News & Events

Tour de Blast gears up for another ride

First-timers and old pros, it’s time to get ready to ride! The Longview Rotary Club again presents Tour de Blast June 17, a bicycle ride into the heart of the Mount St. Helens blast zone. The Spirit Lake Memorial Highway winds its way up the Toutle Valley into the Mount St. Helens blast zone to the Johnston Ridge Viewpoint. Most of the course is on recently resurfaced highway with wide shoulders and excellent visibility. Fully supported ride with staffed rest areas (food and drink), bike repair, sag wagons and on-course motorcycle aid if things just don’t work out (flats, tired, sasquatch sighting…).

For more information, visit https://tourdeblast.com/

Give where you live. GiveBIG May 2-3

GiveBIG is an opportunity to join forces and donate to southwest Washington charities May 2 and 3.

Last year, community members in the Kelso-Longview area rallied around local nonprofits during Give More 24! for an incredible,

$3.6 million impact. Now, as Give More 24! joins forces with GiveBIG, you can keep that giving feeling going.

It all starts here, where you can discover and donate to dozens of important causes serving Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania counties. Find out how to get involved.

Early giving is under way. The 48-hour virtual giving even tbegins May 2. A May 2 in-person event is also planned from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at The Merk.

CWCOG needs volunteers to serve on Project Stakeholder Committee

The Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments (CWCOG) is looking for two to four people from Cowlitz County interested in trails and bicycle/pedestrian planning to serve on a Project Stakeholder Committee.

The committee will oversee the development of the five-county Regional Trails Plan that will be starting soon. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Robert Stevens, CWCOG Senior Transportation Planner, at rstevens@cwcog.org