Last Saturday, the Wahkiakum Mule wrestling team traveled to their last regular season tournament of the year, the Rubber Chicken at Kalama. The Chicken had doubled in size this year to a 16 man tournament with such power house schools as Kelso JV,...

Yannik Kruetter finished off Tuesday night’s decisive fourth quarter with an emphatic dunk, and Wyatt Parker erupted for a season-high 35 points as the Mules rolled to a 72-56 victory over the visiting Mossyrock Vikings. The Mules played at a f...

The Wahkiakum Lady Mule basketball team won one game and lost another in tight Central League basketball this past week. The Mules turned on the defensive pressure in the second half and overcame a four-point deficit to defeat the Winlock Cardinals 5...

DOMINATING WEATHER--Once again the weather has been the dominant source of conversation as the snow began to melt, the lowland areas began to flood and the wind began to howl, which meant trees were coming down, slides were happening here and there...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 16--9:17 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Jacobson Road resident who was very ill. 11:08...

Thomas J. West passed away January 8, 2012 in Bend, Ore. due to complications from pneumonia. He was 71 years old. He was born in Portland, Ore. on June 7, 1940 to C.T. and Helen (Kreifels) West. His family moved from Tigard, Ore. to Skamokawa when...

Lila Irene Garrison, 88, of Tigard, Ore. passed away on January 24, 2012, at home. She was born to Elmo and Erma (Lee) Dow on August 18,1923 in Nehalem, Ore. Her family moved to Puget Island when she was very young. She attended school in Cathlamet...

The Wahkiakum School Board reviewed a policy prepared by athletic staff regarding dual sport participation, learned of an incident of drug abuse at school, and conducted routine business at its meeting Monday. The board learned that five high school...

Wahkiakum County government should expect to see about $1 million per year for the next three years in revenue off state managed county trust timber land. The revenue from the timber sales is a major part of the revenue for the county's Current...

On Thursday, January 12, the Washington House Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee held a hearing to examine Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal to cut 4,000 families off of the Working Connections Child Care program for a savings of $50 m...

Wahkiakum County commissioners learned Tuesday that proceeds from a Puget Island farm seized from a marijuana grower are carefully governed. The county acquired the six acre property on East Birnie Slough Road last fall after its owner became the...

Wahkiakum County commissioners decided Tuesday to search of an interim director for the county's Department of Health and Human Services. Former Director Judy Bright resigned effective the beginning of January, and commissioners have been seeking...

To The Eagle: A few of Howard Brawn's national management suggestions might be difficult to achieve. However, his comments “Rocks thrown at wrong target” (The Eagle 9/29/11) were on target and deserve some suggestions to address a solution. The app...

To The Eagle: The readers of The Eagle were treated to a pithy reply with wonderful humor, to my rebuttal of a previous letter. I found humor even in the not meant to be humorous, hence this letter. I did by the way send Mr. Brawn a thank you card...

To The Eagle: In the past year, the Daily News has had numerous letters referring to the disregard local PUDs have for the payers. The management style seems to be in the image of ENRON. The most telling was at a meeting of Public Utility District...

To The Eagle: I would like to encourage parents, teachers and community members to attend the Principal's Round Table tonight (Thursday) at 6 p.m. in room 101 of the John C. Thomas Middle School. We will be discussing online safety, cyberbullying and...

To The Eagle: It seems past time to admit that our economic system does not work. Sufficient assets can carry some of us over cyclic economic depressions but for many of us, these cycles have tragic consequences. We have lost jobs while needing to...

COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON FRANCHISE APPLICATION FILED BY WESTERN WAHKIAKUM TELEPHONE COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Western Wahkiakum Telephone Company has filed with the Board of County Commissioners for Wahkiakum County,...

NOTICE OF EXISTENCE OF SMALL WORKS ROSTER AND SOLICITATION FOR CONTRACTORS FOR INCLUSION ON SUCH ROSTER PORT DISTRICT NO. 2 OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Commissioners of Port District No. 2 of Wahkiakum...

STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY YAKIMA, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO ENTER GROUNDWATER RIGHT G4-23992(A)C INTO THE WASHINGTON STATE TRUST WATER PROGRAM TAKE NOTICE: Pursuant to RCW 90.03.380 and RCW 90.42.040(5)(a) be advised that...

Well, back to the lake in our field and driving through inches of water to get out to the highway. It’s not all bad though. We have seen swans for the first time in years, and the usual flocks of duck and geese, as well as blue herons wading in t...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture grant papers for our new bleachers have been signed by all the appropriate people and Mr. Chuck Beyer told me I can order the bleachers! After an email to the company representative I think I may wait a...

The Washington state legislature is poised to pass a law recognizing marriages of same gender couples. Governor Chris Gregoire got the ball rolling before the state of the current legislative session when she said she would sponsor the legislation....