NOT SO NICE--Wouldn't you know, the sun is shining as this work week begins but it sure would have been nice to have sun during the Bald Eagle Day festivities! At least by fireworks time, it was dry enough for folks to get out and enjoy them. Right...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 11--3:17 p.m. Dispatch received notice of a fatal 2 vehicle accident on SR 4. Both the Cowlitz County...

Longtime local resident, Kenneth R. Terhaar, 71, passed away July 17, 2011 at Legacy Meridian Park Hospital in Tualatin, Ore. He was born April 22, 1940 in Greencreek, ID to Roy and Freda (Arnzen) Terhaar where he attended school for 12 years....

Deon Brown of Cathlamet went home to be with the Lord on July 11, 2011, as a result of a fatal auto accident. Deon was born in Long Beach, Calif. in 1937. She was raised on a farm in the Yakima Valley, and attended Granger schools. She earned her way...

The Town of Cathlamet has been awarded federal funding for a new wastewater treatment plant. The project, supported jointly by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce, is projected to cost $8.4 million and be...

By now, residents of western Wahkiakum County should have received a newsletter from Grays River Grange requesting donations to help with the cleanup efforts of the property next to our hall. The cleanup of that piece of property will benefit the ent...

In mid-June of this year, Tom Hammonds of Grays River called me and offered to donate an AKC lab for the purpose of a narcotics K-9 detection unit. I explained to Mr. Hammonds that the budget was set a year in advance and that I wasn’t sure I c...

Wahkiakum County Commissioners discussed a range of issues at their Tuesday meeting. Commissioner Dan Cothren invited Rayonier Corporation representative Bob Meyer to address the board. Rayonier, a forest products company headquartered in Florida,...

The heart of the Appelo Archive Center in Naselle is hundreds of feet of video tape recording the lives of people in western Wahkiakum County and eastern Pacific County, but the Center is multi-faceted and still growing. On the first floor, the...

To The Eagle: In 2007 President George Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). This bipartisan bill simply requires that new light bulbs use 25 to 30 percent less energy than traditional incandescent light bulbs. No light bulbs...

First of all, an apology and a correction. In last week's column I wrote about a July 3 barbecue. The barbecue was held at Bobby Olmstead’s home, and was attended by Eddie Wirkkala, his son Warren, his girlfriend and daughter, Ralph Olmstead of N...

To The Eagle: The Dark Ages are upon us. Not quite here yet, but you can see the lengthening shadows approaching just as depicted in a Harry Potter movie. Using tactics of demonization, our leaders have created apocryphal shortages of energy and reso...

On Monday the quote needed from the Knife River Company to get concrete poured in the horse barn walkways was confirmed! Their quote was within the budget we had to work with. All our attention was then focused on getting the dirt removed from the...