Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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During the Tuesday, Aug. 21 Wahkiakum County Commissioners' meeting, Commissioner Dan Cothren had suggested demolishing the "Johnson House" on 80 Division St. Currently owned by Wahkiakum County, the Johnson House comes with an annual cost of $5,000. Following a back and forth between proponents and opponents to the Johnson House's demolition, Commissioner Lee Tischer granted the group supporting the edifice 30 days to develop a feasible plan to save the house. During the Monday, Sept. 15...
Last Saturday, Cathlamet's historic Julia Butler Hansen Home hosted its first open house with a fundraising ice-cream and pie social. The event was put on by the Friends of Julia Butler Hansen (FJBH), a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation "dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Julia Butler Hansen house and all its historic contents and garden." Another function of FJBH, according to President Frank Corbin, is "to share the legacy of this incredible family," especially Julia Butler...
To The Eagle, Kudos to the Cathlamet Public Library! We are grateful recipients of free library cards, a service extended to all Wahkiakum County residents. And we recently took advantage of the free passes offered by the Library to both Washington State Parks and Columbia River Maritime Museum. These passes can each be checked out for a week. The passes saved us a total of $50: $20 for the daily entrance fees at the two State Parks we visited and $30 for two senior admissions to the Museum. Thank you to the Cathlamet Public Library, Librarian...
HELLO. With your wonderful support, we continue to make the library even better – thank you. GOT DELIVERY? Beginning Thursday, Oct. 2, we will start the first ever Westend-Cathlamet Library Delivery/Pick-up service every Thursday from 2-3 p.m. at the Raistakka Fire Station 2 in Rosburg. For easy details, please see the library website. A big thank you goes out to Westenders for showing your support. FIRST TALK. Our first Autumn Author Talk is scheduled for Saturday, Oct 11 at 6 p.m. with author Dayle Olson as our guest. Dayle is a poet and shor...
Wahkiakum VFW Post 5297 operates in Cathlamet. There are currently 62 members in the Post. We have about 273 veterans listed in Wahkiakum County. We believe there are many more veterans living within Wahkiakum County who have not contacted us, and we would like to hear from you. Our Post seeks donations to help local veterans and their families in need, to make donations to local causes, and to recognize and make cash awards to local students and first responders. We have donated to various local and veteran causes such as Girl Scouts,...
Sept 8 8:07 a.m. A service truck was reportedly speeding on Deep River Road. 6:44 p.m. Wahkiakum fire districts responded to a brush fire on Brookfield Road. 8:30 p.m. A caller reported hearing gunshots coming from the end of Mill Creek and then heard several vehicles driving off. Deputies patrolled the area but did not see or hear anything nefarious. 9:27 p.m. A Puget Island resident called to complain that a tenant of a neighboring property had been harassing them and following them home. Deputies arrived and formally trespassed the person...
GLOOMY START. As this week begins, it’s pretty gloomy and a bit damp this Sunday morning, but by the time you read this, it’s supposed to be nicer and drier, and will give all of us who still have outdoor work to do, another chance to get some things done. I swear this summer went by so fast that I can’t believe we’re in the latter half of yet another month and the holidays are fast approaching...yikes! So, if you’re one of those folks who still needs to wash your outside windows or clean out those gutters, or get that extra stock of wood alre...
Friends of Skamokawa is celebrating its 35th auction fundraiser. “A Fall Wine Tasting & Auction” will be held Saturday, Oct. 18 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the River Rat Bar on Broadway St. in Cathlamet. This will be a gala evening of fun, friends and spirited bidding. There will be wines to sample and appetizers from our local restaurants. The deck will be lined with silent and live auction donations. Items included are home décor, art, gift baskets, business certificates, dining, weekend getaways, wood crafts, ceramics, wine, and more. Brian McCl...
