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

Friends of Skamokawa’s annual Christmas & Holiday Open House "Deck the Hall" will run from Friday November 23 through December 17 this year with a big opening weekend beginning Friday Nov. 23, 10-4, Saturday Nov. 24, 10-4, and Sunday Nov. 25, 1...

On October 30 at 6:00 p.m., Master Gardener Maria Boelter will talk about putting a garden to bed in the fall. This is the first step to a successful garden the following spring. The class will be held for free in the Fair Exposition located in...

Community Center 101 Main Street Cathlamet 360.795.7870 Monday through Wednesday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Friday 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. (2nd Friday book club) Brown Bag Lunch at 11 a.m. Open to students. Looking for volunteers...

Bring your little ghosts and goblins down to Bank of the Pacific and enjoy a spooktacular celebration featuring a doggie costume runway show (doggie models check in at the Chamber booth), a grand prize for best doggie costume and doggie bandanas for...

Wahkiakum Health and Human Services invites the public to a housing group meeting on Oct. 31, at 1 p.m., at the Hope Center, corner of South 3rd and Maple, across from the grade school. They ask that participants use the Maple St. entrance. They are...

The Puget Island Fire Department will be burning a house on East Sunny Sands for a training exercise on Sunday. They plan to close the road, approximately 200 yards from the burn site at 250 E. Sunny Sands, in both directions from 10-4 on Sunday,...

Commissioners of Port District 2 adopted a budget for 2019 when they met October 16 at Skamokawa Vista Park. In adopting the district budget, Commissioners Lori Scott, Brian O’Connor and Lee Tischer declined to raise local property taxes the 1 p...

To The Eagle: There is one quote by Abraham Lincoln that is included at the end of all of my emails from the sheriff. It is this: “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place is proud of h...

To The Eagle: During this campaign season there have been quite a bit of unrealistic comments made by the opposing party. Here are a few facts that I do know. My dad, Mark Howie, has continued to work diligently without bias in the sheriff’s o...

To The Eagle: Thank you, Eagle, for covering our local races! I have not seen anything (may have missed it), on Senate and congressional races. Jaimie Herrera Beutler proudly announces that she voted for the tax cut for the rich and corporations,...

To The Eagle: My purpose in writing is to express the support of my wife Dee and me for the re-election of Wahkiakum County Sheriff Mark Howie. We have watched Sheriff Howie as he has hired, promoted, and organized his staff making it a more vibrant...

To The Eagle: In the current mass of political mailings did you see the one that asks you to write-in Teresa Purcell, Progressive, instead of voting for Erin Frasier or Jim Walsh? Teresa Purcell isn't even running in this election for state...

The Kalama Chinook football team ran over the depleted Wahkiakum Mules for a 55-0 River Division victory last Friday night. Injury problems have hurt the Mules; in the past week they lost two starters to leg injuries and had a third taken from Friday...

Wahkiakum County commissioners approved a transition plan for the county’s probation officer and acted on other business when they met Tuesday. Bill Weiss is retiring at the end of the year after serving as probation officer for 30 years for both dis...

Live Music Saturday, October 27 at River Mile 38 Brewing Company, Downhill Billies, Alex & Jon Arness, 6-8 p.m., on the Crow’s Nest Stage, 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....

A letter to the editor in last week's edition by Tony Cleveland incorrectly referred to a candidate for Congress. The correct name is Carolyn Long. Last week's story about Wahkiakum Mule football credited the touchdown to James Anderson who normally...