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

OLYMPIA – People planning their final festivities of summer before all things pumpkin spice and yellow school buses return should consult the Washington State Department of Transportation’s holiday traffic volume charts to determine best times to...

To The Eagle: Today I received an anonymous letter [in response to my last letter to the editor of The Eagle]: “Bidenomics is not working. Everyone is starving. Bidenomics is crazy.” No name added. (Used to be, people didn’t need to be anonymous.) So...

To The Eagle: Several things seem apparent to this perspicacious reader of The Eagle. First, without putting too fine a point on it, having just turned 80 it astonishes me that somebody my age would even want or consider running for POTUS....

To The Eagle: Regarding the school board candidate interviews, I would ask if there is such a thing as science, or such a thing as history? Ever wonder what these really are? Do they represent some abstraction of reality and worthy process? Are they...

OLYMPIA — As required by state law, the political party declarations that voters must sign when participating in the 2024 Presidential Primary were certified Tuesday morning by Secretary of State Steve Hobbs. Washington’s voters do not register as...

OLYMPIA – After more than two years of trying, Hans Schaufus finally surrendered his weapon to the Cowlitz County Historical Museum in Kelso. His 1904 Remington rifle is historic for more than just its age. It also is believed to be the first f...

COOLING DOWN--As I begin this column on Sunday morning, it is cloudy, cool and calm and we’re not worried about getting unbearably hot, so that’s okay with me, as those 90 to 100 degree temperatures were too much for me. The forecasters say we may...

THURSDAY Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Free Senior Fitness and Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, enter via door on 3rd, 12:45-1:45 p.m. AA Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon,...

Join Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on Saturday and Sunday, Labor Day weekend, to celebrate the park residents that gobble up mosquitos and see with their ears! Special guests Rhys Thomas and David Lichtenstein will present a 30-minute...

Each school board candidate has been given an opportunity to express in their own words what they feel voters would want to know about them. The following is information Aris Campbell provided: Background in education: I earned a Bachelor of Science...

Over the last two and a half years, travelers along both directions of State Route 401 in Pacific County have been using a temporary single lane bypass road to travel through the area, but improvements are on the way. On Tuesday, Sept. 5, Washington...

David C. Spooner 83, of Cathlamet, died August 25, 2023 in Longview. Dave was born August 20, 1940 in Tacoma to Andrew and Margaret Spooner. Dave grew up in Clatskanie and Portland, Oregon before entering the Airforce at age 19. After leaving the...

Next Thursday, September 7, Joe Baker will hold a meeting to gauge interest in a community performance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol during the holidays. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., and will be held in what was the Cathlamet C...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 21 — 9:22 a.m. A caller asked for assistance after getting locked out of a running vehicle on Puget I...

From the Chinook Observer New coach. New team. High hopes. That’s Naselle cross country. The Comets have had programs over the years, predicated in large part on student interest. This year, high enthusiasm spurred the hiring of Amber Frank as h...