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

Mule Wrestlers participated in the Beach Brawl tournament in Ilwaco on Saturday. This was the last regular season tournament for the team. WIAA has set a 33 match limit during the regular season and some of the wrestlers were almost there. This puts...

CRISPY--Monday morning of this week saw a few snow flakes falling around our house but it didn't stick around long, but on Tuesday morning, the frost is so thick that it looks like it snowed, and I was told a few flakes actually showed up in a...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: January 27 –9:44 a.m. A caller reported finding a piece of a floating dock. 2:10 p.m. The Cathlamet...

Starting Feb. 3, Washington State Department of Transportation crews will be doing some heavy cleaning on three steel bridges in Cowlitz and Lewis counties. The State Route 4 Peter Crawford, State Route 433 Lewis and Clark, and the northbound...

Anticipating a strong return of spring chinook salmon, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon on January 29 set the initial 2014 fishing season to run through April 7 on the lower Columbia River. Starting March 1, anglers fishing downriver from...

The Cathlamet Channel in southwest Washington is about to become the state’s second off-channel or select area commercial gill-net fishery. In a state that has few potential off-channel sites for rearing and fishing on the lower Columbia River, this...

Biologists looking into the cause of hoof rot disease in elk need to consider new options, Wahkiakum County Commissioner Dan Cothren said this week. Cothren, an avid hunter, was instrumental in getting the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife t...

Following the winter hiatus, Friends of Skamokawa at Redmen Hall will reopen Saturday, March 1 with its popular antique sale. Consignments will be accepted at the hall, 1394 W. SR 4 in Skamokawa, from noon until 4 p.m. on February 24 and 25. All...

This Saturday and Sunday, motorists and customers at the Cathlamet Market on Main Street and the Chevron Station on SR 4 will encounter volunteer firefighters and emergency responders in uniform asking for donations for the Kiwanis Doernbecher...

Wahkiakum County is looking for persons interested in serving on the Agricultural Tax Advisory Committee. According to an announcement from the office of the board of county commissioners, this committee represents the active farming community...

By a 2-1 vote, Wahkiakum County commissioners approved Assessor Bill Coon's request to increase his part-time appraiser/deputy to a full-time appraiser. Coons has brought the request to the board of commissioners several times, and Tuesday, he...

To The Eagle: Our President has set the precedent for a new world wide immigration policy. If an Adobe Photoshop forged birth certificate is good enough for the leader of the free world who is concurrently the leader of the world’s most powerful n...

School levies seem to be a part of life. Despite appropriations from the state for the costs of basic education, school districts still need to ask voters to tax themselves to cover expenses that state funds don't cover. And this Tuesday is election...

More frosty mornings and probably cold, cold daytime temperatures for the next few days. Make sure you are prepared for the freezing nights, possible frozen water pipes and make sure your pets are warm and safe. News from Naselle: Sports calendar...

Greetings from the Sheriff. Here again to share some news and updates from the WCSO. We are happy to say we once again have a deputy at the Johnson Park substation on Tuesdays from 3-5 p.m. If you need to fill out an accident report, vacation house...

The public is invited to attend a community forum to gather ideas for the expenditure of approximately $4.3 million of federal funds over the next five years. The funds are to be used to improve housing and for community projects that serve...

Online resources are available for Washington homeowners facing foreclosure. The Foreclosure Fairness Act, passed in 2011, was designed to help homeowners and their lenders explore possible alternatives to foreclosure and reach a resolution when...

The following students made the Seattle Pacific University 2013 Autumn Quarter Dean’s List: Alan Michael Erickson of Rosburg and Madeline Grace Rooklidge of Cathlamet. Students on the Dean's List have completed at least 12 credits and attained a 3...