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

Wahkiakum County commissioners spent much of their Tuesday meeting discussing issues with constituents; they also worked with county fair officials to solve problems for financing improvements at the fairgrounds so that projects could be done...

The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners shared their thoughts about membership with Northwest River Partners which supports hydropower and is working to retain dams on the Lower Snake River. Commissioner Dennis Reid said he’d been...

Former Wahkiakum County Commissioner Blair Brady announced Tuesday he has filed to run as a write-in candidate for the District 3 seat on the county board of commissioners. Incumbent Commissioner Gene Strong filed for re-election to the position in...

In an article in last week's edition about the recent meeting of the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District, The Eagle printed an incorrect email address for submission of résumés from people interested in filling a vacancy on the district...

Cathlamet Town Council members on Monday covered a variety of new ordinances and wrestled with a request to lease the community center. Community Integrated Health Service contacted the town about leasing the community center, which has been closed...

SUMMER IS COMING--While we begin this work week with some filtered sunshine through the morning cloudiness, we are being told by forecasters that a dry and warm stretch with lots of sunshine is coming our way this first week of summer, so that will...

To The Eagle: Field Day is again here this coming weekend, June 25-26. During the 24-hour period from noon Saturday to noon Sunday amateur radio operators flex their antennas to see how many other radio operators from around the world they can talk...

To The Eagle: It seems that America has come to a place where we as a nation either continue united or end up just another Banana Republic. The attempted coup on January 6, 2021 was certainly more than just a normal tourist day as proposed by some....

To The Eagle: A contributor’s recent claim of a strong correlation between public disarmament and mass exterminations requires some perspective. Important determining factors, most notably, what sorts of political regimes committed those...

To The Eagle: Once again, we have certain people wanting to blame an inanimate object, and not place the blame where it truly belongs. What’s more is that it seems to mostly be coming from the same people who support our current Commanding Blamer...

To The Eagle: A letter last week decried my comparing Fentanyl deaths to firearm deaths as a “false equivalency… like comparing apples to oranges,” but then continues on to compare automobile deaths to firearm deaths. That is somehow...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 13 — 2:29 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance provided aid to a woman in a Cathlamet restaurant. 6:07 p.m. A...