The Wahkiakum County Eagle - Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891

Wahkiakum County officials are planning to work with other local agencies and the US Army Corps of Engineers to establish a continuing beach nourishment program for Puget Island. Erosion is again threatening waterfront homes on East Sunny Sands...

To The Eagle: In response to the two previous letters about my comments on the Watson house being in danger of being swallowed up by the encroaching Columbia River, I want to thank the writers for validating my point that putting sand on the beach in...

To The Eagle: New Jersey's system of medical marijuana regulation, which requires all patients obtain a state-issued patient identification card to possess and purchase medical marijuana, in tracked sales, is unconstitutional. Federal law still...

Wahkiakum Health and Human Services is gearing up for the annual Point in Time Count on January 29th, 2015. What is the Point in Time Count? Its one day in January every year that every county in the State of Washington counts the homeless within...

OLYMPIA--Washington’s lawmakers have opened this year’s legislative session amid predictions of a long and contentious debate focused on budget and tax votes for the K-12 education system. Lawmakers are confronted with a mountain of expensive pro...

By Cooper Inveen, Washington Newspaper Publisher Association Olympia News Bureau OLYMPIA--Two years after Washington voters ended pot prohibition lawmakers are wading through a thicket of proposed reforms that aim to stabilize an industry struggling...

In last week's article about the annual bird count, a statement was incorrectly attributed to Andrew Emlen, regarding “120 species including two winter vagrants, the Snowy Egret and the Cedar waxwing.” They were not vagrants but birds from count wee...

ANOTHER WEEK--By the looks of it, this year is going to fly by like the last one. We have spent this past week in a virtual fog as both evenings and mornings were thick with the stuff, at least down this way. Our soggy fields seem to "grow" the fog...

THURSDAY Financial Management, Community Senior Center, 100 Main St., 10 a.m. - Noon. Preschool Story and Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m....

The annual Valentine Day Dinner sponsored by the Wahkiakum County Fair Board will be held February 14 at the Skamokawa Grange Hall from 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and are available at Bank of the Pacific and from any board member. The menu...

The second annual free seed exchange will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Skamokawa Grange hall. Sponsored jointly by the Skamokawa Grange and WSU Extension, the event will feature free seeds and gardening information from local experts....

News from Naselle: Looks like the biggest news from Naselle this week comes in the fact that SR 4 now has a detour allowing folks to eliminate a long drive in order to get to the coast. If you still have questions about the roads and detours, I’m sur...

The Grays River Fire and Ambulance support foundation is off to a great start thanks to a big boost in its initial fundraising efforts from Wahkiakum West. The locally owned telecommunications company has long been a supporter of Wahkiakum...

The Wahkiakum Marine Resources Committee is sponsoring a salmon canning party with WSU Food Safety Advisors, Carol Ervest and Carrie Backman. Participants may choose from three class times: January 28, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., as...

William Eugene Torget, 94, of Cathlamet, passed away peacefully on January 5, 2015, surrounded by family at his Puget Island home. Gene, as he was known, was born on January 23, 1920 at the family home on Puget Island. He was the youngest of four...

Virginia Jane Bacon, 92, of Cathlamet, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family, on January 10, 2015. She was born November 26, 1922, in Skamokawa, to David and Bella Strait. She was raised on a farm which contributed to her work ethic. Sh...

The Celebration of Life service for Rolly Armstrong has changed locations. It will be held at Wendt Elementary School on Saturday, January 17 at 1 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring any memories of Rolly to share. Rolly died November 29, 2014 and his...

A Celebration of Life service for Inez Danielsen will be held January 24, 2015, 1 p.m., at the Norse Hall on Puget Island. Inez died December 1, 2014 and her full obituary was published December 11, 2014....

A Celebration of Life service for Mike Prever will be held Sunday, January 18, 2 p.m., at Father’s House in Longview. Mike died November 23, 2014 and his full obituary was published December 4, 2014....