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Another $100 have been added to certain real estate transactions by the state, while the county recently OKd housing money for the same three nonprofits since 2019.

The city could measure the number of people on housing voucher waitlists, for instance, and work to house more people than the year before.

The commissioners first approved the tax in 2012, before any of the current board members were in office.

State law requires each county to conduct an annual homeless count, which Cowlitz County uses to see trends, rather than as an all-encompassing census.

A regional council is required as part of the states settlements with companies, like Walgreens, sued for their roles in the opioid crisis.

LONGVIEW — The Cowlitz County Board of Health has formed an advisory committee to solicit more citizen input, despite some disagreement on the need for the volunteer group and its creation process.

Plans for a managed encampment for people without shelter inched forward Tuesday, as Longview City Council agreed to work with Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners to expand a draft plan. This is the first joint step forward after the ad hoc committee formed last December to identify a potential site for a hosted encampment disbanded in June. After two-and-a-half hours of discussion and some public comment, the council came to a general consensus to move forward with developing the plan and gi...