Cowlitz County

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In a Cowlitz County, Washington case, Dawn Renee Rolf was accused of plotting to kill her husband, Richard Rolfe, Penelope Newberg Rolfe, and Stacey Peabody.

You'll hear a police interrogation in which investigators question her about recorded conversations, alleged surveillance, and a firearm.

I remember me and Brenda would go out and get drunk and stuff and just talking shit.

Bigfoot hit and killed, 2000.

In 2000, a fellow who worked for the County Roads Department told of a Bigfoot being hit and killed by a car near Yale, Washington, in Cowlitz County.

He had to assist at the scene by blocking the road while a Forest Service chopper picked up the body.

Mysterious rock pile, 2001.

This report documents a direct and aggressive encounter between a dog walker and an unidentified upright creature believed to be a Sasquatch.

The incident occurred in the late afternoon of November 12th, 2019, along a narrow trail near the Toutle River corridor in Cowlitz County, Washington.

The witness, a 42-year-old resident of the county, was walking his dog, a 70-pound Labrador mix, when the encounter took place.

The witness stated that conditions were overcast with mist beginning to roll through the trees.

A second death was confirmed, and nine more workers were presumed dead, making the disaster what, uh, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson called the deadliest industrial tragedy in modern Washington State history.

Uh, Cowlitz County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein told reporters yesterday that crews had searched every area they could safely access and found no living victims.

Uh, 52-year-old Gilbert Bernal was confirmed, was confirmed as one of the dead.

Uh, his daughter, uh, Giovanna said her father was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but had died shortly after.

Good riddance," he's now been sentenced to more than five years in prison in his child sexual abuse material case.

The Cowlitz County judge has set bail at $100,000 for the principal of Rainier Junior Senior High School.

49-year-old Jeremy Williams was arrested last night at his home in Longview.

According to the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office, social media accounts linked Will- to Williams were sending and receiving child sexual abuse material.

Williams was already on paid administrative leave for an incident that took place last week.

The district didn't give details about what led to that, but one parent told our crew it stemmed from political statements he made last week.

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Currently you're representing the 20th legislative district down there, which is part of Lewis, Cowlitz, and Clark and Thurston Counties, right?

That's correct.

That's right.

It's public record.

This person works for the city of Longview or the county of Cowlitz or however this is broken down." And this is m- almost the most interesting data point of the story-

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... to me, is their salary is X per year, and they've lost X because of the time that they've been unpaid.