a good read and a cautionary tale for many PNW towns
In a partisan shift, the Battle Ground city council is expected to hear one proclamation condemning violence connected to Antifa and another supporting ICE enforcement. Notably, two LGBTQ-related proclamations were not approved for this year
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Officials on Saturday said they have retrieved the remains of the final victims of Tuesday’s deadly Longview paper mill chemical tank rupture, bringing the disaster’s confirmed death toll to 11.
"He's got a sound that is him. And that's rare – it's funny, but that's rare. You hear just a couple of seconds and you know who that is."
Officials on Saturday said they have retrieved the remains of the final victims of Tuesday’s deadly Longview paper mill chemical tank rupture, bringing the confirmed death toll from the disaster to 11.
really tragic day in longview, wa with one dead and nine still unaccounted for in paper mill incident
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The Longview Public Schools superintendent was arrested by police on Thursday morning. She was arrested on charges related to obstructing an ongoing investigation into student sexual assault at Mark Morris High School.
Brothers Camden and Mac Spiller announced Wednesday they have purchased the Battle Ground Reflector.
Longview schools superintendent Karen Cloninger was arrested Thursday morning on charges related to a student sexual assault investigation at Mark Morris High School.
One draft proclamation set to be presented at an upcoming Battle Ground city council meeting condemns “Antifa-associated violence,” which describes it as “threats to public safety, civil order, and constitutional governance.”
This is a really smart story by @erikneumann.bsky.social about how a local newspaper in Battle Ground, WA has been taken over by a couple of brothers with Christian nationalist ties. This isn't the first time this has happened with a paper on the outskirts of Portland: www.opb.org/article/2026...
In a remote corner of rural Southern Oregon, the small, former timber town of Lakeview is drowning in debt. Its story is an extreme example of the pitfalls facing governments across Oregon’s tight-knit rural communities, where departments face high turnover, scant oversight and meager resources.
A recent batch of proclamations mark a shift in values statements for the Southwest Washington city council.
Like many of Oregon's former timber towns, Lakeview faces some steep challenges stemming from bad bets, mismanagement and industry failures. Now, drowning in debt, the state's 'tallest town' looks for answers to keep the town alive.
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The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. n.pr/3Q2hMWr
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The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y.
