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

Clinic seeks help with fund raising Those who wish to keep the Wahkiakum Family Practice Clinic in the community are invited to a planning meeting on March 16 at the River Street Meeting Room from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The session will include brain...

"Grow Your Own Groceries--Workshops for Urban and Rural Growers" is the theme for the 5th Annual Food and Farm Summit on April 11. Speakers include: • Suzanne Martinson, the former This Day editor of the Longview Daily News, will deliver the...

WSU Extension News For years, 4-H has invested in programs that emphasize positive youth development—the idea that youth are incredible resources to be developed, not problems to be managed. Now we have conclusive new evidence of what we’ve k...

What's happenings at the Fair? The recent snow damage and flooding at the fairgrounds has really tested the community in their support of the fair, so I was delighted so many people attended our public meeting on Monday. It was an excellent session...

Recycling in Wahkiakum County is as easy as one, two, and three. There are several bins in the county that collect items from plastic to newspaper to cardboard. Jay Alexander, manager of Peninsula Sanitation in Ilwaco, said this year there is a new b...

The Lower Columbia Economic Development Council (LCEDC) is the recipient of a grant from the Washington State Microenterprise Association to sponsor a county wide business fair. The event is an opportunity for business people to meet with their peers...

All parents of students that will start kindergarten in the Fall of 2009 are invited to an informational meeting on March 17 at 6:30 p.m. at St. James Family Center. There will be child care provided at no cost to make it easier for parents to...

For the next two weeks, Dr. Mark Stefanelli will be seeing patients at the Wahkiakum Family Practice Clinic. According to a news release from the clinic advisory board, Dr. Stefanelli is filling in for Dr. Janice McClean while she is on vacation....

Commissioners of Consolidated Diking District No. 1 of Puget Island would like to delay some projects and expedite others. On Tuesday, diking Commissioners Gordon Oman, Philip Vik and Mike Phelan authorized county Commissioner Lisa Marsyla to...

At the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday, Wahkiakum School Superintendent Bob Garrett announced tickets for Saturday’s crab feed have been sold out; however, raffle tickets are still available. Tickets are one dollar apiece and can b...

The Wahkiakum County board of commissioners appointed Skamokawa resident Brian J. O'Connor to fill a vacancy on the board of commissioners of Port District No. 2. The position has been vacant since Kyle Gribskov's term ended December 31, 2007; he had...

The continuing battle to improve revenues for the county-owned Wahkiakum Family Practice Clinic is making fitful steps. Clinic Business Manager Crystal Stanley had good and bad news for county Commissioners Dan Cothren, Blair Brady and Lisa Marsyla...