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

DECENT--It was nice to see some dry weather last weekend after the downpours we experienced previously. It seems our county had its share of flooding, rock slides and miserable conditions last week to deal with, so a spurt of sunshine and fair...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 19—10:54 a.m. A caller reported a non-injury traffic accident along SR4 at Bjornsgard Road. One...

Members of the Wahkiakum School District board of directors had a quick, light meeting on November 20. Superintendent Bob Garrett said there was no new or old business to consider, only staff reports and approval of meeting minutes, volunteers and...

High water may have prevented Wahkiakum PUD commissioners from meeting in Rosburg on November 20, but it did not prevent them from discussing possible expansion of the Western Wahkiakum Water System. Meeting at the PUD’s Cathlamet headquarters, M...

Commissioners of Port District No. 2 last week approved a $227,300 budget for 2013. The budget includes funding for a new office for the port district. The port has used a building owned by the now-defunct Skamokawa Park and Recreation District as...

Wahkiakum County election officials wrapped up the 2012 General Election this week. Officials on Monday counted the nine ballots which had arrived since the previous count on November 6; on Tuesday, they reviewed results and certified the election....

Wahkiakum County officials crunched numbers one more time Tuesday as they put finishing touches on their proposed budgets for 2013. The board went over requests for increased spending from department heads and wrestled with projecting how much, if an...

Wahkiakum County commissioners handled a variety of business at their Tuesday meeting. Emergency Management Director Beau Renfro reported he plans to evaluate possible new sites for the county's Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The center is activa...

Scottish rite scholarship available: The Scottish Rite Lodge of the Valley of Kelso and the Scottish Rite Foundation of Washington announce the availability of college/university undergraduate scholarships for the academic year 2013-2014. A...

To The Eagle: I congratulate Sen. Ed Murray on his election as Senate majority leader and the actions he has taken to represent the many different points of view within the Democratic Caucus. Already, Sen. Murray has shown tremendous skill in...

Congratulations and thanks to all those who donated money, food and their time to fill and give out more than 130 Thanksgiving Baskets from the Wahkiakum Food Bank. It takes more than just food to fill Thanksgiving Baskets.  The food had to be...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2013 BUDGET AND SUPPLEMENTED 2012 BUDGET FOR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Wahkiakum Fire Protection District No. 4 will hold a Public Hearing during its regular meeting on Tuesday,...

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR 2013 ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the board of County Commissioners, Wahkiakum County, State of Washington, has prepared a preliminary Annual Construction Program as required by law....

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR SIX (6) YEAR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the board of County Commissioners, Wahkiakum County, State of Washington, has prepared a preliminary Six (6) Year Transportation Program as required...

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING FOR 14 YEAR FERRY PROGRAM, 2013-2026 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the board of County Commissioners, Wahkiakum County, State of Washington, has prepared a preliminary 14 Year Ferry Program for 2013 through 2026, as...

NOTICE OF MEETING Change of Regular Meeting Date 2013 Budget Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Commissioners of Wahkiakum County Fire Protection District No. 2 has changed its November meeting date to Thursday, November 29, 2012, at...

NOTICE OF MEETING Diking Improvement District No. 4 Wahkiakum County, Washington  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Supervisors of Wahkiakum Diking Improvement District No. 4 will meet in Regular Session at the office of the Public...

 Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner! I was very thankful that the high tides, big gusts of wind and inches of rain predicted did not cause severe flooding at the Fairgrounds. Earlier in the week I had asked some local volunteers,...

I hope everyone had as wonderful a Thanksgiving as we did. This year was the first time I cooked the Thanksgiving meal for several years. We enjoyed the company of my uncle, David Hammonds, my sister, Diane Gray and our son, Shane Cruz, his wife...