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

The Wahkiakum Lady Mules will play Central League rival Adna Tuesday evening in a SW 2B Girls District Tournament semifinal game, 8 p.m., at Tumwater High School. The Mules beat the Onalaska Loggers 47-26 on Saturday to advance to the semifinals. In...

STELLA--Both lanes of State Route 4 west of the community of Stella are now open following an extended closure of the eastbound lane for emergency bridge repair. For the safety of drivers, the Washington Department of Transportation closed a single...

Voters in the Naselle/Grays River Valley School District on Tuesday approved a three-year, $715,000 special levy for maintenance and operations. Total vote in Wahkiakum and Pacific County precincts was 418 yes, 205 no, 67 percent in favor. In...

The Hungry Highway in western Wahkiakum County will be closed three days next week so the county road department can repair slide damage. The closure is set for Tuesday through Thursday. The slope below the road, which connects the Salmon Creek and...

OLYMPIA—The Department of Fish and Wildlife’s enforcement division is a serious mess and someone needs to be held accountable, says a parade of critics both inside and outside the division. Controversy surrounding the department’s admin...

To The Eagle: After reading in The Eagle that the Town of Cathlamet had reached a water sale agreement with the PUD, I contacted Town Hall to get a copy of the new contract. To my surprise, I was told that a draft contract did not yet exist, that the...

To the Eagle: There are many ways to describe what banks are allowed to do to create our so called money. They create their “money” out of thin air. They create “money” by making a bookkeeping entry in a ledger or an account, as they say. They “m...

To The Eagle: Dating abuse isn’t something anyone wants to talk about, but as long as we ignore it, the problem will never go away. Did you know that: • 1 in 3 teens will experience dating violence and 2/3 will never report it. • 1 in 4 teens who h...

WET ENOUGH?--The end of last week was certainly a drenching and as this work week begins, it's pretty doggone wet too, but the break on Sunday at least allowed for some of the "lakes" to recede a bit, thankfully! For us, it's supposed to be all...

THURSDAY Lecture Series, Cathlamet Community Center, 101 Main St., 10 a.m.-Noon. Preschool Story & Craft Time, Cathlamet Library, 4 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire...

Even though we have had quite a bit of rain and wind, it looks like the warmer temperatures are telling the frogs to sing every night and the daffodils to bloom. I picked my first bouquet on Monday, and go to sleep each night to the frog songs. Ah,...

The Naselle High School knowledge bowl team, "The Force," competed at a regional knowledge bowl meet in Tumwater on February 5. During this meet, The Force squared off against 18 teams from 1B and 2B schools throughout Southwest Washington. The...

The Express Employment Professionals office in Longview knows how important it is to reward hard work and is doing so in 2015 by giving their workers a chance to win $1,000 and a variety of different prizes from movie tickets to $50 gift cards. This...

A call has been issued for vendors and individuals who wish to participate in the Second Community In-Door Super Sale at Johnson Park Center on Saturday, March 28. This is a fundraiser for Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park. The center serves...

WSU Wahkiakum County Extension and WSU Master Gardeners are offering the Seed to Supper gardening class, Saturday March 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Cathlamet Community Center at the corner of Columbia and Main Streets. WSU Master Gardeners...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 2 — 7:55 a.m. A Cathlamet resident reported a suspicious man. 10:11 a.m. Cowlitz County asked for a...