Union opposes new Woodland police hire
The Woodland City Council approved the contract for a new police lieutenant Monday night in a vote that divided the council and was opposed by the Woodland police union over how the hiring was handled.
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The Woodland City Council approved the contract for a new police lieutenant Monday night in a vote that divided the council and was opposed by the Woodland police union over how the hiring was handled.
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Longview — Woodland has become the first city in Cowlitz County to pass a formal declaration opposing Washington's COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Photo: Elias Funez Only feelings were bruised Thursday morning in Penn Valley’s Wildwood Center after an SUV careened into a dental office in the 11000 block of Pleasant Valley Road, in what could have otherwise been a tragic incident. “She kept saying she was sorry,” Dental Solutions dentist Monte Smith said of the embarrassed driver, who was intended to be their next patient. Smith and his staff had finished with a patient and was in the process of checking that person out at the front counter just before 10 a.m. when they heard the crash that sent glass and debris flying.