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

Recycling in Wahkiakum County is as easy as one, two, and three. There are several bins in the county that collect items from plastic to newspaper to cardboard. Jay Alexander, manager of Peninsula Sanitation in Ilwaco, said this year there is a new b...

At the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday, Wahkiakum School Superintendent Bob Garrett announced tickets for Saturday’s crab feed have been sold out; however, raffle tickets are still available. Tickets are one dollar apiece and can b...

Wahkiakum PUD Manager Dave Tramblie on Tuesday informed the board of the Puget Island Diking District’s intent to start dredging the area on Grove Slough. Bonneville Power Administration has agreed to offset some of the district's construction costs...

While it may be too late to make that New Year’s Resolution to lose weight, it’s never too late to decide to get healthy. That was the number one reason Puget Island resident Mike Backman lost the weight. One morning in November 2007, Mike was buy...

Now a chiropractor, former Naselle Youth Camp resident Adam Lopez was one of many to urge state officials to maintain funding for the camp at a community meeting last Wednesday in Naselle. Photo by Sunny Manary. Forty some years ago, the citizens of...

A brainstorming event that included area landowners, Conservation District supervisors and concerned citizens was held February 2 at Skamokawa Methodist Church. The concern of serious area flooding was the consensus of problems facing Wahkiakum Count...

The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Directors met this week to discuss a variety of topics ranging from wind farms to energy assistance. Jim Oakley, Senior Members Relations Representative for Energy Northwest spoke to the board about wind energy. At...

On Sunday, the Appelo Archive Center opened the C.A and Agnes Appelo Memorial Library in Naselle. The center, owned by the Wahkiakum Community Foundation, rents the space for the library. Foundation President Linda Elliott said the room used to be...

A Colorado company is searching for signs of natural gas in Wahkiakum County. Venoco Inc. plans to drill four test wells in the Skamokawa area. The company started drilling on two on January 2. It should take 4-5 weeks to drill to the 7,000 foot targ...

The possible Naselle Youth Camp closure was the main issue at the Naselle-Grays River School Board meeting January 20. Superintendent Alan Bennett said if the camp were to close, there would be a major change in staff in the district. At a recent...

In the first meeting of the new year, members of the Wahkiakum School Board heard a presentation from Seattle NW Securities about a bond refinance. In 2000, community members approved a bond that would remodel the grade school. The board is...

Monday’s power outage was due to a tree down in Rainier, Oregon, PUD Manager Dave Tramblie reported this week. The power was restored quickly and no crews were needed, he said. During the floods earlier this month, he said, crews noticed s...

The Wahkiakum PUD board of commissioners has passed a resolution adopting the 2009 budgets for the district's electrical and water systems. The gross revenue for electrical is $3,523,000, for the Puget Island Water System; $302,950, and for the...

November 20 marks the 33rd annual Great American Smokeout. The day originated in the early 1970s and in 1976 became a nationwide challenge. The event is always held the third Thursday of November and the purpose is to encourage smokers to kick the...

Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce President Sandi Benbrook Rieder told board members Tuesday that volunteers are needed to represent the county on the natural heritage of the area and the Southwest Washington Tourism Board. Anyone who is interested...

There is no longer an excuse to not work out in Wahkiakum County. Dave Gehrman and Julie Fritsch have opened “The Cathlamet Gym” on Main Street and it is sure to please athletes and non athletes of all ages. Always the entrepreneur, Gehrman made his...

The housing market continues to be questionable in many areas of the United States; a survey of Wahkiakum County’s situation real estate business shows a range of opinion. Broker Kay Cochran of Lower Columbia Realty said that from January 2007 to l...

The Wahkiakum PUD board of commissioners met Tuesday to discuss a variety of topics. Monday’s county wide power outage was due to another utilities crew dropping a tree on a BPA 115 KV transmission line in the Vernonia area. The Town of Cathlamet h...

Representative Dean Takko met with members of diking district #4 to discuss future options for the group. Currently, the district has only one supervisor. Washington state law says, “Each special district shall be governed by a three-member g...

The Wahkiakum School Board met Monday night to discuss the future of the high school remodel project and other issues. Superintendent Bob Garrett told the board he learned from Doug Nichols of the Educational Service District the planned remodel...

Brown and Kysar Engineers Erik Kysar and Ryan McMaster presented the Wahkiakum PUD with a system planning study for the years 2009-2023 in the PUD commission’s general meeting Tuesday. The study was assembled by the firm as a planning tool for the u...

“Fight, Mules, Fight! We’re here to win tonight!,” yell the Wahkiakum Cheerleaders during a recent practice. The group of ten girls jump, scream and perform stunts to keep the crowd motivated during football and basketball seasons. The girls usually...

By next summer, Wahkiakum County will form a group to assist the community in case of a large scale emergency. The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is comprised of retired doctors and nurses and other health professionals that could help the county in cas...

“Don’t touch the bats!” That is the message from Health and Human Services Director Judy Bright. This year, there have been three reports of rabid bats in Wahkiakum County--one on Puget Island, one in Cathlamet, and one on the Westend. There has b...

The Wahkiakum PUD board of commissioners met Tuesday to discuss a variety of topics. PUD Lineman Shane Pfenniger gave the board an update on the boring machine the PUD purchased last summer. He explained how the equipment works and about the...