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

The Willapa Valley edged the Naselle Comets 50-48 in a Southwest 2B District basketball contest at W.F. West High School last week, eliminating Naselle from the playoffs. The Comets led 26-19 at halftime, but the Vikings outscored the Comets 16-8 in...

DECENT BEGINNING--As this week begins, the weather was pretty decent, some dry spells and sunshine; a nice relief from some nasty, wet days last week, except for Thursday morning, which was gorgeous. By that evening, the rains came and so did the...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 22--10:03 p.m. A person reported a stolen car abandoned in the Grays River area; officers investigated...

Mary Garrett, a resident of King City, Ore., from 1986 through 2000, died recently at a memory care facility in Port Orchard, where she had moved after residing for almost 10 years in an assisted living program at the recently closed Hotel Cathlamet...

Longtime Alaskan Lou Allen Wegdahl, 74, died January 27, 2010 at his home in Anchorage. He was born May 8, 1935 in Cathlamet at Puget Island and attended high school. He moved to Alaska in 1970 and lived in Kodiak for 35 years and Anchorage for...

Longtime resident of Puget Island, Laverne (Axlund) Neilson, 97, passed away February 23, 2010 at Columbia View Care Center. She was born June 17, 1912 in Lynden, to Ben and Edith (Axling) Axlund. Laverne was raised by her Uncle John and Aunt Claire...

Cathlamet resident, James Malcolm Shoemaker, 80, passed away February 28, 2010 at his home. He was born March 26, 1929 in Louisiana, Miss. to James and Mary Jane (Ulery) Shoemaker. In 1974 he married Irene (Vetter) Shoemaker in Reno, Nev. They moved...

This month we welcome three local people to serve on the Wahkiakum County Fair Board. New board member Debbie Twiet grew up in Skamokawa. She is a skilled carpenter and her knowledge of that trade will be very useful, as we have two buildings to...

Cathlamet Mayor George Wehrfritz this week announced the appointment of a group to advise him on Main Street revitalization. "I have called upon these people to offer me guidance, share their experience, and develop new ideas regarding business reten...

The Wahkiakum Food and Farm Network, the WSU Extension and the Master Gardeners will present their sixth annual Food and Farm Summit on March 20. Entitled How to Grow your own Groceries, speakers will present a range of topics from pest control to...

If you haven’t already done so, take the time to visit Redmen Hall where Grangers, Tom and Cora Irving’s, beautiful handmade quilts are on display. Redmen Hall is open Thursday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. A photo of the quilt display can be fo...

Wahkiakum County commissioners hope to get to the bottom of a debate over dates: Does the contract with the ferry crew's union expire March 31, 2010, or March 31, 2011? Commissioner Blair Brady reported Tuesday that the union negotiator makes the...

Work on the new Puget Island ferry ramp is nearly finished, but the contractor and county officials have a long way to go to resolve a violation of grant funding conditions. Officials in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are threatening to...

“Roll On, Columbia,” a free public program of inspiring short documentaries starring the Columbia River will take place on March 13. Three of the films were written and produced in Clatsop County and feature local fishermen, business people, stu...

The 105 year old Grays River Covered Bridge’s history is now illustrated in new signs recently installed at Ahlberg Park adjacent to the bridge. Each year, hundreds of visitors stop at the park to photograph the bridge and it is also popular with b...

To The Eagle: On March 3, at 6 p.m., at the Knappa High School gym, we had an opportunity to applaud Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality for doing the right thing regarding, we hope, the imminent demise of Northern Star's preposterous LNG...

To The Eagle: I too was deeply saddened by the arbitrary dismissal of Port District 2 manager Steve McClain. My family has enjoyed his friendship for more than 10 years. I don't care who you are, if you were engaged in conversation with Steve, the di...

To The Eagle: In last week's paper, Richard Erickson was reported as stating that people who buy waterfront property across from the Wauna paper mill do not mind the mill's noise, lights and smell. This is false. Q.U.I.E.T. (Quell Unlawful Illegal...

To The Eagle: I've attended a couple of town and county LNG-related meetings wherein the Sheriff's Office indicated it may double its force to provide security for LNG tankers in the Columbia River. Now that I found out a little bit about it, I don't...

To The Eagle: In last week's paper, Richard Erickson was reported as stating that people who buy waterfront property across from the Wauna paper mill do not mind the mill's noise, lights and smell. This is false. Q.U.I.E.T. (Quell Unlawful Illegal...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC TIMBER SALE Department of Natural Resources will auction timber to the highest bidder. Contract terms and bidding information is available by calling Pacific Cascade Region at (360) 577-2025 or by visiting the Region Office at...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Proposed Amendments to Wahkiakum County 6-Year and Annual Construction Programs Wahkiakum County proposes to revise the Annual Construction Program pertaining to road and bridge construction for the year 2010. In addition,...

Public Utility District No. 1 of Wahkiakum County Request for Statements of Qualifications and Proposals for Accounting Software Public Utility District No. 1 of Wahkiakum County ("District) is seeking proposals for a full range of software...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM Estate of: No. 10-4-00001-8 NORRIS R. FERGUSON, PROBATE NOTICE Deceased. TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The personal representative named below has been appointed as...