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

The Wahkiakum Mule volleyball team 2 of three matches this past week to improve its record to 6-3. On Tuesday, the Mules lost a back and forth match 3-2 to Adna on the Pirates' home court. "The whole team really battled," said Coach Jeff Rooklidge....

The Toutle Lake Ducks edged the visiting Wahkiakum Mules 26-21 in a game that left them tied for second in Central League standings. "Toutle didn't beat us," Mule Coach Eric Hansen told his team after the game. "We beat ourselves." The Mules fumbled...

October 4 at Ilwaco Wahkiakum results Wahkiakum Coach Marie Riley filed this report: Last week's Ilwaco meet found us with a smaller than normal team. We had kids out of town and others not feeling so well. The weather didn't exactly cooperate,...

WET WET--It looks like we've got a wet week ahead of us with mist, drizzle, light showers, showers or rain in the forecast, which in layman's terms just means wet! We did have part of our weekend fairly dry, so it wasn't too bad. With our damper...

Michael Sullivan, judge September 26, 2011 State versus James Thomas Kissinger, Kelso: The defendant entered not-guilty pleas to charges of second degree assault/domestic violence and second degree malicious mischief/domestic violence. A jury trial w...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: October 3--6:04 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Middle Valley residence to aid a child whose hand...

Lifelong Puget Island resident, Irene M. Bacon, 90, passed away October 8, 2011 at Community Hospice. She was born March 17, 1921 on Puget Island to Hans and Malla (Cornelius) Olsen. She graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1939. On September 22,...

Florence Eleanor Dumas passed away on October 4, 2011 at her home in Olympia. She was 75 years old. She was born on November 5, 1935 in her family home on Puget Island, Washington. She was the youngest daughter of Trygve and Hulda Tover. She married...

Longtime Cathlamet resident, Donald C. Grimm, Jr., 82, passed away October 7, 2011 at his home. He was born October 14, 1928 in New Haven, W. Va to Donald, Sr. and Goldin (Roush) Grimm. Donald was raised in West Virginia until he entered into the...

“The Wahkiakum Food Bank is seeing more people needing help, but it has just received a donation from an elementary school food drive,” Director Jimmie Lou Cleveland said this week. The food bank operates from the Health and Human Services cam...

Skamokawa – Over 40 people gathered Tuesday to protest the proposed closing of the Skamokawa Post Office. They gathered information about the process, sought to understand the chances of affecting the postal service decision and made a case...

Cathlamet's Main Street merchants are forming an association to promote their businesses and make Main Street a more cheerful place to visit and shop. A group of 10 persons met Friday to begin the effort. Janelle West, proprietor of Sassy Chocolates...

There’s good news and bad news regarding cleaning up the lot next to the Grange Hall. First off, Grays River Grange would like to give a big thank you to Stan Sorenson and Robinson Brothers Construction for donating time and equipment for clearing th...

In the face of increasing demand and fewer donations, Helping Hand Food bank is struggling to meet local need. One of two county food banks, Helping Hand is seeing more new faces and serving more people than they have in the past. “I see the same thi...

Wahkiakum County commissioners and staff of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reviewed project progress and harvest issues in a meeting October 6. Pat Frazier, regional fish biologist, and Sara LaBorde, special assistant to the...

The Cathlamet Town Council took a first look at the preliminary budget for 2012 at a special meeting Tuesday night. In its preliminary form, the budget totals $1.27 million in revenue and $1.29 in expenses, a deficit of $17,000 (numbers are...

Wahkiakum County Commissioner Dan Cothren took his concerns about the harvest of timber from county timber trust lands to the state Board of Natural Resources on Monday. Cothren testified at the board's meeting, urging the commission to stand up to e...

Wahkiakum County commissioners handled a variety of business at their meeting on Tuesday. The board approved a request from the sheriff's department to create a temporary emergency services department. Sheriff Jon Dearmore and Undersheriff Mark...

To The Eagle: I wish to thank Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler for co-sponsoring the endangered salmon predation prevention act (H.R. 946). On October 5, the House Resources Committee voted 29-13 to send this bill to the full house for passage. One can onl...

To The Eagle: Where is the public safety war with the mayor going? The only certain outcome of the mayor's attempted power grab is a drastic weakening of the Cathlamet fire and ambulance service. For no real reason other than a power grab by the...

To The Eagle: The letter to The Eagle by attorney George Hanigan has raised some serious questions about the direction of the conflict between the fire department and the Town of Cathlamet. The first concern is the actual disagreement between the...

To The Eagle: We are almost halfway through October and The Charlotte House continues to sponsor activities that will hopefully bring awareness to domestic violence and get people thinking about how they can be a part of the solution to put an end...

FILING OF PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OCTOBER 17, 2011 TOWN OF CATHLAMET 2012 PRELIMINARY BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Preliminary Budget for 2012 has been filed with the Clerk/Treasurer. A copy thereof is...

PUBLIC HEARING OCTOBER 17, 2011 TOWN OF CATHLAMET CURRENT EXPENSE REVENUES AND 2012 PROPERTY TAX NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council for the Town of Cathlamet will hold a Public Hearing on revenue sources for the Town's Current Expense budget....

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SHORELINE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL USE, OR VARIANCE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that Richard E. Morris, Who is applicant/Property Owner of the below described property has filed an application for...