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

LOOKING GOOD--This is it! Wahkiakum County Fair time and it starts today (Thursday) which is Senior Citizens Day until 4 p.m. From all weather reports I'm seeing, we should have some very nice weather for the fair; that would be great! It's also...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 8--12:30 p.m. An Elochoman Valley resident reported finding a cougar track in the back yard. August...

Kathryn "Kathy" Sharpe, 76, died August 14, 2011 at her home in Cathlamet. A service will be held in Glendale, Calif. later this month....

J.A. Wendt Elementary and J.C. Thomas Middle schools have released their supply list for the 2011-2012 school year. Students in Grades 1-8 will need swimsuit/towel for September swimming. Grades K-5: An extra pair of non-mark tennis shoes are highly...

Tuesday Wahkiakum Public Utility District General Manager Dave Tramblie recommended commissioners implement a 9 percent electrical rate increase beginning January 1. Tramblie presented a letter outlining his rationale, stating the request was taken...

Commissioners of Port District No. 2 of Wahkiakum County on Tuesday agreed to consider accepting a gift of real estate, Coffee Pot Island. The couple owning the island, which lies between Puget Island and the Wauna pulp mill, offered to donate the...

Cathlamet Mayor George Wehrfritz has called for an investigation of a Cathlamet Fire Department mission. In July, Wehrfritz reported that members of the Cathlamet Volunteer Fire Fighters Association had applied in 2010 as a private business for a...

As is the Grange tradition, Grays River Grange is sponsoring the spelling bee at the Wahkiakum County Fair. Appelo Archive Center has also contributed. The bee will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 2 p.m. There are cash prizes for winners! The spelling...

For 4-H families, August is a time of preparation and anticipation, culminating when the Wahkiakum County Fair opens on Thursday, August 18 (today). But volunteers work just as hard to make the fair grounds perfect. In the past three months,...

Twenty-five years ago, Al Dunlop started drawing the plans for the steam sternwheeler, Cheng-tze. Stephen Morrison fell in love with steam engines in the north of England almost 40 years ago and bought the Linda J in 2002. Both members of the NW...

Kim Angelis and Josef will open for Farmstock, KMUN's Regional Homegrown Festival at 7 p.m., September 3. Angelis will be joined by guitarist and partner, Josef, as part of Farmstock's full day of music. "Gypsy Kim and Josef are long-time supporters...

Got Steam? The Northwest Steam Society bumper sticker says it all. The group--home to a steam donkey, a calliope, remote controlled model steam boats, and vessels of all configurations--held its annual meet at the Elochoman Marina last weekend. The...

Wahkiakum County should have a new ferry by the end of 2014. County Public Works Director Pete Ringen reported Tuesday that he learned from Senator Patty Murray's office that the county would receive a federal ferry boat discretionary grant of $2.8...

The Cathlamet Town Council approved the first reading of an ordinance amending the town's zoning laws on Monday, but council members had so many questions that it was suggested they bring in a consultant to handle the process. In other business at...

The Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners approved on Tuesday a permit allowing Columbia Land Trust to raise a portion of Mill Road. The land trust has purchased land between the road and Grays River and wants to remove a failing dike to turn the...

To The Eagle I want to make sure there is no confusion regarding the appeal rights of the Puget Island property owners relating to the new property valuations issued by the Board of Equalization. By now, all of the owners of property on Puget Island...

To The Eagle: It appears that the "surge" is working. The shock troops that we sent to Washington D.C. last November to fight against President Obama's War on Prosperity managed to make some gains in the deficit and health care battles while keeping...

To The Eagle: In last week's Eagle, Trudy Fredrickson submitted a letter entitled Land Trust Not Our Friend. She was commenting on the Kandoll Road CLT project where they finally succeeded in forcing landowner Raven Webb to sell her property. I was...

Public Notice Intent To Contract With Sole Source Provider Southwest Washington Agency on Aging and Disabilities (SWAAD) is designated by the State of Washington as the Area Agency on Aging to serve the 5 counties of Southwest Washington: Clark,...

PUBLIC NOTICE JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PACIFIC COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLATSOP COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COLUMBIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Joint Special Meeting of the Wahkiakum County...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF VESSEL Notice is hereby given that on the first day of September, 2011, the undersigned will sell at public auction that certain vessel the "Something Simple" serial No. CDRP0045b494; A 1994 Carver Model 350-AFT cabin. The...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of ) ) No. 11-4-00010-5 MICHAEL D. BRENNAN, ) ) PROBATE NOTICE Deceased. ) TO CREDITORS ) RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM Estate of: No. 11-4-00011-3 JANET L. CIMINO, PROBATE NOTICE Deceased. TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The Co-Executors named below have been appointed as Co-Executors...

At 10 a.m., this morning, the gates were opened and our 2011 Wahkiakum County Fair festivities and livestock shows began! The Fairgrounds is filled with still life exhibits, 4-Her’s showing their animals, food vendors, game vendors, business v...

We enjoyed the week visiting with our nephew and niece from California. Didn’t get a whole lot done on the house but the hardwood flooring is just about ready to go down. Who knew that any moisture variance would make it impossible to install u...