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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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CLATSKANIE PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT MEETING NOTICE The Clatskanie People’s Utility District Board of Directors has scheduled the next regular Board Meeting for Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at 6:00 pm in the community room of the District’s administration building located at 495 E Columbia River Highway, Clatskanie and virtually via Zoom. A Board Workshop will be held at 5:30 pm. An executive session may be called at the workshop and/or meeting, pursuant to: ORS 192.660 (2) (f) information or records that are exempt by law from public inspe...
NOTICE OF STREET VACATION Notice is hereby given that on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 6 p.m. a Public Hearing will be held at Rainier City Hall, located at 106 W. B Street, before the Rainier City Council, to receive testimony regarding a petition for vacation of a 306-foot alley lying within Block 2 Vogel Tract between E Norwood Street and Fisher Street. The petition was filed by Vernon Vigoren. If there are any objections or remonstrances, these may be filed in writing with the City of Rainier by November 28, 2025. Oral testimony may also be...
Public Lien Sale Ron’s Self Mini Storage LLC, 323 W. B St. Rainier, OR. #127 Lacey Harlin 1pm on 11/28/25 @ Ron’s Self Mini Storage LLC on-site public auction, cash in hand bid....
NOTICE of SPECIAL MEETINGS And NOTICE of PUBLIC HEARINGS For Flood Control Zone Districts No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Meeting of EACH of the Wahkiakum County Flood Control Zone Districts No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be held commencing at 10:30 a.m., 10:35 a.m., 10:40 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. respectively, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Said Special Meetings shall take place in the Third Floor Public Meeting Room of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, located at 64 Main Street in Cathlamet, Washington. The meeting may also be...
NOTICE OF 2026 PRELIMINARY BUDGET FILING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON 2026 PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND REVENUES SOURCES OF THE TOWN OF CATHLAMET, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the preliminary budget of the Town of Cathlamet for the fiscal year 2026 has been filed with the Clerk at Town Hall, 25 Broadway Street, Cathlamet, WA, where a copy thereof will be furnished to any taxpayer during regular business hours which are Monday through Wednesday 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM or downloaded online at https://www.towno...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON 2026 BUDGET OF PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the preliminary budget of Public Utility District No. One of Wahkiakum County, Washington, for the fiscal year 2026, was prepared and filed in the records of the District at its Office at 45 River Street, Cathlamet, Washington, prior to the first Monday in September, and copies of said preliminary budget will be furnished to any person who calls the District's Office between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M....
Notice of Public Hearing on 2026 Budget and Levy of Wahkiakum County Fire Protection District No. 2. Notice is hereby given that the board of commissioners of the district will hold a hearing on the proposed budget for the stated year 2026, on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7 p.m. during the district's regularly scheduled meeting, in the meeting room of the fire station of the district located at 33 East Valley Road, Skamokawa, Washington. The public is encouraged and invited to attend the hearing and all meetings of the district. Publish...
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING DATE OF PORT DISTRICT NO. TWO OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the scheduled meeting to be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, the Board of Commissioners of Port District No. Two of Wahkiakum County, Washington, will be held instead at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at the Office of the District at 5 Vista Park Road, Skamokawa, Washington, 98647. The public is encouraged and invited to attend all meetings of the District. Publish November 13, 2025...
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 8:04 p.m., the Washington Secretary of State’s website released the results, thus far, for the general election. According to the website, 1,492 ballots had been counted and an estimated 400 ballots were left to be counted. In the race for Mayor of Cathlamet, Nicholas Sevald has 65.99 percent of the votes (130), and Laurel Waller has 33.5 percent of the votes (66). Prior to the election results, Sevald said, “Come what may, I love this community. Win or lose, I always will. I promise to keep striving to help this tow...
The following is an article from the National Office of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, edited and submitted by Wahkiakum VFW Post 5297 Commander Bill Tawater. Next week, we will be recognizing the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a date that will forever be etched in the tapestry of our nation’s story. Like about 60 other veterans from within and outside Wahkiakum County, I am a proud member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. I’ve buttoned up our nation’s uniform, and I know what it means to answer the call. On a day like this, I wan...
Following public comment at the Nov. 4 Wahkiakum County Commissioners’ weekly meeting, Public Works Director Chuck Beyer brought before the commissioners a request for an easement on county-owned parcel PID #1490 on Clover Street. As the item was simply a request, no motion was made, but the commissioners expressed their approval for the easement. The appreciative owner of the parcel said she will talk with her attorneys and bring it back before the commissioners at a later date. Julie Johnston from Health & Human Services then requested the p...
