Kalama, WA Other News

Museums 101: Port of Kalama Interpretive Center (photo diary)

The Tacoma was the second-largest ferry in the world: 338 feet long with a 42-feet beam. It could carry 23 freight cars and 2 engines or 15 passenger coaches and 2 engines.

Covered Wagon

Covered wagons brought many of the non-Indian settlers into Kalama. The journey was about 2,000 miles and a family needed a wagon that could carry more than a 1,000 pounds of food packed into a 4 foot by 10 foot area. It had a top speed of about 2 miles per hour.

Household goods

On display were some of the hou ... Read more

Indians 101: A Cowlitz canoe (museum tour)

With regard to language, the Cowlitz language belongs to the Sahaptin language family and is most closely related to Kittitas, Yakama, Klikitat, and Taitnapam. In his chapter in The First Oregonians: An Illustrated Collection of Essays on Traditional ... Read more

The Daily Evergreen

“Birding” is not a term people hear too often. It sounds like someone just decided to turn “bird” into a verb, mostly because that’s exactly what it is.

To many, the word that comes to mind is birdwatching, but many birders, as ... Read more

Utah State Women’s Basketball Opens MW Play Against Falcon

Utah State (3-8, 0-0 MW) enters Mountain West action this week, starting with a road contest at Air Force (5-7, 0-0 MW) on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 6:30 p.m. (MT). The Aggies will then ring out 2022 with a home matchup against San Diego State (10-3, 0-0 ... Read more

The deadliest bridge collapse in Washington State history

With at least 23 estimated fatalities, the Allen Street Bridge collapse in 1923 is considered the deadliest bridge collapse in Washington history and one of the state's most fatal disasters of any kind. Watch the full video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJLZGytjYig. (Washington Our Home Communications Consulting, contributed)

As featured on Washington's deadliest bridge collapse happened in Kelso 100 years ago Tuesday marks the anniversary of the Allen Street Bridge collapse, estimated to have killed 23 people. ... Read more

Semi slides into waterway

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KELSO, Washington (KPTV) — A truck driver was rescued from a Kelso, Wash. area waterway Friday after his semi-truck slid off Interstate 5, according to Cowlitz 2 Fire & Re ... Read more

Driver injured in Sunday rollover crash near Kelso

A driver was injured Sunday morning in a single-car crash and authorities are investigating whether the person was driving under the influence.

The crash occurred at roughly 1:10 a.m. near the intersection of Allen Street and Dungan Road ... Read more

Utah State Women’s Basketball Embarks On First Road Trip o

Utah State (1-1, 0-0 MW) heads to the road for the first time in the 2022-23 season for a pair of non-conference tilts. First, the Aggies will take on in-state foe Utah Tech (1-1, 0-0 WAC) on Monday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. (MT) before heading east to fac ... Read more