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  • Covid update

    Diana Zimmerman|Feb 2, 2023

    Two more cases of covid-19 were reported in Wahkiakum County over the last week, according to the Washington Department of Health, bringing their cumulative total to 635. The number of hospitalizations remains at 49, and the number of deaths attributed to the virus stands at 10. Disclaimer: With the easy accessibility of at home tests, the actual number of active covid-19 cases and actual cumulative numbers in the county are hard to know. “Covid-19 rates are holding steady or declining in m...

  • LCC will host Northwest Voices event February 16

    Feb 2, 2023

    Lower Columbia College has announced that Author Stephen Robinson will be featured at the February 16 Northwest Voices event in Longview. The author will present a writing workshop at 12:30 p.m., in Main 148 on the Lower Columbia College campus. He will hold a reading at the Longview Public Library auditorium at 5:30 pm. Both events are free and open to the public. Stephen Robinson is a writer and social kibbitzer based in Portland, Oregon. He writes political commentary for Wonkette and TV criticism for Primetimer. He also writes make believe...

  • LCC Athletics 2023 Hall of Fame class announced

    Feb 2, 2023

    Five individuals and a championship baseball team will soon be inducted into the Lower Columbia College Athletics Hall of Fame. The latest class will be honored at a reception at Myklebust Gymnasium during the Red Devils basketball double header on Wednesday February 15. LCC will host the South Puget Sound Clippers with the women's game at 5:30 p.m., and the men's game at 7:30 p.m. The Hall of Fame reception gets underway at 5:30 p.m., with inductees and their guests in the classroom above the gymnasium. Fund-raising raffle tickets will be on...

  • Trap, Neuter, Release on Puget Island

    Feb 2, 2023

    Jenny Martin of Wahkiakum Animal Advocates Group and another volunteer, Lynette Wright, trapped seven feral cats on George and Nell Coulson's Puget Island property as part of a Trap, Neuter, Release program on Thursday morning, including this orange tom affectionately referred to as Garfield. It was clear the Coulsons cared about the cats, which they somehow inherited after a neighbor passed away, but feral cats have long been a problem on Puget Island and volunteers are hoping to manage the...

  • Disabled ship heads to Portland shipyard

    Feb 2, 2023

    Guided by four tugboats, the disabled Panamax cargo ship GSL Eleni headed up the Columbia Tuesday for a Portland shipyard. According to reports, the river was closed to all cargo shipping during the process. For more information, listen to the North Coast Radio KMUN Ship Report podcast at https://shipreport.net/ship-report-podcasts/. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....