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

Thomas Middle School Warrior football Coach Kevin Patching filed this report of the team's progress this season: Penalties and big plays cost the Warriors in their first home game. Adna used a long run and 85 pass play to edge the Warriors 19-7 on Se...

The Wahkiakum Mules boosted their 2012 football season record to 5-0 with a 49-27 win over the visiting Onalaska Loggers last Friday night. The Loggers fielded a big, bruising team, but they couldn't stop the Mules. Wahkiakum averaged 13 yards per...

The visiting Mossyrock Vikings tamed the Wahkiakum Lady Mules volleyball team 3-1 in the start of Central League matches last Thursday. The Mules fell 25-20, 23-25, 25-20, 25-15 as they had trouble with serve receive and passing. Jem Dyer served 100...

Sept. 26 at Kalama Boys Teams: Seton Catholic 52, Ilwaco 54, Woodland 58, Kalama 64, King's Way 137, Adna 149; Wahkiakum incomplete. Girls Teams: Kalama 19, Woodland 41, Seton Catholic 81, and all incompete, King's Way, Ilwaco, Adna and Wahkiakum....

STILL NICE--It's hard to believe that we're into October already and we're still experiencing sunny skies and just gorgeous weather, rather than the rain that most of us expect this time of year. If you haven't gotten those outdoor chores done yet,...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: September 24--3:28 p.m. The Cathlamet and District 4 Fire Departments responded to a brush fire at Vista Park....

June Evelyn Mattson of Longview passed away September 25, 2012. She was born in Slayton, Minnesota on June 9, 1914 to Clayton G. and Sigrid (Kragness) Fowser. After moving to the local area June lived in Cathlamet for many years where she touched so...

New offerings from local merchants As autumn slowly creeps in the local merchants of Cathlamet are shaking things up with a number of new offerings. Sharon’s Pizza & More has added wild Albacore tuna as well as two new tasty sandwiches, the C...

A fallen tree and financial matters occupied Wahkiakum PUD commissioners at their October 2 meeting. A hemlock tree fell and blocked both lanes of traffic at Milepost 28 of SR 4 near Skamokawa on Monday afternoon. “It didn’t break the wires, jus...

The Oasis Tavern in Skamokawa has been a local watering hole since the early 1930’s, but it has new owners who have remodeled and reopened the tavern. Cathlamet residents Rick and Eileen Tietje purchased the Oasis in March. Prior to moving to Wahkiak...

The Wahkiakum County Department of Emergency Management would like to encourage all residents to participate in The Great Washington Shake Out. Beau Renfro, Coordinator, Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office, Department of Emergency Management, said:...

On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wahkiakum Community Network participated in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The event was well received – volunteers received positive feedback from community members who came out to use the...

David Vik, Cathlamet's supervisor of public works and the sewer and water systems, retired last Friday after almost 26 years on the job. "The stats have made me the town's longest serving public works/sewer/water guy," he said in an interview on...

Commissioners from Wahkiakum County, Washington, and Columbia and Clatsop counties, Oregon, have agreed to voice opposition to efforts in Oregon to move gillnets out of the mainstem of the Columbia River. A coalition of sport fishing interests starte...

Will local governmental bodies get together to create a plan to extend Cathlamet's water and sewer systems to areas not yet connected? They may do so, but probably not at least until after the November 6 election. The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce...

To The Eagle: One of the definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, despite the fact that it doesn't work. Here are a few things that don't work: Solar and wind power don't work as sources for the electric grid because they only...

Hounds to run for last time this year The last lure coursing event of the year will take place this weekend at Misty Rivers Plantation, 117 Cross Dike Road on Puget Island. The AKC sanctioned event is sponsored by the Willamette Valley Basenji Club;...

File No.: 7367.20986 Grantors: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. Red Canoe Credit Union Grantee: Robin L. Herren and Kimberlee Herren, husband and wife, presumptively as community property Ref to DOT Auditor File No.: 2012731 Tax Parcel ID No.:...

CALL FOR BIDS Run-Off Road Intersection Safety Projects – County Wide Guardrail WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, Washington, at the...

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR UPDATE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF PORT DISTRICT NO. TWO OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY Port District No. 2 of Wahkiakum County is inviting proposals from qualified firms interested in providing professional services for the update...

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING DATE, NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE 2013 BUDGET AND NOTICE OF HEARING ON RATE CHANGES OF PORT DISTRICT NO. ONE OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY Notice is hereby given that due to scheduling conflicts, the scheduled meeting of Thursday,...

Fair Premium checks will be issued this week and delivered to your mail box soon. Please cash your check as soon as you receive it! Missing some eye glasses? Could you have left them at the fairgrounds during Fair time? As we were straightening up...