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

The Wahkiakum Mules golf team extended their inter-league record to 15-0 in a four-team golf match at the Highlands golf course in Cosmopolis on April 11. The winds were howling on a sunny day with gusts up to 30 miles an hour, and any stray shot...

This Saturday, April 20, a Wahkiakum Alumni Basketball game will be held at the Wahkiakum High School gym at 7 p.m. Entry fees are $4/person or $10/family. All proceeds will go to the basketball program. For more information contact Hailey Quigley...

Submitted by Iris Coover The Cathlamet Woman’s Club was so excited about Earth Day that we had Richard Bigler, our county garbage collector, come talk with us about recycling. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “If I cannot do great things, I c...

Staff of St. James Family Center/The Charlotte House are asking people to join them and stand up for an end to sexual violence by wearing denim with a purpose on April 24. Charlotte House director Susan Schillios said the move is a symbolic gesture...

Wahkiakum PUD’s newly-constructed Cathlamet Substation has been in operation since January, and PUD staff and commissioners are ready to celebrate. A ribbon cutting is scheduled for April 24 at 10 a.m. at the substation site near the intersection o...

A beach cleanup of the Grayland / South Beach area of Pacific County will be held on April 20 starting at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. Volunteers should check-in at the Warrenton Cannery Road approach to pick up a garbage bag. There will also...

Skamokawa resident David Blalock is trying to form a business to provide high speed internet service to Skamokawa, Cathlamet, Elochoman Valley, and Puget Island. He has started a firm, Smokey Waters Communications, and hopes to be serving customers...

Wahkiakum PUD will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 24 at 10 a.m. for the Wahkiakum Substation at 116 Jacobson Road (corner of Jacobson and Columbia) in Cathlamet. Attending the ribbon cutting will be, Bonneville Power Administration, Chad...

In partnership with Wahkiakum Community Network, Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Wahkiakum County will participate in the free national prescription drug-take back day to be held April 27 from 1...

Commissioners of Port District No. 2 will soon start gathering public input to use for updating their comprehensive plan. Port commissioners recently contracted with Brian Perleberg of Northern Resources Consulting, Inc., for technical assistance in...

Drop Anchor Brewery representatives left a Port District No. 1 meeting on April 11 without a signed lease, but with assurances that the port was committed to working out an agreement with the brewery. Andy Lea, Richard Erickson, and Steve Sharp...

The English Tea and Plant Sale is set for this Saturday, April 20, from noon to 3:30 pm., at St. James Family Center, 1134 Columbia Street, Cathlamet. Kick off your spring garden with plants from this fundraiser, and help St. James Family Center at...

The Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) will be visiting Cathlamet next week to perform Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with local students. All students grades K-12 are invited to tryouts beginning at 3:15 p.m. on April 22 in the Wendt Elementary m...

Wahkiakum County officials were disappointed Tuesday when county commissioners opened the only bid they received to build a ferry to replace the aging "Wahkiakum." The only bidder, US Fabrication, bid $8.5 million, which was more than double the expe...

Spring officially comes to Puget Island this weekend, starting with the first 2013 dog racing (lure coursing) event on Saturday and Sunday. The Willamette Valley Basenji Club will sponsor AKC Lure Coursing at Misty Rivers Plantation at 117 Cross...

The Finnish film “Valo” will be shown April 20 at 11 a.m. at the Appelo Archives Center, located at 1056 SR 4 in Naselle. There is no admission charge. It is a story of a boy, Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo, about eight years old, who begins to keep dia...

The Cathlamet Town Council handled a variety of business when they met Monday. Planning Commission member Jim Reed presented a report and recommendation from that board for updates to the town's sign ordinance. The recommendations in the document...

Application packets for the Youth Mobilization Campaign at Cispus were sent home with all Thomas Middle School eighth grade students on April 8. Signed forms need to be turned into the school office by April 19. A parent orientation will be held at...

To The Eagle: I want to celebrate the new investment and growth happening in and around Wahkiakum County. From the reopening of the Appelo Archives Coffee Shop and Bookstore to the new Diner on Main and Tall Tree Coffeehouse, it is amazing to see...

To The Eagle: The following is the exact text of an anonymous letter I received April 13: "We have watched your dog being abused for days! It is cruel to not provide him with shelter out of the wind & rain. HAVE YOU NO COMPASION (sp?) Please at...

COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON DETERMINATION OF INACTIVITY OF SKAMOKAWA PARK & RECREATION DISTRICT AND ADVISABILITY OF DISSOLVING THAT DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners for Wahkiakum County,...

File No.: 7314.21952 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-3 Grantee: Michael Thomas Crouse, a married man, as his sole and separate property Ref to DOT Auditor File No.:...

I’m finishing up this article as I sit in yet another hospital room with my husband. We ended up back in the emergency room on Saturday night and after many more tests, up and down blood pressure, and a few other issues, I think we are headed uphill...

On Saturday, April 27, the Naselle Lutheran Church will hold their annual Spring Salad Luncheon from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 308 Old Knappton Rd, Naselle. A $7 donation is asked and all funds raised will support church mission work. They will also...