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Shoplifter pulls sword at Longview store
LONGVIEW -- A suspected shoplifter pulled a small sword on a security officer who tried to stop him at the same Fred Meyer store in Longview where a guard's ear was cut with a hatchet in December in another shoplifting confrontation.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Woman stabbed in appliance dispute
LONGVIEW -- Longview police say a dispute over ownership of a washer and dryer ended with one woman stabbed in the back and another under arrest.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Longview city attorney won't return gun to owner
LONGVIEW -- The Longview city attorney refuses to return a gun to its owner after an accidental shooting.City attorney Steve Shuman told The Daily News the gun should be forfeited because it was involved in a crime.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Northwest
Big coal terminal planned on Columbia River
LONGVIEW -- A Longview company that withdrew plans last year for a Columbia River terminal to ship 5.7 million tons of coal a year to Asia has come back with big plans for a $600 million terminal to ship 44 million tons a year.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Northwest
Man airlifted to hospital with power grinder injury
LONGVIEW -- A Cowlitz County fire spokesman says a 53-year-old man has been airlifted from the Longview area to a Vancouver hospital for treatment of a severe facial injury caused by a commercial-grade power grinder.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Northwest
City council says no leash law in Longview
LONGVIEW -- Longview remains one of the cities in Washington without a leash law.The city council voted down a proposed ordinance Thursday night after hearing from residents who said it could have prevented responsible owners from playing catch with their dogs.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Northwest
ILWU reaches settlement in Longview labor dispute
OLYMPIA -- A Longshore union and a grain terminal operator reached a tentative settlement Monday to end a fiery labor dispute at the Port of Longview that included blocked trains and repeated arrests.
Date: 01/23/2012 | Business
Mail deliveries resume on Longview bad dog street
LONGVIEW -- The Postal Service is resuming deliveries Thursday to about two dozen residents on a Longview street where service was suspended last week after a vicious dog chased a carrier to his truck.
Date: 01/12/2012 | Northwest
Union member accused of Longview assault acquitted
LONGVIEW -- A Longshore union member accused of hitting the manager of a Longview grain terminal during a labor demonstration was acquitted of assault.A District Court jury decided Monday that Shelly Ann Porter's use of force was lawful.
Date: 12/23/2011 | Northwest
Doctors can't reattach ear in Wash. hacking attack
SEATTLE -- Doctors were unable to reattach a Washington state security guard's ear after a shoplifter attacked him with a hatchet, his brother said Thursday.
Date: 12/15/2011 | Northwest
Police ID Longview shoplift suspect with hatchet
LONGVIEW -- Police have identified a shoplifting suspect accused of hacking an ear off a security guard at a Fred Meyer store in Longview.
Date: 12/13/2011 | Northwest
Abandoned horses don't get better life
LONGVIEW -- Officials and residents are concerned after a horse was shot and butchered near Silver Lake Thursday and four others appear to have been abandoned there this week.
Date: 12/10/2011 | Northwest
Longshore union rejects call to close ports
LONGVIEW -- The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is saying thanks but no thanks to a call from some Occupy protesters to shut down West Coast ports Dec. 12.
Date: 11/26/2011 | Northwest
No cause of death found for Calif. woman
LONGVIEW -- An autopsy on a California woman who disappeared during the Rainbow Family gathering has failed to determine her cause of death.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Longshoreman wins Longview port commission seat
LONGVIEW -- Longshoreman Lou Johnson took a comfortable lead Tuesday in a race for a Port of Longview Commission seat.The Daily News reports his election would put a second longshoreman on the three-member commission.
Date: 11/09/2011 | Northwest
'Miracle' at Castle Rock church defies arson
LONGVIEW -- The pastor of the United Methodist Church in Castle Rock says it's a miracle her church survived an attempted arson in which fires were set in six places in the building.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Northwest
Cities juggle traffic-camera controversies
Traffic-enforcement cameras continue to make news, in Snohomish County and elsewhere. Here's some of what you need to know:Decision looming in Lynnwood
Date: 10/21/2011 | Need to Know
Drain, manhole covers disappearing in Longview
LONGVIEW -- Metal thieves are the likely suspects in the disappearance of dozens of storm drain gates, water meter lids and manhole covers in Longview.
Date: 10/07/2011 | Northwest
Cops arrest Longshore protesters in Longview
LONGVIEW -- A conflict over Longshore jobs at a new grain terminal in Longview flared Wednesday with the arrest of protesters blocking railroad tracks.
Date: 09/22/2011 | Business
Judge to assess contempt claim against union in Longview port dispute
TACOMA, Wash. -- A federal judge is holding a hearing to decide whether a union should be held in contempt for their protests at the Port of Longview.
Date: 09/15/2011 | Northwest
Religious school ordered for Longview children in abuse case
LONGVIEW -- A Cowlitz County Juvenile Court judge has ordered that five children who were taken from their adoptive parents in Longview will attend a private religious school.The parents are facing trial on criminal mistreatment charges and wanted the children home-schooled by a relative.
Date: 09/08/2011 | Northwest
Cowlitz Humane Society overrun with snakes
LONGVIEW -- The Cowlitz County Humane Society seized two big boa constrictors on Monday and seven more large boas and pythons on Tuesday from homes in Longview.
Date: 09/07/2011 | Northwest
Longview couple accused of abuse dispute public schooling
LONGVIEW -- A 14-year-old Longview boy allegedly starved by his adoptive parents looked on silently in Cowlitz County Juvenile Court on Wednesday as their attorney argued that the boy should not be allowed to attend public school this fall.
Date: 09/01/2011 | Northwest
Hundreds line up to apply for jobs in Longview
LONGVIEW -- Hundreds lined up this weekend to seek open positions at Longview Fibre.The Daily News reports they are competing for just a handful of jobs at the paper and packaging company.
Date: 08/29/2011 | Business
3 big snakes temporarily escape from Longview home
LONGVIEW -- Three large snakes temporarily escaped from a Longview home.
Date: 07/15/2011 | Northwest
Mark from brass knuckles a clue in Longview beating
LONGVIEW -- The word "fame" is engraved on a set of brass knuckles that Longview police say a 22-year-old man used in March to beat a man in tavern parking lot.Police say the victim suffered a broken cheekbone and the outline of the letter "A" was visible on his cheek.
Date: 07/13/2011 | Northwest
Washougal mayor charged with impersonating cop
LONGVIEW -- A Cowlitz County court administrator says Washougal Mayor Sean Guard will face a misdemeanor charge of impersonating an officer last December when he was driving a city car on Interstate 5.
Date: 06/17/2011 | Northwest
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