When Wallie Garvey invited me to his home for an interview, I was glad he had warned me to bring a four-wheel drive vehicle. His house sits far from the main road and getting there is not for the faint of heart. Several miles down Altoona-Pillar Rock Road on a sunny afternoon I reached the steep, rocky climb that snakes up through the trees toward his property. I'm no stranger to tricky roads, so I shifted our Dodge Ram into four-wheel drive and forged ahead. It's not a road I'd want to tackle...
Wahkiakum School District Superintendent Ralph Watkins spent the last 12 years in Alaska. With a couple of those years being spent in Shishmaref, a town Watkins described as a "poster child for climate change," the newly appointed superintendent learned a lot about community while living in these Alaskan villages. Wanting to not only work in communities of 2,000 people or less, as well as being closer to his aging mother and father in Los Angeles, Calif., Watkins, along with his wife and son,...
This 2025 season, Flynn Creek Circus invites audiences to ‘The Bridge,’ a spellbinding new show inspired by a wolf, Nordic legend, and the kinetic architecture of connection. Narrated through the voice of the silly Goat and his stubborn Shadow, The Bridge takes viewers on a journey with massive acrobatic stunts, irreverent comedy, and masterful showmanship. Meet the troubled Troll, the empty headed Emperor and the Red Countess as they encounter the realm of the wolf. The Ferryman and the Star enchant with feats of elegant skill. True to Fly...
Homemakers resume The Happy Homemakers club resumed their monthly meetings with the Sept. 8 meeting being held at the home of Mrs. Viola Kendall. Pearl Elliot was co-hostess for this month. Mrs. Lola Frink reported to the club members on the series of extension service meetings held during the summer months with extension agent, Pearl Linde. The plans for the forthcoming year and the leadership training program meetings were also discussed. A brief report on the dangers of possible fire dangers of having glass bottles sitting on window sills...
David Wayne Bodin of Cathlamet, Washington lost his four year battle with Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson's on Friday, August 29, 2025, surrounded by his wife of 19 years, Leigh Goodison, his parents, Isabel and Gary Hendricks, and his brother, Bret Bodin. David was born in Hollywood, California to Isabel and Nick Jepson on June 22, 1958. David enlisted in the US Marine Corp at the age of 17 in early 1975, the youngest Marine at the time, and in his family a third generation Marine. He was...
Long time Wahkiakum resident, Veryle M. West, born in Canby, OR on March 13, 1929 went to be with the Lord on August 30, 2025 surrounded by her loved ones at her home in Cathlamet, WA. She is survived by her sons, David West (Kathi) and Alan West, her daughter Annette Lundy (Paul), her sisters Irma Sillonis and Elizabeth Roley, her brother LuRoy Douglas and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her father Luther D...
HELLO. Isn’t it wonderful to be able to read? This human invention of reading is not a natural skill for humans, we must be taught it. Just something to ponder. WESTEND DELIVERY. Starting Thursday, Oct. 2, we will begin a new Westend-Cathlamet Library Delivery/Pick-up service every Thursday from 2-3 p.m. at the Raistakka Fire Station 2 in Rosburg. We look forward to providing our Westend county library members with this delivery/pick-up service. This is a pilot program. Together, with your support, we can make it work. For details on how to u...
A recent donation to St. James Family Center (SJFC) made quite a stir at the end of August. Beaverton-based Pacific Office Automation (POA) gave $1000 and eight NASCAR tickets as a contribution to St James' "40 for 40" campaign, which celebrates the 40 years SJFC has been a part of Wahkiakum County's landscape. The NASCAR tickets may seem a bit random; however, POA has a unique relationship with Portland International Raceway. POA is actually the title sponsor of the annual NASCAR Xfinity...
DAMP BEGINNING. Well, as this week begins, I know that many of you aren't too keen about the dampness falling from the sky but there are a whole lot of folks who are relishing in the cool down and the "sprinklers" from the sky. Our yards are pretty parched and our forests are tinder dry, besides, it's September and aren't we supposed to see a shift away from the hot days of summer? SPECIAL DAYS. Those celebrating birthdays this coming week from Sept. 11 through Sept. 18 are Brittanie Helms-Lampitt, Rex Gilbertsen, Conner Parker, Renee Robert, C...
