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

Another season for MS/HS cross country is about to start. Practice begins on August 23 at the WHS Girls softball field at 4 p.m. and the group will meet there daily until the start of school. An Athletic Medical Clearance form is required to...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 2--1:39 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Cathlamet man with breathing trouble. 1:02 p.m. A...

The Cathlamet Woman's Club annual Tour of Homes will be August 14, 1-5 p.m. Event chairpersons JoAnn Prestegard and Maureen Zacher Bockius say the tour will feature homes on the cliffs of the Columbia River, a home in the hills of Cathlamet and new...

Dan Casler, 35, has just finished his first month as Wahkiakum High School’s interim principal. Casler is from Olympia and, for the present, commutes to work several days a week. He has taught for the past eight years in the Olympia school d...

A portion of the 140-year old Warren Cannery caved in Friday evening. The landmark structure of Cathlamet's waterfront was built in 1869. Commercial fishermen still store nets and other gear in it. Milt Doumit, one of the co-owners of the building,...

The ancestral home of a Puget Island family is part of a national and world heritage area in Norway. The house will be part of an area set aside to remember the area's history and the part which emigration played in it. The house was the home of the...

Deep River resident Pam Anderson is a candidate for PUD Commissioner Position 3. The Eagle ran a story on July 29 about the other two candidates for the position, Dennis Reid of Skamokawa and incumbent Esther Gregg of Rosburg. The information below...

The Washington State Auditors Office recently released the results of an independent accountability audit for the Wahkiakum Conservation District (WCD) for January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2008. The auditor’s office looked at the district’s inte...

Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday rejected a citizen petition to pass an ordinance putting all regulations concerning land use controls to a public vote. However, they agreed to form an advisory committee on land use issues after discussing...

“He’s just the nicest guy,” were the first words Lynn Wilson said when she was asked about Rodney Prestegard of Little Island. Prestegard has lived and worked on Puget Island for 69 years. He isn’t sure when his family first moved to the Island....

To The Eagle: I agree with the position of Wally Wright and David Goodroe on the matter of the Town not being able to support the skateboard--oops, excuse me!--the amphitheater facility. Until the town can afford to maintain Strong Park, Erickson...

To The Eagle: On behalf of the Wright and Blankenship families, I would like to thank some very helpful folks in Skamokawa and Cathlamet. First, a thank you to Bob Robinson and Janet Bryan for their great help at Vista Park with the...

To The Eagle: A big thank you to Jackie Lea and Paula Cothren for the opportunity to have a vendor booth at the Marina during the recent Bald Eagle Celebration. We were directly opposite the enclosed area and we sold garden spinners and wood art. We...

To The Eagle: On August 5, there was a letter to the editor published persuading people to vote for the “obvious” choice for sheriff. It is not my intention to persuade one to vote for who I think should be sheriff, but I would like to take a sta...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY In the matter of the Estate of ) ) No. 10-4-00010-7 ALBERT RICHARD ) GRABENHORST, ) PROBATE NOTICE ) TO CREDITORS Deceased. ) RCW 11.40.030 ) The personal representative named...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Wahkiakum County Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, August 19, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room on the 3rd floor of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse, 64...

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING DATE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tuesday, August 17, 2010, Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for Wahkiakum County shall be...

COUNTY OF WAHKIAKUM Notice of Public Meetings Wahkiakum County Canvassing Board NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following Public Meetings will be held in conjunction with the processing, tabulation, canvassing and certification of election returns...

Wahkiakum County Notice of Determination of Nonsignificance Wahkiakum County issued a determination of nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Grays River - Mill Road...

Wahkiakum County Notice of Determination of Nonsignificance Wahkiakum County issued a determination of nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Reclaiming a 1.25 acres of an...

Two weeks already, since our home burned. We are settling in to our motorhome, making minor repairs, since it hasn’t been used in 10 years, and looking forward. Better than looking back I’d say. In my stupor last week, I neglected to thank some ver...

The Appelo Archives Center will hold a Swap Meet Labor Day weekend, September 3, 4, 5, and 6 at 1056 SR 4 in Naselle. The hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To reserve a space, contact Anita Raistakka at 360-484-3376 or email anita@finnam.naselle.net....

WSU Wahkiakum County Extension is teaching a summer food preservation class series free of charge to local youth and adults. Registration is still open for two more classes in the series: Canning Tomatoes and Salsas this Saturday (August 14); and...