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

Eagle readers should be aware: This week's edition is unique in recent memory. Because the approaching Christmas and New Year holidays fall on Tuesdays, we've decided to publish an edition that combines this week's and next week's editions. This is...

Wahkiakum County commissioners raised taxes and adopted the 2019 budget when they met this Tuesday. Commissioners also discussed county fair funding, information technology support, and a variety of Health and Human Services issues. While the board...

Members of the Cathlamet Town Council wrestled with a proposed code of conduct for meetings, approved their 2019 budget, gave town employees a raise and handled other items of business at their monthly meeting on Monday. Discussion of the resolution...

To The Eagle: I find Council Member Sue Cameron’s “set the record straight” letter to the editor laughable at best and filled with disingenuous “facts.” Her attempts to justify council actions are an insult to the citizens of Cathlamet. I will only...

To The Eagle: Thanks so much to all the people who have helped with Cathlamet’s city beautification project this year. I really appreciate the hard work these folks have done, planning, planting, watering and redecorating. The Town of Cathlamet a...

Reader Commentary by Bill Wainwright In last week’s Letter to the Editor, town Councilor Sue Cameron illustrates again how tone deaf and deceptive the many narratives issued by our town council have been. Mayor Dale Jacobson and majority of the c...

To The Eagle: I just recently read that Sheriff Howie has stated that he does not intend to enforce the message that the vote on I-1639 made on changing the gun laws in Washington. Frankly, I think voters are frustrated to do something to curtail...

To The Eagle: Thank you to the voters for electing me to represent you as County Commissioner for District 3. It was a pleasure going door to door and meeting old friends and new people who have moved to the area since I retired as Sheriff. I also...

After last week's edition went to press, reader commentary writer Sue Cameron requested two changes in her reader commentary. First, she asked for changes to indicate she was speaking for herself and not others. Second, she asked for this ending to...

To The Eagle: In this Christmas season, the decoration lights beam out over so many dark places in our area. It’s dark earlier and there aren’t many street lights, certainly not out where I live in Grays River. But the lights that are here come from...

WET AND WINDY--As this week starts, it's a damp one here in West Valley and for most of SW Washington and depending on where you are, you got a little extra rain and some extremely breezy conditions as well. It seems that we're always dealing with...

THURSDAY DEC 20 Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Girl Scouts, Community Center, Cathlamet, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet and mend, Sandra Sews, Community...

From a Wahkiakum County Sheriff Department Bulletin: "WE NEED YOUR HELP! "Sometime between Tuesday night December 11th and early morning Wednesday December 12th, the Grays River Fire Hall District #3 was broken into and a blue and white ambulance...

The Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors met for its monthly meeting on December 18 at the Grays River Fire Hall. In personnel matters, the board approved the hire of Steven McConnell, bus driver, and the resignation of...

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: December 10 — 10:38 a.m. A caller was concerned that animals were being abused and neglected at a Puget Island r...

River of Life Assembly of God will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on Friday, January 4 from 1-6 p.m., at 45 Main St, Cathlamet, in their Fellowship Hall. For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call Patti...

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. The center will be closed on December 24th...