Cathlamet Public Library presents an evening with James Dott and Robert Michael Pyle Saturday, Nov. 8 from 6-8 p.m. at the Pioneer Community Center (125 Columbia St.) for the season's fourth installment of Author Talk. The series features local area writers whose work has been published. James Dott will be highlighting his book "Touch Wood," a lyric field guide to trees. The poems of "Touch Wood" are elegies, narratives, and meditations on our tangled histories. Dott's poems provide a deeper...
Because the dates line up, The Eagle has decided to reprint events from 1975. Thank you to the Wahkiakum County Historical Society, volunteer Julie O’Neil and volunteer curator, genealogist and board member Kari Kandoll. Skamokawa News By Mrs. Howard Madden I fell down on the job the past couple of weeks and went gallivanting off to California with my daughters and sister, to the wedding of my nephew Stephen Grimm. Brought my mom back with me for a couple of weeks. Wednesday mom and I were lunch guests of the C.T. Wests. On Sunday we had the A...
I recently interviewed Heather Smith-Gillson for our 36th installment of Reader's Fave, a casual interview with someone who shares their favorite book. Heather is the owner of local thrift shop Sirendipity. Heather wanted to share "Handmade Greeting Cards" by author Maureen Crawford. "I want to make greeting cards for everyone," said Heather. "Whether for kids [or] adults, it was a way to start selling them, to make them available. A lady came into the shop and wanted a card, so I made her a...
To The Eagle, Thank you to everyone who responded Saturday to my house fire. The dispatchers, P.I. District 1, Cathlamet Fire & Ambulance, District 4, and my local department Skamokawa District 2 who were there ever so quickly. Jodie and Sheriff John Mason and Austin Smith for incident command; great job. To anyone I may have forgotten: my neighbors, Max Records, John Conner, and Jim Fritze. This was a heck of a way to have live-fire training. It was a group effort. Duncan and Pavo you were awesome! Kay Walters Skamokawa...
To The Eagle, As a sociologist and research scholar at Washington State University in Vancouver, I’ve lived in Cathlamet for five years, serving on the Wahkiakum Network Coalition Board, volunteering in the community garden, and raising my two children who attend Wahkiakum schools. During a research project at Lower Columbia College, I studied the Kathlamet and Wahkiakum tribes, whose villages were displaced when Captain James Birnie established Birnie’s Retreat, later renamed Cathlamet. These tribes became part of the Chinook Indian Nat...
As Veterans Day approaches Tuesday, Nov. 11, the following events and activities will be occurring locally to honor and celebrate our veterans. On Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 8-9, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Wahkiakum VFW Post 5297 will have a recruitment and fundraising booth at the Cathlamet Market. Depending on manpower, the Post may extend the days to Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 10-11 during the same hours. On Saturday, Nov. 8, there will be a Veterans Dinner hosted by the Our Savior Lutheran Church (549 State Route 409) and other organizations...
Do you need some social space away from work or home? The Cathlamet Public Library is offering the building space of the library as a social space for folks to gather, meet, and relax. It’s called the ‘Wednesday Club’, and the hours are 6-8 p.m. Library services are not available during this time, but pretty much everything else is within the building. Need a place to visit with friends? How about a place just to sit and read? Or maybe you want to sit and talk while working leisurely on a jigsaw puzzle. Maybe just sit and listen to some quiet...
In collaboration with Tsuga Gallery and the annual Tree Lighting and Lighted Parade event, the Cathlamet Public Library will be providing gingerbread house kits for children to build and decorate for display at the library and various businesses in town. The gingerbread house kits will be available at the library Saturday, November 22nd during open hours. And a big Thank you to the Library Foundation group, who when hearing the need for purchase of these kits, stepped-forward and provided 40 gingerbread house kits to the library. Their quick...
When Wahkiakum Community Network's coalition coordinator arrived at Wahkiakum High School on a crisp autumn morning, Mrs. Elsa Clark was preparing a biology lesson in which students build edible cells. Like so many in our rural community, Mrs. Clark wears many hats: she teaches biology, honors geometry, kindergarten music, serves as the K–12 homeschool liaison-and still finds time for her favorite subject: high school art. Mrs. Clark began her career as a paraeducator and has now spent 10 years...
Your local Amateur Radio Club, callsign N7WAH, meets regularly on Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the River Street Emergency Operations Center (25 River St., Suite D) in Cathlamet. The club is starting monthly evening meetings as well and will be meeting the second Monday of each month at the River Street E.O.C., starting at 6 p.m. and running to 7:30 p.m. The first meeting will be Monday, Nov. 10, with an introduction to the club's roles in E.O.C. operations. If time permits, the group will also...
