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

Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Conservation District Supervisors will host a public meeting with Legislative 18th and 19th District Senators and Representatives on December 13. The informal meeting will be held to discuss natural resource issues, resolutions...

CALMER, SORT OF--As this work week begins, it is fairly calm outside; no snow or hail or packed ice or anything really terrible like last week, so I am thankful for that. While it looks like the rains are coming back this Monday afternoon with a...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: November 22--12:36 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a child having an asthma attack. 8:57 a.m. A...

Roselyn S. Elliott of Woodburn died Nov. 19, 2010. She was born June 23, 1930 in Joseph Oregon to Ruth and S.E. Smutz. Rose attended college at Eastern Oregon College of Education in La Grande, then went on to the University of Washington where she...

Ronald Wade Wagner died November 16 with his family at his side. He was born in Roseburg, Ore., in 1953. The family soon moved to Crescent City, Ca., and then to Riddle, Ore. He graduated from St. Helens High School in 1971, and later attended Linn...

Pearl Edith (Tover) West, 87, of Longview, passed away at home on November 19, 2010. She was born May 12, 1923 on Puget Island, Washington to Peter and Ida (Reinestad) Tover, attended grammar school on the island, and Wahkiakum High School in...

David John Maki of Ilwaco, died in Warrenton, Ore. of a massive heart attack on November 25th, 2010 while aboard his fishing vessel the Jennie. David was born September 14th, 1952 in Ilwaco, WA to Emil and Shirley Maki. He graduated from Ilwaco High...

The Fairgrounds is ready for winter weather. Everything has been done to protect our Fair properties from the freezing temperatures that destroyed our pipes last year. There is a really distinct climate difference between Skamokawa and Cathlamet....

The Naselle-Grays River Valley School Board listened to staff and student reports and heard from representatives of the bargaining group for local teachers at their meeting November 16. Teacher Tim Copp, president of the Naselle-Grays River...

What are signs that a youth might be thinking of committing suicide? What can a person do about it? These and related questions and topics were discussed Monday when a group of Cowlitz County residents, including a class from Lower Columbia...

April 10, 1979. "That's a date I can remember," Wahkiakum County Sheriff Dan Bardsley said this week. "That's when I was hired on full-time as a deputy sheriff." At the end of this month, after nearly 31 years as a law enforcement officer, Bardsley's...

Dory Hicks, longtime Wahkiakum county resident and artist, will sign copies of her “Redmen Hall Coloring Book” from 1-3 p.m. December 4, when the new edition of the book makes its debut at the historic hall in Skamokawa. Dory, sprightly oct...

Wahkiakum County commissioners will convene at 9:30 a.m. Monday to open their public hearing on the proposed 2011 county budgets. Under state law, the county starts the budget hearing on the first Monday of December and must conclude it within five...

To The Eagle: State governments, local governments, plain old citizens and most assuredly our Federal government are all having a tough time financially. Financiers, bankers and economists created a world wide financial crises that blew up in their...

To The Eagle: I would like to thank The Eagle for getting the word out to the community about last Saturday's kick-off to the holiday season. The general theme was to "shop locally" so almost all the shops extended their hours, showed off their...

To The Eagle: Bad news is that Sargasso Sea Antiques was unable to find a wholesaler to provide Christmas trees for our annual benefit sale for St. James Family Center. Good news is that both of our local suppliers (McCoy's Tree Farm and the...

INVITATION TO BID ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT, LOGGING/TREE HARVESTING The Port of Wahkiakum No. 2 is hereby soliciting professional foresters/logging firms to harvest approximately 75 trees from Vista Park in Skamokawa, Washington. These trees, mostly...

DUE NOTICE OF Intent to Adopt The Wahkiakum Conservation District intends to adopt an election resolution on December 9, 2010 in conjunction with the joint Cowlitz Conservation District Meeting at 4:00 P.M. The joint meeting location is 25 River...

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR WAHKIAKUM COUNTY Joy E. Maloff-Jara SHERIFF’S PUBLIC NOTICE Plaintiff OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Vs Javier J. Jara aka Jay Jara, Cause No. 10-2-00021-5 & and Debra Lee Malcolm 09-2-00105-6 D...

WAHKIAKUM COUNTY TREASURER PAULA HOLLOWAY 64 Main Street CATHLAMET, WA 98612 (360) 795-8005 Cause No. 10-2-00057-6 NOTICE OF TAX JUDGMENT SALE  Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Order of Default, Judgment of Foreclosure, and...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It was wonderful to get away for a few days, see family, eat too much and get some wonderful news as well. We kind of slip-slided our way to Redmond, Ore. for the holiday as the roads were pretty icy,...

December 5-11 is National Influenza vaccination week. An annual flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the flu and flu-related complications that could lead to hospitalization or death. Influenza is among the most common respiratory illnesses in the...

For those concerned with heating costs for their home this fall and winter, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) may be able to help. LIHEAP is a federally funded program administered by the Lower Columbia Action Program (CAP) in...

Those unsure of what to give this holiday season can donate to St. James Family Center to honor a friend, loved one or in memorial of someone who has passed. The Family Center will send a special card to the person or family of the person honored...