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

The Mules will be heading to central Washington this weekend as they clinched a berth to regionals with four wins this past week. Facing elimination following their second loss of the season to seventh-seeded Winlock, the third-seeded Mules found...

Submitted by Coach Matt Stacey Wahkiakum wrestling has a tradition; all state placers get a banner on the wrestling room wall. There are banners from earlier wrestlers such as Nabor Mendez, and a banner for our 2012 champion, Blayne Edwards. The...

NOT ALL BAD--Our weekend weather wasn't totally bad, although it certainly was not as nice as last Thursday’s wonderful sunshine! For those traveling to basketball games, it was either nice and dry or pouring down rain. While I preferred the dry p...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 11—7:15 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a 13-year-old female with breathing...

Bonnie Ellis has been chosen as the Wahkiakum Lions February Student of The Month. Bonnie and her parents attended the groups's February 18 meeting where she received a check and a certificate to acknowledge her acheivement. Bonnie is the daughter...

Stanley Burns Green, 83, of Cathlamet, died February 18 at the Hospice Care Center in Longview. He was born to William Gordon Green and Carrie Marie (Burns) Green of Terre Haute, Indiana on November 10, 1929. Stanley graduated from San Diego State...

Raymond Arnold Wood, 60, of Cathlamet, died February 17, 2013 at his residence. Services will be held March 16, 2 p.m. at the Heritage Bible Church on Puget Island. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....

Open Mic Night at The Oasis  Next month marks the beginning of the new “Open Mic Nights” at the Oasis Tavern in Skamokawa. The first night is scheduled for Sunday, March 3rd and is open to anyone aged 21 and older. If you’re interested in playin...

Wahkiakum School District’s board of directors approved a policy on Tuesday night prohibiting the use, possession, or distribution of marijuana on school district property and also discussed the payment of transportation costs for summer extracurricu...

Wahkiakum PUD Manager Dave Tramblie will not receive a bonus in appreciation for his stewardship of the PUD’s $2.3 million substation construction project that was completed last month. The project was originally projected to cost $3 million but s...

Port District 2 will soon have a new office at Skamokawa Vista Park. A contractor delivered a park model cabin on Tuesday. Once the building is set up, port staff will use it for an office. Port commissioners hope to construct a stick built building...

Diking District 4 Commissioner Maurice Mooers and two federal agencies remain as far apart as ever in agreeing on a plan to replace the Steamboat Slough Dike. The Columbia River is eroding the dike, and geotechnical engineers say a breach is...

The Cathlamet Town Council on Tuesday voted to offer the Helping Hand Food Bank a site in Erickson Park to locate a new building for the food bank. Helping Hand administrators had requested the town lease a lot at the corner of 2nd and Beal streets,...

To The Eagle:  I’m engaged in an effort to convince our state Legislature to exempt rural school districts from high-cost state prevailing wage requirements. Such an exemption would save our school district $2 million (or more) on an $8 m...

To The Eagle: The volunteers and officers of Grays River Valley Fire and Rescue District #3 would like to thank Wahkiakum West for its generous donation of funds to purchase audiovisual equipment for the new Grays River Fire Hall. As many of you...

To The Eagle: Hello. My name is Sam Okawa (get it?) and I'm an elderly Anatolian shepherd (dog) who moved here about four years ago. I read with interest Kay Chamberlain's piece in last Thursday's Eagle because my home and Ursula (my "person") were...

File No.: 7037.76260 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-3 Grantee: Alan Justice, A Married Man As His Sole...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Wahkiakum County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room on the 3rd floor of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64...

 The first raffle ticket for the Valentine Diamond Dinner grand prize was drawn and set to the side to keep everyone in suspense! Kay Chamberlain and Phil Vik then announced and drew the winners of the other multiple raffle prizes we had for...

News from Naselle: Naselle students will have Winter Break beginning next Wednesday. They will return to classes on March 4. Other news from the Westend: The Grays River United Methodist Church’s Friendship Circle will be serving their Stew Lunch &...

The following Naselle High School students were selected as students of the month by staff during December and January for displaying the character traits of ambition and kindness to others. Emily Bjornsgard and Grace Zimmerman were selected for...

Cathlamet resident Stanley Everman will turn 96 on February 21, 2013. A birthday celebration was enjoyed by family members at the Cathlamet Congregational Church on February 17, and later that day 14 members of the Davis/Everman family shared a meal...