Wahkiakum PUD commissioners met Tuesday to hear public comments on proposed water rate increases for Puget Island and Westend customers and to take action regarding their membership in the Washington PUD Association (WPUDA). Puget Island resident...

Wahkiakum PUD staff will soon announce the criteria for eligible customers to apply to participate in a study that will install heat pump water heaters in homes in order to monitor their energy efficiency. At the end of the 12 month program,...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners and management discussed proposed water rate increases at their meeting June 1. Manager Dave Tramblie asked the board to come to a consensus about the proposed rate increases so that rate hearings could be scheduled for...

The Board of Commissioners of Wahkiakum Port District 1 met May 13 to approve maintenance projects and to open bids for a surplus equipment sale. Blair Peterson had the winning bid for a surplus gangway. He outbid three others at $306. Assistant...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners spent the bulk of their May 18 meeting discussing water rates. PUD Auditor Erin Wilson presented proposals for rate increases for water system customers on both sides of K.M. Mountain. For the Western Wahkiakum Water...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners and staff discussed system maintenance and upgrades at their meeting on May 4. PUD Manager Dave Tramblie reported a contractor had completed an infrared survey of the electrical system and found the connector that serves...

Naselle school board members heard comments from a large audience of community members, staff, and students at their meeting on April 20. Naselle resident Steve Gacke proposed amending the minutes of the March 16 board meeting to reflect comments...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners discussed property acquisition, a proposed biosolid waste disposal site, and possible rate increases for water customers at their meeting on April 20. PUD Attorney Tim Hanigan announced the PUD closed on their purchase of...

Hancock Forest Management, Inc. has discontinued negotiations with Wahkiakum Port District 1 to sell a portion of Hancock’s log sorting yard along SR 4 to the port for redevelopment into a business park. Lower Columbia Economic Development Council E...

Architects Without Borders (AWB) volunteers from Portland returned to Cathlamet Saturday to present their initial design concepts for the Cathlamet Town Hall / Library building and surrounding property. Eight members of AWB visited Cathlamet in...

PUD commissioners and management discussed an ongoing permit application for a treated biosolid waste disposal site in Grays River and an upcoming repair project at their meeting Tuesday. Manager Dave Tramblie shared that a malfunctioning valve on...

At the March 11th Port District1 meeting, Lower Columbia Economic Development Council Executive Director David Goodroe reported on the status of the port’s grant funding applications for development of a business park at a former industrial site a...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners discussed a proposed project to bring treated solid waste to western Wahkiakum County and other topics at their meeting on March 2. Commissioner Esther Gregg reported that a recent legal notice published in the Wahkiakum...

Commissioners of Wahkiakum PUD once again discussed their one percent interest in the Packwood Dam at their meeting on February 16 and listened to their Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) account executive and staff present on the possible...

Wahkiakum Port District No. 2 commissioners held the rates and fees hearing for public comment on February 16 and approved the rates and fees for 2010 as well as dealing with port and park operations. Cape Horn resident Richard Erickson, who...

Wahkiakum Port District #1 commissioners listened to a proposal about installing security cameras and discussed the Cathlamet Yacht Club’s (CYC) reciprocal moorage agreement with the port at a meeting on February 11. Port Manager Jackie Lea i...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners discussed several items relating to western Wahkiakum County utility customers at their February 2 meeting, including hearing public comments on a potential grant application to fund expansion of a water system west of...

Wahkiakum Public Utility District commissioners discussed a variety of issues at their January 19 meeting. Auditor Erin Wilson asked the commissioners about limiting the number of eligible refrigerators per household for a decommissioning rebate...

Naselle school board members discussed the coming school levy vote, current scenarios about the future of the Naselle Youth Camp, and other matters at a January 19 meeting. During the public comment session, Naselle resident Steve Gacke detailed his...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners and staff met January 5 to discuss weather, wind turbines, and other matters. December’s cold spell caused record peak consumption for Cathlamet and vicinity and a correspondingly high transmission bill from the Bonneville...

School, staff, and board members received accolades at the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District board meeting on October 20. Dr. Diana Gilsinger, Phi Delta Kappa chapter president for Washington and deputy superintendent for Battle Ground...

The race for Naselle – Grays River Valley School Board Director Position #2 is heating up. Rosburg resident Mike Queener filed last June to run for incumbent Nancy McGuire’s position after McGuire declined to run for reelection. Two weeks a...

Naselle’s students won a coveted honor from education officials in Washington D.C. last week, but new state graduation requirements for math will place pressure on students to continue their quest for academic excellence. Last week the Department of...

The Naselle School Board of Directors appointed Dr. Rick Pass of Astoria to a one year contract as superintendent at their meeting on August 26. Pass assumed his position August 31, three days before students return to school on September 3. The...

Naselle-Grays River Valley school board members have met together several times since Superintendent Alan Bennett submitted a letter of resignation to the board at a meeting held August 18. At that meeting, the board tabled a motion to accept...