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

Senator Maria Cantwell will hold a roundtable discussion with the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners at 5 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. The meeting will be in the River Street Meeting Room instead of the commissioners' meeting room in the...

Two new surveys will guide services for local adults. The Southwest Washington Area Agency on Aging surveyed 900 people across the region to identify priorities for its 2016-2019 operating plan. Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services conducted it...

Starting next week, travelers on SR will detour down county roads while the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) replaces culverts near the Elochoman River bridge. The department has been planning to replace two large culverts for ov...

To The Eagle: Your coverage of the Town Council’s Beal Street debate was informative. However, my public comment on the issue – a warning about safety and traffic flows near the marina – wasn’t fully reflected in your story. With a large parcel...

To The Eagle: I am a local landowner who has lived, worked and paid taxes in Wahkiakum County for most of my life. Cascade Hardwoods is wanting to purchase about 14.4 acres of alder from me. It was proposed to be logged by Olsen Logging and probably...

Wahkiakum County commissioners handled a variety of business at their meeting Tuesday, including: --Commissioners met with Cathlamet Mayor Dale Jacobson and Building and Planning Director Chuck Beyer to discuss issues in the update of the shoreline...

Mike Sullivan, judge August 3, 2015 After entering a guilty plea, Kristin M. Bergseng, 46, of Puget Island was convicted for possession of a controlled substance—methamphetamine and assault in the fourth degree—domestic violence. He was sen...

MISERABLE--With temperatures in the triple digits around the area last week, it was just way too hot for some of us! It was great to see some clouds show up beginning on Sunday and they say we may have some cooler temperatures due this whole week,...

THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, work night, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire...

News from Naselle: Not much left of summer vacation as school starts again on August 31. Time to start stocking up on school supplies. Football and volleyball practices begin, and the teachers begin their new year earlier than the students. We have...

August is here! Hope everyone is getting their entries ready for the fair. When you come to the fair this year there will be several new things done around the grounds and I would like the public to know it was their dollars from fundraisers that...

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop will host speaker Gary E. Moulton who will discuss Editing the Journals of Lewis and Clark which he authored. The free program will be Sunday, August 16 at 5:00 p.m., in the Fort Clatsop visitor...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 28 — 8:30 a.m. A Cathlamet resident complained that a neighbor’s dog had damaged her property while att...

John Stewart Boyle of Beaverton, Ore., died on July 25, 2015 at age 91. John was born in Billings, Montana on July 19, 1924 to Peter and Margaret (Stewart) Boyle. John was predeceased by his beloved wife Sylvia (Joy) after 63 years of marriage. He...

State shellfish managers on Tuesday doubled the area of Washington's coast closed to crab fishing after finding elevated levels of marine toxins in crab tested north to the Queets River. Effective immediately, recreational and commercial crab...

Wahkiakum on the Move will sponsor a fundraiser, “Fill the Bus” to collect school supplies for local students. All donations will remain in Wahkiakum County. Collection bins are available now at several Cathlamet businesses and the bus will be at...

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Headquarter’s telephone was compromised Tuesday. Captain Monica Alexander reported that the WSP received 30 complaints from citizens stating they were called by someone who falsely identified themselves as a WSP t...

Coast Community Radio will celebrate National Radio Day on August 20. This event honors radio broadcasts in the United States. WWJ in Detroit Michigan was the first radio station in the world to broadcast regularly scheduled programs starting on...

Friends of Skamokawa is announcing their annual fundraiser gala, “A Cornucopia of Wines” to be held September 12 at the Skamokawa Grange. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. This fun event draws visitors from throughout the Northwest. There will be fin...

The Wounded Warriors, the Widows and the Heroes will hold a planning meeting at the Elochoman Marina on Monday, August 10 at 5 p.m. to talk about participation in the salmon derby to be held on September 3. Volunteers are needed and anyone...

Starting on October 8, a four week workshop will be provided on beekeeping. The workshop will introduce beekeeping to novice beekeepers and provide a comprehensive refresher course for experienced apiculturists. The class will be held on October 8,...