Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Winter storms in western Washington counties exceeded typical crop losses that normally occur due to adverse weather, this year. The severe weather caused significant physical damage to farm structures, equipment, orchard trees, berry plants, etc., according to Mark S. Turner, Farm Service Agency Loan Manager for Western Washington. As a result, FSA Administrator Teresa Lasseter determined that the federal agency will make emergency loans available to farmers in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific and Thurston counties and the surrounding counties of...
The honor roll as announced by Wahkiakum High School last week includes full time students grades 9-12 (3.25 or above) for the second quarter ending January 25. The following students earned a 4.0: Charlotte Didden, Jasmine Bingham, Amanda Collier, and Jordyn Wirkkala. 9th Grade: Halie Boyce, Katie Brown, Evelyn Clark, Cole Claussen, Ashlenn Coleman, Jewell Dyer, Ashley Helms, Chris Hokkanen, Bryce McClain, Cody Olsen, Rebecka Patching, Madeline Rooklidge, Zac Schneider, Michanne Sealund, Erin Turner, Andrew Weiler, and Cassie Wright. 10th...
The Washington Department of Transportation is still working on the final easements to stabilize a slope just east of Stella at Milepost 50.9 on SR 4. The site has had single lane traffic regulated by a stoplight since the unstable slope was discovered in December. DOT engineer Denys Tak said Tuesday that his office hopes to resolve the easement issues soon; they have put the contracts to do the work out to bid and hope to have a contract ready to sign in early March. Crews have installed temporary fencing and a portable traffic signal at the...
Public health officials in multiple states and the CDC are investigating a large outbreak of Salmonella Tennessee infections linked to consuming Great Value or Peter Pan Peanut Butter brands. Cowlitz County has four suspected cases involving the recalled peanut butter. Most people infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts four to seven days, and most people recover without treatment. The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are more...
Commissioners of Wahkiakum PUD gave final approval to the project to extend the Western Wahkiakum Water System when they met Tuesday. Consulting Engineer Mike Johnson of Gray and Osborne, Inc., told the board all conditions have been met. The only outstanding issue is a dispute between the contractor and a subcontractor that was headed into binding arbitration today (Thursday). Overall, the project cost $1.321 million and came in $140,000 under estimate, Johnson said. “This was a good project, well done,” said Commissioner Bob Jungers. In oth...
Two public forums planned for March 7 and 8, will focus on the National Heritage Area proposed for the gateway communities of the Columbia-Pacific region. Wahkiakum County will have a team of representatives attending the three day session. The public is invited to the sessions below. The first forum, "The Dollars and Sense of Protecting Community Character" will be led by Ed McMahon, of the Urban Land Institute on March 7 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial Street in Astoria. Participants will learn about the economic, soc...
Town of Cathlamet Attorney Bill Faubion proposed Tuesday the town adopt an ordinance regulating long term moorage in waters of the Columbia under town jurisdiction. The ordinance would allow boats, houseboats and other vessels to moor only seven days in a month, unless they were at a marina or a moorage owned by the owner of the vessel. The ordinance would also make it unlawful to use a vessel as a residence on the parts of the Columbia or its sloughs under town jurisdiction unless the vessel were moored at a marina or a dock belonging to the...
The Wahkiakum Community Network will have a Networking Cafe instead of its regular meeting March 5, 6 p.m., in the River Street Meeting Room, Cathlamet. The goal is to bring stakeholders and community prevention providers to one table for open dialog to encourage support, trust and skill building. The session will involve state Review of Community Efforts to increase understanding of publicly funded services available to the public. Services to be addressed include consolidated juvenile services, family preservation and support; Readiness to...
The Wahkiakum Mule boys basketball team reached the semifinals of the Southwest 2B Boys District Basketball Tournament with a 63-48 win over the White Pass Panthers last Saturday. They take on the Mossyrock Vikings tonight (Thursday), 8 p.m., in a semifinal game in Chehalis. The winner advances to the championship, 8 p.m. Saturday in Chehalis; the loser heads into the consolation bracket Friday to fight for one of remaining four district berths in the state tournament. The Mules beat White Pass twice in the regular season, and there wasn’t m...
The Wahkiakum Mule wrestling team brought home two state medals as Chris Mendez (160 lbs) and Brady Johns (135 lbs) both placed at Mat Classic XIX last week in Tacoma. The Mule contingent of seven wrestlers started competition Friday morning and let three matches slip away during round one, said Coach John Hannah. Johns and Mendez won their openers and advanced to the championship semi-finals. Kevin O’Connor (103 lbs), Jared McEntire (112 lbs), Joel Fudge (140 lbs), Jon Murphy (145 lbs), and James Lewis (152 lbs) all lost during round one. Duri...
Water soaked the walls and floor of the fair office, above, and the deck floated from the right side to the front. County commissioners this week authorized the replacement of the building. Wahkiakum County officials agreed Tuesday on first steps to address flood damage at the county fair grounds. Commissioners Dan Cothren and Tom Doumit authorized Interim Fair Manager Esther Gregg to hire four workers to begin cleaning, and they authorized her to partition off a temporary office in the T Building while officials search for a new building to...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners Dan Cothren and Tom Doumit approved two subdivisions, discussed meeting comportment and acted on other issues at their Tuesday meeting. Commissioner George Trott was ill and missed the meeting. The board approved the Howard’s View subdivision on Fern Hill Road and Hidden Creek No. 2 off Elochoman Valley Road. Howard’s View would subdivide 7.79 acres into six lots. An access road would be 575 feet, 75 feet longer than the maximum allowed in the county Subdivision Ordinance for a dead end road, so the permit inc...
Members of the Cathlamet Town Council acted on a variety of issues at their February 20 meeting. —Mayor Dick Swart will convene a meeting with town forester Bill Olsen and a Longview park tree specialist to discuss management of Erickson Park. Several large trees fell during the November and December storms, and Olsen has prepared a plan to remove them and clean up brush and debris once the ground has dried. Swart said he wanted to have the two consultants evaluate the remaining trees in the park and decide what can be done with them....
The Naselle Comettes knocked the Wahkiakum Mule girls basketball team out of the Southwest 2B Girls District Basketball Tournament with a 65-49 decision Monday in Montesano. The Comettes jumped out to a 22-12 first quarter lead and never let the Mules back in the game. “Naselle did a great job of turning our turnovers into points,” said Mule Coach Marc Niemeyer. “They dominated the boards; the Comettes had 29 offensive rebounds to create a lot of second chance points.” Whitley Wirkkala led the Mule effort with 14 points and five rebound...
Even though the opportunity to register for federal and state assistance came to an end on February 12, applications continue to be processed. To date, more than $4,528,389 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster recovery assistance have been disbursed. Currently, 2,388 people have applied for FEMA assistance and 1,119 applicants for assistance were seen at Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs). Washington residents or businesses that had losses or damages from the November 2-11 flooding and are registered can still get information...
President Bush has issued a major disaster declaration for 19 Washington counties as a result of the severe winter storms, landslides and mudslides of December 14-15. Under this declaration to the Public Assistance (PA) program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), assistance is made available to entities in the following counties: Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, King, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston and Wahkiakum. The PA program helps...