Sept. 1 10:18 a.m. A driver on Steamboat Slough Road called to report cows in the road. Deputies contacted the reported owners of the cows who said they would take care of it. 1:02 p.m. A Skamokawa resident called after finding a loose dog that appeared to be injured or sick and was given the number for WAAG. 9:55 p.m. A Rosburg resident was transported to the hospital for breathing difficulties. Sept. 2 2:28 p.m. Sheriff’s deputies responded to investigate reports of drug activity on Jacobsen Road in Cathlamet. 3:24 p.m. A Cathlamet r...
Walter Russell "Russ" Durrah, 79 passed, away at Peace Health Richard Nau Hospice in Longview Thursday Aug. 21, 2025. Russ was born on Jan. 14, 1946 in Seattle to George Durrah and June Vicary Durrah. Russ lived most of his life in Skamokawa and Cathlamet, attending Skamokawa grade school and Wahkiakum High School, graduating in 1965. He had a football scholarship to Shoreline Community College for one year. Russ worked for his family's business, Durrah and McCormick Logging as soon as he...
Connie Lee Christopher died Aug. 18, 2025 in Portland, Ore. at OHSU, following a fall resulting in a traumatic brain injury. She was born June 6, 1948 in Colfax, Wash., and lived on a farm near Albion, Wash. until 1960, when the family moved to Palouse, Wash. Both her paternal and maternal ancestors were pioneering Oregon homesteaders. She graduated from Palouse High School, Washington State University and Portland State University, as well as completing MIT's Sloan School Senior Executive...
Tsuga Gallery announces Elizabeth Nugent Rose as its artist of the month for September. The fifth of eight children, Elizabeth was born and raised in Virginia, where she spent her childhood exploring Chesapeake Bay. The Bay provided a vibrant abundance of wildlife that she explored with her grandfather. Elizabeth's grandmother got her started with crafting at an early age. These early family moments sparked her lifelong passion for fiber arts, as both her mother and grandmother taught her how...
CLOUDY START. Well, it’s a cloudy start to this week at the end of yet another month, and I’m loving it, as the heat we had was too much for me. We even had a splash of rain here and there this past week, so that was nice. This first week in September looks pretty dry but the warmest day will be over by the time you read this so if you’re a sun lover, I hope you enjoyed it. SPECIAL DAYS. Those celebrating birthdays from Sept. 4 through 11 are Jade Havens, Tristan Collupy, Troy Davis, Edward Johnson, Carla Keilwitz, Jamie Nielsen, Britt...
Aug. 25 9:31 a.m. A Puget Island resident called to report seeing smoke coming from a neighboring street. It was determined that the smoke was coming from a fire in an approved fire pit. Aug. 26 8:11 a.m. A Rosburg resident called to report that someone had crashed through their gate. No injuries were reported. 9:28 a.m. A driver on Risk Road called to report a fallen tree was blocking the roadway. 10:47 a.m. A Cathlamet resident was transported to the hospital after falling and hitting her head. 12:58 p.m. A local business owner turned in a pu...
There are times, believe it or not, when I ask myself just what constitutes "the outdoors." I am, after all, supposedly an outdoor writer. Not an outdoor "rider," a pursuit of which I've been accused on more than one occasion. I do, from time to time, ride through the outdoors. For the past 33 years, I've made my living, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, writing about the outdoors. To some, I was a 'hook and bullet' guy; a scribe of the consumptive order. A fisherman. A hunter. The hook and the...
One of the things I enjoy most about writing my column each week is getting to know incredible people. This past week, I sat down with a few members of the Zimmerman family to learn about their journey to the farmer's market. Bekalyn, the mom, shared, "We read in The Eagle that there was going to be a farmers market the following Friday, and vendors were invited to participate. It was the perfect fit for us. It's low-key; you can move around as much or as little as you want. You can bring what...
