of toilet paper you buy, your favorite brand of beer and how often you consume it. Now the Cowlitz Economic Development Council wants to help small businesses and local governments use those same tools to target customers.
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Beyond Words: Oral cancer hasn't kept Dave Holter from supporting Kelso wrestling
Dave Holter sits in a recliner with a whiteboard and eraser and jots down how he feels.
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Police Blotter: Jan. 29
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Kelso man ruled competent to stand trial in high-speed chase case
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Sunday Obituary: Archie Milloy brought joy as he sailed the Columbia on his own pirate ship
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- Burglar raids secret compartment, takes over $100,000 in jewelry
- Police Blotter: Jan. 28
- Company chooses new route for proposed Kalama pipeline
- Castle Rock development team to meet Monday
- Longview council rejects leash law
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- Jan 26 Woodland woman trapped in car by two Rottweilers
- Jan 26 Police Blotter: Jan. 27
- Jan 26 PeaceHealth: Services won't be lost at St. John due to job cuts
- Jan 26 Toutle park project scaled back, overnight camping still coming
- Jan 26 Former Cowlitz probation official accused of stealing county funds
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- 12:24 am R.A. Long snags first league win, avenges prior loss to Woodland
- Jan 27 Prep roundup: Another mat title for Castle Rock
- Jan 27 Monarch bowlers claim district crown
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- Jan 26 Beyond Words: Oral cancer hasn't kept Dave Holter from supporting Kelso wrestling
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- E Washington snaps 4-game losing streak 69-52
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- He doesn't look it, but Eric Worth defies stereotypes.
- 8:15 pm Tour historic Fort Vancouver by lantern light
- 8:00 pm Clean the World: Nearly 10 million bars of soap, and it's just beginning
- Jan 27 African American children in Mennonite families bridge two worlds
- Jan 27 Romney not alone in tithing
- Jan 27 Voices of Faith: What is the best way for people to live their faith?
- Jan 27 Church Briefs: Free concert featuring Duane Hulbert Sunday
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- 300 arrested in daylong Occupy Oakland protests
- Oakland police said they arrested about 300 people Saturday as protesters spent a portion of the day trying to get into a vacant convention center, and later broke into City Hall and tried to occupy a YMCA.
- 10:20 pm Authorities: Man, 2 toddlers found dead in Va home
- 10:18 pm Man charged in slayings of SC officer, Ga. woman
- 9:59 pm 3 killed in Sacramento SUV-light rail train crash
- 9:52 pm St. Louis parade on Iraq War's end draws thousands
- 9:48 pm Man charged in slayings of SC officer, Ga. woman
- 8:39 pm Flight diverted to Idaho due to mechanical issue
- 7:54 pm Snowboarder dies in avalanche in Utah backcountry
- 7:41 pm Officer shot, killed by fellow police in Calif.
World
- Fireworks send Beijing air pollution soaring
- Clouds of smoke from Lunar New Year fireworks sent air pollution in Beijing soaring under a new more sensitive measurement system, reports said Sunday.
- 9:58 pm Myanmar's Suu Kyi making first campaign tour
- 8:28 pm Ex-soldier behind Papua New Guinea mutiny arrested
- 7:45 pm Cambodia holds Senate elections; most can't vote
- 7:42 pm Private investors near deal on Greek debt
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- Hazanavicius wins top honor from Directors Guild
- Michel Hazanavicius has won the top film honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards for his silent movie "The Artist," giving him the inside track for the best-director prize at the Academy Awards.
- 9:47 pm `Beasts of the Southern Wild' wins at Sundance
- 3:19 pm SAG Awards menu is months in the making
- 2:34 pm Celebrity pot busts put tiny Texas county on map
- 2:35 pm Dr. Phil interviews parents of missing KC baby
- 1:41 pm Etta James remembered as triumphant trailblazer
- 12:22 pm 'The Sting' actress Dimitra Arliss dies in LA
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- Man rescued after being stuck in NM mud for 3 days
- A homeless man who was stuck in thick mud near the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque for three days was rescued Saturday after some high school students on a field trip heard him yelling for help, authorities said.
- Jan 27 NY inmate guilty of seeking $890M in tax refunds
- Jan 26 NJ camel predicts Giants will win the Super Bowl
- Jan 26 Museum: Rare coin may be Roman brothel token
- Jan 26 Artist plans to bury 727 jetliner in Calif. desert
- Jan 26 Potty-room pilfering: Auto flushers stolen in Ohio
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- ILWU, EGT reach tentative deal in Longview labor dispute
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- Woodland woman trapped in car by two Rottweilers
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