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

HALF NICE--The first half of the Easter holiday weekend was great as the sun was shining and it even warmed up quite a bit on Saturday; great for the Lion's Club Easter Egg Hunt and for those who were enjoying family gatherings. However, on Easter...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: April 18--3:54 a.m. An East Valley resident reported someone had entered his home and taken $1,000 from his...

Just two months after celebrating his 100th birthday with family and friends, Herbert (Hub) Faubion died on April 22, 2011 at home surrounded by his children and grandchildren. He was born to Herbert, Sr. and Alma Kent Faubion on February 19, 1911...

A cargo vessel carrying logs struck a pier and two barges and damaged a building at the Wauna Georgia Pacific paper mill Friday evening. The motor vessel Susaki Wing out of Panama struck the pier at approximately 5:53 p.m. after losing propulsion....

A higher-than-anticipated early commercial catch of upriver spring chinook in Columbia River estuary “select areas” forced Oregon and Washington officials to rescind six fishing periods that had been scheduled this week. The upriver spring chi...

That exciting time is here again; it’s high school prom and graduation. Do you remember those days? I sure do. But let’s be real, sometimes you find yourself in a situation you may not want to be in. As Naselle High School and Wahkiakum High Sch...

The Rayonier Foundation, which is a nonprofit, philanthropic corporation founded in 1952, has designated $500 to the Grays River Grange #124 for the western part of hamlet rehabilitation. On June 8, representatives from Grays River Grange will join...

To help promote reading skills among parents and their children, an evening’s program entitled “Reading is Family Fun” has been organized by the Cathlamet Kiwanis, Cathlamet Public Library and the Wahkiakum School District. Parents with child...

The Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors adopted Wednesday evening a policy offering students thought to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol the opportunity to provide a urine specimen for drug testing. The board also updated the...

Local officials and the Columbia Land Trust are nearing final agreement on a dike project on Mill Road near Rosburg. The land trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring salmon habitat along the Columbia River, proposes breaching an...

Wahkiakum County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to adopt an ordinance prohibiting the application of certain grades of biosolids in the county. The ordinance, which will take effect after it is published, allows application of only the highest grade...

Following Veteran’s Day last year, I proposed a joint project between the Naselle-Grays River High School (NHS), The Appelo Archive Center in Naselle and the American Legion Post 111 in Deep River. The project was to have NHS juniors in my US H...

To The Eagle: Mike Mouliot, writing in last week's Eagle, focuses like a laser on the realities of our local property tax woes. Sad truth of the matter is that even after overcoming his predecessor's backlog, training barriers, computer glitches and...

To The Eagle: As a property owner with Columbia River frontage, I am concerned about the possibility of a tsunami event. As a member of the Elliot family, I learned of a tidal wave that took the buildings from our dock at Dahlia. This event happened...

To The Eagle: What could the Senate possibly be thinking?? They’ve passed a bill (SB 5542) that ties any funding for the Tobacco Prevention Program to monies that might be collected to license cigar bars - where people are allowed to smoke i...

To The Eagle: In the April 21 issue of The Eagle, Dale and Sylvia Costich voiced complaints about the county's response to the Japanese tsunami. It is interesting to note that when a public hot wash, (a discussion of the event and the response to...

To The Eagle: On Monday in the Wahkiakum Superior Court two Cathlamet residents are scheduled to accept a plea agreement in their alleged misuse of Cathlamet Fire Department credit cards. The alleged misuse of these gasoline credit cards over the...

NOTICE OF SALE Of SURPLUS PROPERTY  Notice is hereby given that Wahkiakum School District has surplus equipment for sale. The items are as follows: 1977 International School Bus, 1978 International School Bus, 1980 Crown School Bus, and a 1976...

LOAN NO. xxxxxx4729 T.S. NO. 1309026-12 PARCEL NO. 20805240007 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation of Washington, will on May 27, 2011, at the hour of 10:00am, At the...

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR COWLITZ COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of ) No. 11-4-00089-1 ) THOMAS S. PFIEFLE, ) AMENDED NOTICE ) TO CREDITORS ) Deceased. ) )  The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and...

The Wahkiakum County Fair Board's Easter Bingo was a successful fund raising event! By 6:30 p.m. the multi-purpose room at the grade school was filled with people ready to play bingo. The first number was called, the room turned quiet and all attenti...

Preschool registration starts St. James Family Center's preschool pre-registration for fall, 2011 opens April 28 for the community. Parents may fill out a pre-registration form at the front desk of the family center. Classes are on a first come,...

Thank you, Wahkiakum County Commissioners Blair Brady and Dan Cothren for stepping up to the plate and passing an ordinance, two votes to one, restricting the use of septic sludge and any biosolids not determined to be Class A in Wahkiakum County. Al...