Wahkiakum Port District No. 1 commissioners want to see if something can be done about the state of Cathlamet Channel. Earlier this spring, the Coast Guard removed almost all the navigational buoys in the channel, saying the area is no longer safe...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners heard reports from the foremen of the utility’s water and electric departments during their May 8 meeting. At the commissioners’ request, the two department heads have begun to regularly report to the board about the...

Wahkiakum Port District No. 1 commissioners gained land and tenants when they met Tuesday night. In addition to authorizing a lease agreement with Drop Anchor Brewery, LLC to site a brewery and tasting room on port property, the commissioners...

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...

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...

Wahkiakum County commissioners met with Columbia Land Trust (CLT) staff Tuesday afternoon for an update on CLT’s local land stewardship work. The workshop focused on four projects: Gorley Farm/Upper Grays River, Kandoll Farm, Upper Elochoman, and I...

Because board member Tony Boyce submitted his resignation on March 13, Wahkiakum School District directors are searching for someone to replace him on the five-seat board. Any community member can nominate a candidate for the position by calling the...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners acted on a surplus vehicle request, a water contract with the town, and discussed other business at a brief meeting Tuesday morning. They later attended the county commissioners’ meeting to hear a presentation from a D...

In a 2-1 vote last Thursday night, Port District No. 1 commissioners approved moving forward with construction of a rental building at Elochoman Marina to lease to Drop Anchor Brewery, a newly-formed LLC with local investors. With Commissioner Larry...

In a 2-1 vote Thursday night, Port District No. 1 commissioners approved moving forward with construction of a rental building at Elochoman Marina to lease to Drop Anchor Brewery, a newly-formed LLC with local investors. With Commissioner Larry...

Wahkiakum Port District #1 commissioners met March 6 for further conversation with the partners of the Drop Anchor Brewery. Richard Erickson, Steve Sharp, and Andy Lea attended the meeting representing the brewery. Lea explained to the commissioners...

Wahkiakum PUD is making progress in its efforts to correct financial reporting deficiencies identified during a review by the state auditor’s office last year. In the report issued last April, the auditors wrote: “The District’s internal contr...

A local resident reported finding human skeletal remains near Brookfield on February 21. According to Wahkiakum County Sheriff Mark Howie, the man was hiking along a trail near the Columbia River when he saw what appeared to be human bones. He left...

Is a local microbrewery on the horizon? At Monday’s Port District #1 meeting, a group of 10 local investors represented by Cathlamet businessman Richard Erickson presented a proposal to port commissioners to site a microbrewery on port-owned p...

Wahkiakum School District’s board of directors approved a policy on Tuesday night prohibiting the use, possession, or distribution of marijuana on school district property and also discussed the payment of transportation costs for summer extracurricu...

Wahkiakum PUD Manager Dave Tramblie will not receive a bonus in appreciation for his stewardship of the PUD’s $2.3 million substation construction project that was completed last month. The project was originally projected to cost $3 million but s...

Wahkiakum PUD’s new substation is now in operation, Wahkiakum PUD commissioners learned at a Tuesday meeting. Manager Dave Tramblie told the commissioners that the substation’s transformer was first energized two weeks ago. “We put load on it a wee...

Wahkiakum school board members don't want pot at school. State law prohibits tobacco possession on school district buildings and grounds, including use by spectators at sporting events. However, that law was put in place long before Washington voters...

PUD commissioners voted to discontinue evening meetings in western Wahkiakum County during their January 15 meeting. Hoping to ease travel and time constraints preventing Western Wahkiakum Water System (WWWS) customers from attending morning meetings...

Port District No. 1 commissioners approved raises for port management during their January 10 meeting. The commissioners approved resolutions authorizing 2.5 percent salary increases for Port Manager Jackie Lea and Assistant Port Manager Abe York....

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners met January 2 for their first meeting of 2013. The commissioners approved payment of a $14,000 voucher to the Department of Revenue (DOR) for back taxes. A DOR audit in fall 2012 determined that the utility owed the state...

Wahkiakum County commissioners had resolutions to consider creating new positions in county departments when the board met Wednesday. Sheriff Mark Howie has created a sergeant's position for the sheriff's department, and Public Works Director Pete Ri...

Wahkiakum County PUD commissioners met December 18 for a brief meeting. PUD manager Dave Tramblie apprised the commissioners of the current status of water contract negotiations with the Town of Cathlamet. Tramblie said he had received data he had...

The season won’t be set until the end of January, but people are already making reservations to stay at the Elochoman Marina during spring Chinook salmon season, Port Manager Jackie Lea told port commissioners at a December 13 meeting. In p...

Oneida Road residents have a beaver to thank for a November 29 power outage, PUD Line Crew Foreman Shane Pfenniger reported to the PUD’s commissioners at a brief December 4 meeting. When the line crew isolated the outage to its point of origin, t...