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

The Adna Pirates took on the Wahkiakum Mules and their new passing offense last Friday and left Cathlamet with a 28-7 victory. The Mules, a traditionally run-oriented offensive team, ran the ball 12 times and passed for 38. They moved the ball at...

LITTLE MOISTURE--While some folks didn't see any rain as this week began, it was definitely wet in the early hours of Sunday and Monday mornings in West Valley. Luckily it dried up fairly quickly on Sunday and while it was a little breezy, it was...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 31--7:26 a.m. A caller reported illegal dumping along Hull Creek Road and a possible suspect was later ide...

On September 11, an exhibit of quilts by the River City Strippers - a Wahkiakum County based quilters group - will open at Redmen Hall. This will be a celebration of their 10th anniversary as a group, having started with 11 members in February 2000,...

Ronald E. Nelson, 72, died at his Naselle residence September 4, 2010. Born in Longview he grew up in Woodland where he lettered in three sports at Woodland High School and played football at Lower Columbia College in Longview. Ron worked in banking...

Former Long Beach resident Ken Lentz, 72, died in Cathlamet on September 1, 2010. The son of Walter and Clara (Halsey) Lentz, he was born in Oak Grove, Mo, on June 19, 1938. He lived in southern California for a time before moving to Skamokawa to be...

Jerrold Samuel Florek, 51, of Cathlamet, passed away September 3, 2010 as the result of a logging accident. He was born August 4, 1959 to Joseph, Sr. and Corliss (Sotka) Florek in Longview. Jerrold attended school in Cathlamet and graduated in 1977...

Longtime local resident, James Rainey, 63, passed away September 4, 2010 at St. John Medical Center in Longview. He was born February 6, 1947 in Tillamook, Ore. to Douglas and Jennie (Crivella) Rainey. He attended school in Grays River and Naselle....

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners and management met September 7 to discuss policies and hear updates on ongoing projects. Ken Ruche, who owns a house on Covered Bridge Road, attended the meeting to comment on the PUD’s deposit policy. Ruche said his f...

The Naselle/Grays River Valley School District has settled a suit which two men had filed over alleged violations for the state Open Public Meetings Act. Steve R. Gacke and Stephen Sultemeier filed the suit last May against the district and...

A Cathlamet Marine is one of a group of veterans bringing peace of mind to fellow veterans through a program centered on fly fishing. A lot of veterans are coming back now from Iraq and Afghanistan with amputations, disabilities and post-traumatic...

The state Department of Ecology has recommended that the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners reject a proposed ordinance to govern the application of biosolids in the county. In a September 2 letter to the commissioners, Ecology's State...

Dikes along Seal Slough in western Wahkiakum County are eroding faster than thought and need immediate attention, officials from the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District said Tuesday. According to Delvin Fredrickson, a member of the enhancement...

Wahkiakum County commissisoners approved a week-long, daytime closure of the Grays River Covered Bridge and acted on other business when they met Tuesday. The bridge may be closed 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday of next week as the county...

Wahkiakum County residents on Tuesday urged the county board of commissioners to adopt an ordinance regulating the application of biosolids on land in the county. Commissioners Blair Brady, Dan Cothren and Lisa Marsyla listed to the public input and...

Depending on your point-of-view, we are faced with another important public official running unopposed for the forthcoming November election in Wahkiakum County. Public records indicate the incumbent District Court Judge has been in public service...

To The Eagle: I woke up to a rainy Tuesday morning and needed an inside activity for a while. I had read and heard that Wahkiakum County now has real property data "on-line." I tried it for a while. A lot of other folks need try it and provide...

To The Eagle: The rainy season has barely begun, and we are already drowning -- in bureaucracy. All floods, real or allegorical, start with trickles. A friend of ours desires to develop waterfront property in Cathlamet and is told by Fish and...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY MARCELLA KRAFT NO. 10-2-00029-1 Plaintiff, SUMMONS v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF OTTO SALME AND HELGA SALME, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ESA POUTTU AND SOPHIA POUTTU, JACOB MEHTONEN AND JANE DOE...

Notice of Trustee's Sale Pursuant To the Revised Code of Washington 61 24 et seq File No 2008 116415 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee RECONTRUST COMPANY on September 17 2010 at 01:00 PM At the front entrance to the County Courthous...

File No.: 7037.06695 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Chase Home Finance LLC Grantee: Delvin L. Fredrickson and Trudy Lee Fredrickson as Trustees of The Delvin L. Fredrickson and Trudy Lee Fredrickson Revocable Living trust dated July 28, 2...

It's going to be a busy fall. Our county board of commissioners will act on an ordinance to regulate the application of biosolids--treated human waste--this month. If they adopt it, and I'll bet they will, it could send the county into court with...

News from Naselle: Fall football started out with a win for the Naselle Comets against Ilwaco last Friday with a score of 24-0. Good job Comets. Sports coming up this week: Thursday, the 9th –volleyball at Ilwaco at 5:45 p.m.; Friday, the 10th...