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

The Julia Butler Hansen Municipal Swimming Pool (JBHMP) opened for the summer on Monday. “The pool fees will be the same as last year,” Mayor Dick Swart said. “Everybody’s costs are going up, and we are trying to pull the lines so pool patrona...

Maria Joell has taken her knowledge of wine from the vinyard to a retail store in Cathlamet. Her family has had a vineyard near Benton City for 20 years, and they operated a vineyard for 10 years, producing wines from a variety of red and pinot gris...

Wahkiakum High School’s Class of 2008 showed their mettle at their graduation ceremony last Friday. Principal Loren Davis reported that all the seniors meeting the school’s graduation requirements had also passed the Washington Assessment of Stu...

Dr. Rob Stockhouse (bottom left) and students work to eradicate knotweed in Birnie Creek in Cathlamet. The Wahkiakum Community Foundation has received a $62,000 grant from the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership (LCREP) and NOAA to support two...

Over the past 14 years in the Wahkiakum School District, staffing and enrollment have been a roller coaster ride. Superintendent Bob Garrett has been in the district since 1994 and has seen fluctuations from minus 20 students to plus 20. Currently, k...

Anna, the counselor for seminary students in Taiwan. Editor's note: Dr. Terry Kriesel of Puget Island will be teaching this school year in a Taiwanese seminary. We invited him to share his observations of life in Taiwan on an occasional basis. Here...

The Wahkiakum County PUD Board Commissioners met Tuesday with guest speaker Jim Oakley, Senior Member Relations Representative from Energy Northwest. Oakley told the board that progression is being made on the Radar Ridge Wind project in Pacific...

Commissioners of Port District 1 gave guidance to plans to upgrade a dock at the Elochoman Slough Marina when they met June 6. Consulting architects Michael Rounds and Anoy Jansky presented possible designs for the dock. A dock with little or no fing...

Former Cathlamet resident Jacob Nelson received the Bob Bandes Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Washington College of Computer Science and Engineering graduation ceremony last Saturday. The award goes to a graduate...

John C. Thomas Middle School has released its fourth quarter honor roll: 6th grade - Madison LaBerge, Jonaka Heppler, Maya Stanley, Taryn Peterson, Shane Souvenir, Kyler McKinley, Kelsea Blix, Paris Cothren, Lainie Ferguson, Travis Wegdahl, Brianna...

The Cathlamet library is wired. You can now bring in your laptop and get a WiFi connection. The library also has desktop computers for customers. A few common uses of library computers include email, word processing applications such as resumes and...

A Fiber Arts Exhibit is scheduled to open June 28 at Redmen Hall in Skamokawa. Contributing artists are from the Clatsop Weavers and Spinners Guild, including several from Wahkiakum County. Included in the exhibit will be traditional woven materials...

Members of the Cathlamet Town Council addressed issues ranging from waste water plant road plans to revising the zoning ordinance at their June 16 meeting. The council approved a revised agreement negotiated with the Wahkiakum School District for an...

Wahkiakum Community Foundation Executive Director Karen Bertroch gave an educational program to county officials and candidates for office at Tuesday's meeting of the board of commissioners. Last week, candidate Wayne Flohr had asked the...

Wahkiakum Family Practice Clinic is now solidly under renovation! There is much underway that we’d like to share with the community. We’ve begun by identifying Patient Care as top priority, knowing that the community will find it easier to sup...