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

The LaConner Braves put an end to the Wahkiakum Mule football season with a 41-20 decision last Saturday at Mount Vernon. LaConner advances to meet the Raymond Seagulls next Saturday, 3 p.m., also in Mount Vernon. The Mules finish the season with a...

SOAKED--Well, I hope you enjoyed the first half of this past weekends' weather, as it sure was nice compared to what showed up on Sunday. It just poured and blew and by Monday morning, Chamberlain Lake has arrived yet once again. I understand that we...

Naselle resident Phillip L. Raistakka, 77, died November 3, 2012 in Astoria. The son of Leo and Sylvia (Nasi) Raistakka, he was born in Astoria on March 24, 1935. Phil was valedictorian of the Naselle-Grays River Valley High School class of 1953. He...

Wahkiakum High School observed Veterans Day last Friday by listening to speakers, enjoying music by the band, reading poems and essays, and thanking veterans for their sacrifices. Two veterans addressed the crowd, which included middle and high schoo...

Wahkiakum County officials wrapped up work on their preliminary budgets for 2013 on Tuesday. Copies of the proposed 2013 budgets should be ready for public distribution next Monday, with a public hearing on the budgets set for December 3. However, of...

Port District No. 1 commissioners addressed a full agenda of planning for 2013 during their November 8 meeting. The commissioners adopted a budget totaling $915,039, passed a resolution authorizing increases to the port’s rate schedule, and a...

Seeking a more peaceful place to live, Mark and Deb Howie purchased property in Cathlamet in 2006. At that time, Mark Howie was a sergeant in the Tukwila Police Department, serving the small city of 19,100 people on the south side of Seattle, and...

Cathlamet’s Main Street merchants are working together to brighten up downtown for this year’s Chamber of Commerce Christmas Tree Lighting and Festival of Trees, taking place on Saturday, November 24, in downtown Cathlamet. At Tsuga Gallery, San...

Wahkiakum County commissioners moved quickly through the business portion of their meeting Tuesday before adjourning for a budget workshop. Commissioners authorized Emergency Management Coordinator Beau Renfro to spend $810.76 on signs to notify...

Independent candidate Mike Backman has overtaken Democrat Greg Prestegard to lead the election for Wahkiakum County commissioner by 20 votes. Prestegard led 966-946 in initial counting November 6, but after a batch of late arriving votes were...

WAHKIAKUM DIKING DISTRICT #5 Notice is hereby given that Wahkiakum Diking District #5 will hold a budget hearing at its regular meeting on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 7 p.m., Skamokawa Fire Hall, Skamokawa, WA 98647. The public is invited to attend....

NOTICE OF CHANGE TO MEETING LOCATION AND TIME PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. ONE OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the regularly scheduled meeting of Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at 8:30 a.m., of the Board of Commissioners of...

DUE NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT The Wahkiakum Conservation District intends to adopt an election resolution on December 3, 2012 in conjunction with the joint Cowlitz Conservation District Meeting at 4:00 P.M. The joint meeting location is: 15 Oatfield...

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq. TS No.: WA-12-512681-SH APN No.: 120806-210008 Title Order No.: 120182066-WA-GNO Grantor(s): ROBERT OUELLETTE, DAVID ROY AMELL, TANIA CARTER Grantee(s): MORTGAGE...

NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE 2013 BUDGET OF PORT DISTRICT NO. TWO OF WAHKIAKUM COUNTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the preliminary budget of Port District No. Two of Wahkiakum County, Washington, for the fiscal year 2013, has been filed in the Office of...

WAHKIAKUM COUNTY NOTICE OF HEARING  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Wahkiakum County, Washington, will conduct a public hearing commencing at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, the 3rd day of December, 2012, at the...

Attention all bingo players! On November 16, at 6 p.m., the Wahkiakum County Fair Board’s Turkey Bingo, held at the J. A. Wendt multi-purpose room, will begin! There will be two fund raising raffle drawings at the event. One raffle drawing is for m...

News from Naselle: Sports for the Naselle teams this week include: Thursday (today)-middle school girls basketball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m.; Monday-middle school girls basketball at Raymond at 5:45 p.m.; Tuesday-middle school girls...

Conservation District sets meeting The Wahkiakum Conservation District will meet to adopt an election resolution on December 3 in conjunction with the joint Cowlitz Conservation District Meeting at 4 p.m. The meeting will be held at 15 Oatfield Road...