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

By Diana Zimmerman The Broadband Committee met Monday for an update from the Wahkiakum PUD on the project to provide broadband for the east side of Wahkiakum County. PUD General Manager David Tramblie said that the PUD had determined GPS coordinates...

The Wahkiakum PUD Board of Commissioners discussed recent outages, broadband, and a few other miscellaneous items at their meeting on Tuesday. General Manager Dave Tramblie said that a couple recent outages in Skamokawa and the Elochoman Valley had...

The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team split games this week to bring their record to 2-3 in league, 9-6 overall. The team traveled to Kalama last Wednesday and beat the Chinooks, 73-57. "We got off to a hot start on the road scoring 24 points in...

Wahkiakum High School wrestlers continue to bring home medals. On Friday the Lady Mules traveled to Longview for the R.A. Long Lumberjill tournament. Makayla Davis took first place in her division, and Jenna Mellis placed second in her class. On...

It’s a big year for the Wahkiakum County Auditor’s Office, as far as elections go. “In the first part of 2020, there are two elections right off the bat,” Deputy Auditor Kaelee Dearmore said. The February special election is for the school...

Captain Peter Wilcox, founding director of the Inside Passage Decarbonization Project spoke to the Wahkiakum County Port 1 Board of Commissioners about renewable diesel at their January meeting last Thursday. “We started this project...shifting to...

During the first weekend of the new year, 22 teams from all over southwest Washington and northwestern Oregon competed in a local youth basketball tournament organized by a local nonprofit organization for Wahkiakum Class of 2027 Girls Basketball....

The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team traveled to Winlock last Thursday and beat the Cardinals, 61-23. “It was nice to see the girls put some things into action that we have been working on in practice and play for a solid four quarters,...

The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday to listen to reports and to adopt two new resolutions. Commissioner Dennis Reid suggested that the current evaluation form for the general manager was too long and cumbersome. He said he...

Wahkiakum School District’s website has a whole new look. The address, http://wahksd.k12.wa.us/ , remains the same, but the new page is ADA compliant, can be read in several languages, is more informative, and can now be easily accessed by district...

The Wahkiakum County Commissioners met briefly on December 31 to tackle a few issues before the New Year. Puget Island resident Liz Beutler asked for an update on beach nourishment for Pancake Point. “It’s the first of the year, so we’ve got...

The Wahkiakum Mule wrestling team traveled to North Beach last weekend for the Brawl at the Beach. Jamil Dimaano and Braxton Johns took first place in their respective weight classes. Cayden Mendez took third in his division. Jenna Mellis won her...

Dozens of animals were seized from a Skamokawa property belonging to Wahkiakum County Engineer Paul Lacy and his wife, Daria, in December. “Our primary mission was to get the animals out of there,” said Sheriff Mark Howie. There was over a foot...

The Wahkiakum Mules basketball teams traveled to eastern Washington late last week to participate in a two day Colton Tourney. The boys came home with two wins, and the girls split games, losing to a perennially tough Colton team. The boys opened...

Newly elected School Board Director Patty Anderson was welcomed at the Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors meeting last Thursday, which was moved up from Dec. 24 because of the Christmas holiday. Anderson and Director Paula Culbertson, who...