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Free Phone Help at Longview Public Library

Phone experts from Cricket Wireless will be at the Longview Public Library to teach a class on the basics of using Android and Apple phones on April 25 and May 2, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the library auditorium. They will cover operating and naviga...

Water Meter Location Project

You may see some City of Longview staff poking around town as part of a water meter location project. This project will help improve our meter location records. City staff will be working with mobile devices but may need to remove meter lids/box covers. M...

April Koth Gallery Show at Longview Public Library

The Koth Memorial Gallery at Longview Public Library is hosting a collection of paint-by-numbers pieces, curated by Karen Jones, from April 1 through April 27. The glass case in the Koth Gallery will have a display from the Cowlitz Coin ...

Silent auction to benefit Longview Public Library programs

Silent auction to benefit Longview Public Library programs

Please join the Longview Library Foundation and the Friends of the Longview Public Library for a silent auction of original works of art made from altered books by local artists. All proceeds from ...

Shay Sidewalk Improvements Project

The City of Longview has contracted out construction of sidewalks for the Shay Locomotive to Lee Contractors. Work on the sidewalks will begin March 25, 2019, and project completion is scheduled for the week of April 22, 2019.

The project will construct a ...

March 14 City Council Meeting in brief

• Jim Kambeitz, Fire Marshall, was recently promoted to Fire Chief and the mayor administered the oath of office.
• Awarded 2019 Neighborhood Park Grants totaling $25,000 to four projects.
• Adopted Ordinance No. 3394 approving the 50^th Ave at Ocean Beach Highway...

General Guidelines for Real Estate Signs

The Longview Sign Code provides specific regulations on the placement, allowable number, and size of real estate signs. These regulations are intended to allow realtors to effectively market a property while preventing a proliferation of signs in resident...

February 28 City Council meeting in brief

• Presented Parks and Recreation Dept. Community Advocate award to Sarah Koss and the Rotary Club of Longview Literacy Committee.
• Held a public hearing to consider annexing approximately 237 acres of unincorporated land along Ocean Beach Highway between 40^th...

RiverCities Transit has moved!!

RiverCities Transit is moving February 27^th to a temporary transit center facility located at 1050 11th Ave, which will be ‘home’ during the year-long re-construction of their Downtown Transit Center. Transit riders will be directed to...

Keep your water meter clean and accessible

Utility staff and meter readers need access to your water meter to collect your water consumption and to perform maintenance. Please keep your water meter accessible by clearing away shrubs, grasses, and bushes.

• Clear branches that hang lower that six feet...

The Longview Public Library and WordFest offer writing workshop series in 2019

In partnership with WordFest, the Longview Public Library will offer an eight week series of writing workshops for the public in early 2019.

Participants will have the opportunity to share and discuss their writing in terms of basic elements of good storyt...