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

Twice a year the Mule wrestlers take on the weather and the roads to head east of the mountains and test the eastern competition. This year's first trip was to Pomeroy. The weekend started with mix and matches on Friday night verses various eastern s...

The Wahkiakum Lady Mules captured the KM Trophy December 27 with a 53-35 win over the visiting Naselle Comettes. The Mules outscored the Comettes 18-5 to break open a close game. Haylee Budd led the Mules with 19 points; Katie Green led the Comettes...

Saturday's game with Toutle Lake at Wahkiakum High School will be a doubleheader. Varsity teams will play in the high school, and junior varsities will play in the middle school. At 5:45, girls JV will play in the middle school gym and boys varsity...

NEW YEAR--Here it is: My first column of a new year and onto my 19th year to boot. It seems like yesterday! What a year this has been and with never a dull moment. I guess that's why it went by so fast. Once again we had early deadlines this week,...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 24-- 10:41 a.m. An alarm monitoring company reported that a burglary alarm had been activated at a Main...

Elder Options offers Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training course Elder Options/Care Careers Academy is offering a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training course beginning in mid-January. CNA training allows graduates to work in nursing...

 On December 13th, 2012, Nils Theodore Newbom finished his great hunt. Born in 1941, he was the son of Ted and Helen Newbom (Cruikshank). He grew up in Redmond, Washington and attended Redmond High School.  Nils lived with his wife Carol an...

Craig B. Haataia, 41, died at his Naselle, Washington residence on December 24, 2012 of natural causes. Craig was born in Longview, Washington on June 10, 1971, the son of Gilbert and Sarah (Lorton) Haataia. He was proud of his Quinault Indian and...

Many of us are familiar with Julia Butler Hansen, Cathlamet businesswoman, state legislator and United States congresswoman, and namesake of the diminutive white house at the corner of Main and Butler in Cathlamet. The more historically inclined...

Wahkiakum County commissioners reorganized and handled a light agenda of business to start 2013 at their meeting yesterday (Wednesday). Newly elected Commissioner Mike Backman joined the board; he replaces Lisa Marsyla who didn't run for re-election...

Here are some of the news highlights that we covered in 2012. One may conclude that the more things change, they more they stay the same: There's always something going on in Wahkiakum County and Naselle. January Judy Bright, administrator of...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM Estate of: No. 12-4-00017-1 RICHARD J. ELKINTON, NON PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.42.030) The notice agents named below have elected to give notice to...

NOTICE OF REGISTRATION DEADLINES NASELLE-GRAYS RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT #155 ELECTION FEBRUARY 12, 2013  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, a special election will be held in the above named School district for the...

Working outside in this cold weather isn’t much fun, yet wintertime projects at the Fairgrounds continue to be planned and completed. One of our projects is to fix all the little problems some of our buildings have acquired over the years. The h...

Lisa Marsyla's last week at work as a Wahkiakum County commissioner was quiet. The board held their final meeting of 2012 on December 26, and it would have been the final meeting for Marsyla as a commissioner, for she didn't seek re-election....

My apologies to the readers for not having a column in last week. Thank you to those who called to see if everything was okay with us. We are fine, but it was a very busy time for me, so unfortunately I didn’t get a column written. I hope everyone h...