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

The Mules defense played long and hard enough on Tuesday night to keep the team in the game until the offense decided to come out of its shell in the second half of a 66-49 victory over the visiting Kalama Chinooks. The Mules forced the Chinooks...

The Wahkiakum Mule wrestling team placed fourth last week in the North Okanogan Holiday Invitational Tournament in Oroville. It took a committed team effort to earn the placing, said Coach Matt Stacey. "Being in the middle of Christmas break, and...

The Wahkiakum Wrestling Club has started a drive to raise funds from the community to purchase new singlets for Wahkiakum Mule wrestlers. The team has 16 wrestlers but club members are looking to purchase around 20 singlets to allow for weight class...

The Naselle Comettes claimed the girls' KM Trophy with a 63-32 win over the Wahkiakum Mules last Thursday. The Comettes roared to an 18-5 first quarter lead and never let the Mules into the game. Carly Kitzman led the scoring, scoring 36 points for...

NO SNOW--We didn't get a white Christmas in Skamokawa last Sunday, but that was fine with me, as we just had some rain, but it meant being able to come and go and not worry about having to cancel any plans due to icy or snowy conditions. For the...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 19--12:32 a.m. An Elochoman Valley Road resident reported a burglary at a mobile home. 2:47 p.m. A...

David McReynolds, 71, of Rosburg, Ore. died December 25, 2011 at Vancouver Health & Rehab. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....

Wahkiakum County Commissioners last Wednesday closed the upper end of the Elochoman Valley Road temporarily because of danger from a rockslide at Milepost 10.3. At this point, the County Road Department will install safety barriers, and then the...

The Wahkiakum Community Network (WCN) wanted to see a safe, fun place for teens to spend time when they funded Cathlamet Public Library’s $2,000 proposal to create a Teen Library Night. The library hired Patrick Carrico, a local artist and e...

Flight of the Bumble Bee: the Columbia River Packers Association & a Century in the Pursuit of Fish, by Irene Martin and Roger Tetlow, is a tribute to the fishing communities of the Columbia and the company that employed thousands of workers and...

Wahkiakum County's department of Health and Human Services is looking for a new director. Current Director Judy Bright informed the county board of commissioners last week that she is resigning effective the end of this month. "Due to ill health, I...

STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION Wahkiakum West Telephone is the recipient of Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color,...

This year has been a very busy year with a long list of projects completed by a wonderful crew of volunteers and employees! I look forward to the new projects planned for completion in 2012 and wish everyone in our community a “Happy New Year!” If...

The US House of Representatives gave us a Christmas present of sorts last week. The House and Senate have been working on legislation that would extend payroll tax breaks for low and middle income workers and that would maintain unemployment...

Knappton Cove gets grant The Knappton Cove Heritage Center has recently received two grants to further the on-going progress of restoring the old hospital, otherwise known as the lazaretto or Pesthouse. The Kinsman Foundation has granted $6,000 for...

What a week! I hope all the readers had a wonderful Christmas. We certainly did, as well as the few days prior to the holiday. I spent last Thursday afternoon at the birthing center in Astoria, and at 7:05 p.m., we welcomed our 11th grandchild, 8 pou...