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

DO NOT USE--To all Eagle readers, please do not send anything to my email address that had been in this newspaper as gremlins got into that account recently and told everybody I was in Madrid, Spain and needed some money. Well, obviously, that is...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: June 13--11:01 a.m. An officer was asked to come to a Main Street location where a vehicle had backed into...

Longtime Grays River resident, Virginia “ShirLee” Badger, 65, passed away June 13, 2011 at her home. She was born January 30, 1946 in Corvallis, OR to Verbal and Polly (Nichols) Carpenter. She married Marvie Badger in 1987; he preceded her in dea...

Merle W. Davies, 88, of Longview, WA passed away June 16, 2011 at Community Hospice. He was born March 1, 1923 in Saguache, CO to James and Evelyn E. (Shippee) Davies. Merle recently moved to Longview from Rosburg, WA, where he lived since 1980;...

Changes are in store for Wahkiakum on the Move, Wahkiakum County's public transportation system. System managers said Tuesday they are planning to expand their schedule and that they're going to start charging ridership fees, effective August 1. The...

Wahkiakum PUD commissioners met June 21 for a brief business meeting, then convened later in the day for a workshop. PUD manager Dave Tramblie gave an update on the substation construction project, stating that Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)...

Commissioners of Port District No. 2 decided Tuesday they would continue their sponsorship of navigation buoys in Grays Bay. Commissioners had voted earlier this year to end sponsorship of the buoys and cancel an aquatic lands lease with the...

Local governmental agencies and the Columbia Land Trust (CLT) hope to come up soon with a way to reduce current velocity in Seal Slough and end erosion of private dikes in the area. An engineering consultant should have some options ready for...

When Toni Robinson, local a real estate broker, saw the butcher block table sitting in the basement of John Ackerman’s farm, she knew she wanted it. “Butcher block is something I’ve always been attracted to,” she said, in her Puget Island kitchen...

JoAnn Prestegard is putting away her hair cutting scissors after 50 years as a hair stylist. “First we were beauticians, then we were hair stylists or cosmetologists; the words change,” but Prestegard said she’s always loved her customers. A month...

The Cathlamet Town Council over the next two months will analyze its water system fees and possibly prepare to make major changes in how much different customers pay for water. The council met Monday evening with Skip Rand of the Rural Community...

Filing for positions on the 2011 election ballots wrapped up last Friday with the closure of a special filing period for four unclaimed positions. No candidates came forward for the positions. Typically, members of boards find someone to appoint to...

To The Eagle: KATU, Channel 2 Portland, came to the North Coast June 15 to cover a story about tiny Wahkiakum County's fight with the state Department of Ecology (DOE), a sort of David versus Goliath issue regarding the dumping of sewage within...

PUBLIC NOTICE  The Cathlamet Blanche Bradley Public Library Board has changed the date and time that it will be conducting its regular meetings. As of June 28, 2011, the Board will begin meeting on the last Tuesday of every month at 11:30 a.m....

CALL FOR BIDS  Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Wahkiakum School District No. 200, Wahkiakum County, WA, is calling for bids for asphalt road paving in Cathlamet, WA.  All bids must be submitted by 4:00 p.m., Tuesday,...

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY YAKIMA, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO MODIFY TRUST WATER RIGHT CERTIFICATE NO. S3-30556C IN THE STATE TRUST WATER RIGHTS PROGRAM TAKE NOTICE: That on December 21, 2010, Ecology issued...

The Fairgrounds arena is ready to use and looks great! Fairgrounds handyman Ed Stevens received some help with this project from volunteers Georgie Billings, Barbara Czarnecki and Sven Antijunti last week. The project called for 50 plus holes to be...

The Fairgrounds arena is ready to use and looks great! Fairgrounds handyman Ed Stevens received some help with this project from volunteers Georgie Billings, Barbara Czarnecki and Sven Antijunti last week. The project called for 50 plus holes to be...

Welcome to summer. Today, it actually feels like summer with the sunshine and blue sky. Let’s just hope it continues. News from Naselle: During the last four days of school, the Naselle High School football team held a football camp for elementary s...

Follies to take to the stage this weekend This weekend, Della and her cast of characters will present the Smoky Water Follies, an old-fashioned vaudeville show, for a three-day run. Performances are scheduled for June 24, 25 at 7 p.m. with a Sunday...