On Monday afternoon April 15th, 2019 there were many who witnessed a horrific traffic accident where a local resident having what was witnessed as a possible medical problem went into the opposite lane of traffic and collided with a semi-truck hauling cars and was killed.   

The Washington State Patrol is assisting in the investigation of a shooting of a Cowlitz County Deputy that happened Saturday night April 14th. 

Hoquiam Police Chief Myers says that after the Hoquiam Fire Department had determined the cause of the fire on Queets Ave this morning in the 2300 block the investigation was turned over to his agency to obtain a search warrant and now are continuing with the investigation.  

An early morning fire in Hoquiam is out, but the cause is under investigation says the Hoquiam Police Department.  The fire call came in at 5:28 am, Hoquiam Fire and Police units were dispatched to the reported structure fire in the 2300 block of Queets Ave