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

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.,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 publi...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...