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

THIS IS IT!--Yes indeed, here comes the 105th annual Wahkiakum County Fair and I hope to see you and your smiling faces there as things kick off today (Thursday) at 8 a.m. with the 4-H Horse Show and Western Games starting off the festivities. The...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 5— 12:53 p.m. A caller reported finding a black lab puppy at the swimming pool. 4:31 p.m. A caller...

Virginia Lee Armstrong, 67, passed away Aug. 8, 2013, in Longview at the Hospice Care Center. She was preceded in death by her parents and is survived by her husband, Rolly; two sons, Steven Armstrong and Mark (Amy) Armstrong; two daughters, Beth Cor...

Ryna M. Stornetta, 90, formerly of Cathlamet, died August 10, 2013 in Petaluma, Calif. She was raised in California and worked as a cashier at a casino in Lake Tahoe for 24 years, retiring in 1988, when she came to Cathlamet. Ryna spent her...

Noreen Gayle Holten, 78, of Cathlamet, died at her home on August 9, 2013. She was born on July 29, 1935 in Tacoma to John and Nell (Evans) Smythe. She was raised in Chehalis where she graduated from high school in 1952. She attended Centralia Junior...

Kenneth Everett Mackey, 51, of Cathlamet, died June 13, 2013 at his home. His complete obituary was published in the June 20, 2013 issue of The Eagle. Ken is survived by his daughter, Danielle Mackey and brother, Joe Mackey. A celebration of Ken's...

David Layne Vik, 40, died on August 11, at home in Cathlamet. David is the son of Philip and Ivy Lou Vik of Puget Island. There will be a funeral service on Monday, August 19 at 11 a.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Puget Island. Dowling F...

Last week for Family Health Center School Supplies Drive This Friday, August 16 marks the end of the month-long school supplies drive organized through the Family Health Center in Cathlamet. Located at 335 Una Avenue, all donations will go directly...

The Wahkiakum Food and Farm Summit scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until later this year. The event will be rescheduled for the winter, reported County Extension Agent Carrie Backman....

On Saturday, August 31, at 10 a.m., St. James Family Center will present “Reptile Road Show” in the gym at the family center, located at 1134 Columbia Street in Cathlamet. Free admission is offered to all families enrolled in childcare at St. Jam...

The families of Grant Turner and Ashley Moore are happy to announce their upcoming wedding. Grant is the son of Steve and Diane Turner of Hayden, Idaho. Ashley is the daughter of Jessica McClellan of Porterville, Calif., and Joel and Pam Moore of...

The 5th Annual Cathlamet Downhill Corral will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday next week. Longboarders from around the world will converge for a variety of competition ranging from slaloms to races down Cathlamet's hill. Sponsors have put up...

It took just 16 votes to make Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Department Detective Mike Balch consider seeking election to the office of sheriff this year. That's the number of votes, all write-in votes, counted for Balch on election night, August 6. His...

Wahkiakum County commissioners rejected one bid and put another on hold Tuesday to look for more funding for construction of a new ferry for the Puget Island-Westport run. Commissioners had two bids last week for the construction project, both were o...

Wahkiakum County commissioners voted 2-1 to approve a closure of Steamboat Slough Road during the construction of a setback dike on the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge. The closure is authorized to run August 20 through October 20. The c...

The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) invites the public to comment on the state's proposed update to portions of the State Implementation Plan (SIP). That is a statewide plan for meeting air quality standards. In recent years, the state...

To The Eagle: At Community Health Plan of Washington, we designed our Exchange products to provide high-quality, low cost options that meet the needs of our members. These plans offered unrestricted access to the entire First Choice Health Network,...

To The Eagle: Gun control? I would have to assume that you're printing of the shootings state wide that you are starting to push an anti-gun platform. You realize you are not in New York, you are in the center of sportsman country where most people...

Legal Notice Requests for Qualifications (RFQs*) for the following elderly care services in Southwest Washington: · Adult Day Services RFQ (i.e., Adult Day Care & Adult Day Health) · Family Caregiver Counseling RFQ Eligible...

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SHORELINE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL USE, OR VARIANCE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that Douglas Olsen, Who is owner/lessee of the below described property has filed an application for a Shoreline...

AFTER RECORDING RETURN TO: Bishop, White, Marshall & Weibel, P.S. 720 Olive Way, Suite 1201 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 622-7527 Ref: DeDolph, Charles R. and Dana S., 3062.1307321 Reference Number(s) of Documents assigned or released: 2014346 Document Ti...

Wow, Fair is here. I hope everyone will come out and see all the changes we’ve made at the fairgrounds. The cow barn has been painted inside thanks to Kelly. All the tables and benches have been painted by Janelle. That was a lot of painting, and it...