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

The Wahkiakum County Port 1 Board of Commissioners discussed the 2020 budget and rates and a variety of other issues at their meeting last Thursday. According to Port Manager Jackie Lea, more interest had been expressed in dismantling barges at the...

Volunteers who grew and distributed vegetables around Wahkiakum County were recognized and praised at Tuesday's meeting of the board of county commissioners. The volunteers worked in the community garden in Cathlamet and the Outdoor Café summer...

Wahkiakum County Eagle reporter Diana Zimmerman won three writing awards in the 2019 Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest. In the category General Feature Story, Long, she placed second for a story about a...

Last week's headline above Suzanne Holmes's letter to the editor about the community cleanup day had the wrong date; the correct date is October 26. Also, tonight's appearance of the candidates for Cathlamet Town Council will be a forum, not a...

THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet and mend, Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Walking Group, Community...

Across the country, National 4-H Week was celebrated October 6-12, during which millions of youth, parents, volunteers and alumni across the country celebrated everything 4-H. Wahkiakum County 4-H observed National 4-H Week this year by showcasing...

Cathlamet River of Life Assembly of God Church has a new pastor. Reverend Ken Cummings is the new lead pastor at River of Life. He has been in ministry for almost 25 years and he and his wife, Sharlon have five children and four grandchildren....

On October 29, Wahkiakum Outdoors will offer another very interesting presentation at 6:30 p.m., at the Hope Center (3rd and Maple Streets) regarding Honeybees and Beekeeping. The presenter is Bill Holmes, President of Cowlitz Beekeepers...

The J.A. Wendt Parent Teacher Organization is looking for volunteers and is in need of donations. The PTO will offer several opportunities for students this year including a science planetarium, free book distribution, popcorn Fridays, spirit wear,...

The Astor Street Opry Company will hold their 6th Annual fundraising event Saturday, November 9, starting at 6 p.m., at the ASOC Playhouse, 129 W. Bond Street in Uniontown, Astoria, featuring a silent and live auction, a special Reader's Threatre...

The annual Neewollah Days festivities are coming up on October 31, 4 p.m., at the Bank of the Pacific in Cathlamet. Everyone dressed up for Neewollah Days will get a raffle ticket when signing up. Drawing for prizes will be at 4 p.m. At 4:45 p.m.,...

MID-MONTH--We had some chilly weather at the end of last week but had some sunshine, so that was nice. Saturday was decent until some rain in the evening hours, but that didn't last long, so Sunday may have been cloudy but it was decent. We may be...

Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period has arrived for the more than 1.3 million Medicare beneficiaries in Washington. From Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, people on Medicare can: · Switch from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage plan or vice versa. ...

To The Eagle On Sept. 25, I was sitting in my barn office at around 10 p.m. I heard a deep growl directly under my window. I looked and there stood a coyote. The coyote saw me as a threat and gave me a warning. According to The Eagle’s sheriff...

To The Eagle: We are writing in support of retaining Don Richter as Superior Court Judge for Pacific and Wahkiakum counties. Five years ago, we met Don and his family shortly after he moved to Pacific County to take the deputy prosecutor position....

To The Eagle: I googled, “What US city has the most city parks per capita?” Albion, Michigan, Population 8,700, has 17 public parks. This is approximately one park per 500 residents. This is thought to be the highest number of parks per capita...

To The Eagle: So. Facts and opinions actually are different things. Who knew! They are, however, not mutually exclusive. Dictionaries define a fact to be a thing that is undisputably the case, such as information used as evidence or as part of a...

To The Eagle: On October 22, 2016, The Pioneer Community Association sponsored the first “Tidy Up the Town” in recognition of National Make A Difference Day. The event was so successful that we hosted a second “Tidy Up the Town” event in...

The Wahkiakum High School cross country team traveled to Mossyrock on Tuesday to compete against five other teams in a 2B District IV Central League Meet. Riley Kent of Toutle Lake led the field of 47 runners in the boys’ 5,000 meter race with a...

The Naselle Comet football team boosted its season record to 6-0 with a 56-14 win over the Crescent Loggers in Joyce last Saturday. This Friday, 5 p.m., the Comets will host the 2-4 Darrington Loggers in the Comets' homecoming...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: October 7 – 7:01 a.m. A caller reported that an eastbound log truck was all over the road, crossing the...