Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Sorted by date Results 5153 - 5177 of 9449
Maybe the constant rains will cease. It is time to get out and consider the plants for your yard and garden. Landscaping for wild life has become a popular theme, primarily since so many of our birds and insects seem to not thrive with modern agriculture, modern landscaping and loss of habitat. The National Wildlife Federation, the Nature Conservancy and like other organizations have been promoting the use of native plants and gardening schemes to enhance the attraction of your garden to the small creatures. Recent research has indicated that...
Restoration is being proposed for an area just north of Cathlamet that touches on the Elochoman River, Foster Road and the Elochoman Mainline. Columbia Land Trust, with funding from Bonneville Power Administration is proposing to turn farmland back into what it once had been--a tidally influenced freshwater wetland. Last year, the Washington Department of Transportation removed tide gates and installed larger culverts nearby. The project improved access for water and fish. The plan includes the...
At the Wahkiakum County Port 1 meeting last Thursday, commissioners learned that preparations at the marina for the spring season was especially challenging in the last month. The ice machine broke down and needed a new pump and filter. A repairman had visited three times to repair a washing machine that quit spinning. In the bathrooms, a faucet needed to be repaired and so did a toilet. Another toilet needed to be reset. There were problems with the new propane water heater. In the cabins, one...
Unsworthy and Norman said the Oregon and Washington departments continue to study fisheries under the Kitzhaber Plan with an eye on evaluating it at the end of the year. The plan, named after former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, basically allocates the majority of salmon harvest in the Columbia to anglers, shifts commercial gillnetters into side channels, and encourages development of alternative commercial gear. Chinook runs on the Columbia should be above average and offer lots of opportunity for all fishers this year, Norman said....
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution to update and amend the water contract with the Town of Cathlamet. The PUD and the town negotiated changes to the maintenance costs, plant operating costs and vehicle costs. The PUD also agreed to pay a share of the project costs for the water filtration plant and any storage or transmission improvements. A representative from the town will meet with the PUD auditor each month to examine invoices that the town...
WILD BEGINNING--Last Sunday was forecast as a wet and windy one and by golly, early that morning, we started getting some pretty good gusts out here. I had hoped that our first day of losing an hour of sleep due to Daylight Savings Time would be relatively calm but no such luck, as my flying garbage can gave me an early wake up call! Rarely do we get wind that impacts our backyard area, so that took me by surprise. Later in the afternoon, we lost power, like most of the valleys in Skamokawa, which was due to a fallen tree out East Valley but af...
THURSDAY Rosburg Community Club, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet First Aid Division, Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, First Aid Division, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, ambulance training, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Community Library & Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: March 7 — 6:22 a.m. The Cathlamet Fire Department responded when a caller reported that a fire had resumed at a home in Skamokawa. 7:11 a.m. Deputies were asked to check on the site of a recent fire in Skamokawa throughout the day. 8:37 a.m. A caller complained about a pitbull running loose in the Elochoman Valley. 9:41 a.m. A caller requested assistance after getting locked out of his vehicle on Puget I...
The Chancers was one of three Irish bands to play at the Pioneer Community Association's Hang on to Yer Kilts fund raiser at the River Mile 38 Brewery on Saturday. The event raised $1,600 for the fire suppression system at the Pioneer Center, also known as the Pioneer Church in Cathlamet....
Last week's wind storms toppled trees onto one of the footbridges across Birnie Creek at Strong Park in Cathlamet. Photo courtesy of Pam Hanson....
Children and teens are invited to participate in making Easter baskets and cookies on March 26 at the Cathlamet Community Center, 101 Main Street, Cathlamet. The first session is for children in grades 1-5 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The second session is for teens grades 6-12 from 1:30 to 3 p.m....
Live Music at River Mile 38 Brewing Company: Christine Darby will perform from 5 to 8 p.m., on the Crow's Nest Stage during Live at Five. 285 Third St., Cathlamet. For more information call 360-366-4662....
Wahkiakum County commissioners covered lots of ground at their early meeting Tuesday, ranging from approving a settlement with the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) to reporting on lobbying efforts in the state legislative session. The board approved an agreement to a reduced financial penalty for a citation for improper life preservers on the ferry Oscar B. Public Works Director Chuck Beyer reported an L&I inspector visited the ferry last October and issued a $9,600 penalty because the deckhand wasn't wearing a highly visible personal...
Jp Rowan, the organizer of the Cathlamet Downhill Corral Longboard Festival, has announced that he will not hold the festival this year. The festival has brought hundreds, if not over 1,000, spectators and competitors to Cathlamet each August since 2009 for some exciting events. Here is his announcement as posted on Facebook and some of the following comments: “To my skate family, I have an announcement to make: “After a lot of deliberation I have decided I will not be hosting the PDX Switchbacks Series nor the Cathlamet Downhill Corral Lon...
To The Eagle: I just want to remind Wahkiakum County Democrats that their caucus will be held at 10 a.m. on March 26 in the multi-purpose room at the elementary school and at Rosburg Hall for Westend voters. Come meet with your fellow Democrats. B.J. Cornett Cathlamet...
Local boat builder makes donation to Search and Rescue Recently, local boat builder Michael Baccellieri generously donated a beautiful handcrafted wooden boat as a fundraising item for the Wahkiakum County Search and Rescue Team. From his boat shop on Puget Island, Welcome Slough Boatworks, Baccellieri spent many hours crafting the boat from logs he had salvaged from the Columbia River in the area around Cathlamet and Puget Island. After milling the logs into useable building stock, he performed his magic and the lovely little boat was born....
MIXED BAG--I no sooner turned in my news last week and the weather took a turn for the worse and got pretty wet and pretty windy and some areas wound up losing power, while others had trees coming down, but it really depended on where you were as to how bad it was. Some of the days that were forecast for being miserable, were actually half-way decent, meaning part of the day was dry and sunny, while the rains poured down later on, but that beat a whole day of nastiness, so that was fine with us. Considering the flooding going on in other parts...
On Sunday at 12:37 p.m., the Skamokawa Fire Department, the District 4 Fire Department, the Cathlamet Fire Department, the Puget Island Fire Department and the Cathlamet ambulance responded to the report of a structure fire in Skamokawa. They were able to get the fire under control by 4:17 p.m. An investigator was requested and Red Cross was notified in order to assist the family affected by the fire. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Congregational Church, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Port District No.1, 500 2nd St., 5 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire District, No. 3 Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire training, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum County Real Property Rights Advisory Board, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 1:30-3...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 29 — 10:27 a.m. A caller reported that an individual who was angry and driving while intoxicated had shown up at his home. The individual yelled at him and drove away. 11:08 a.m. A Rosburg resident reported that 100 gallons of fuel had been stolen. 12:56 p.m. A two year old Rosedale resident was reported missing. He was found in a vacant home nearby. 1:49 p.m. A Deep River resident reported that h...
Three people sustained injuries in a one-car traffic accident at 6:10 a.m. last Saturday morning. According to the Washington State Patrol, Brian S. Montgomery, 22, of Cathlamet, was driving westbound on SR 4 at mile post 41 east of Cathlamet when the vehicle, a 1994 GMC pickup, crossed the eastbound lane, left the roadway and came to rest against a tree on an embankment. Montgomery and two passengers, Kaylee Carricker, 18, Cathlamet, and Joseph J. Montgomery, Longview, sustained injuries and were taken by ambulance to St. John Hospital in...
The goal of the No More campaign is to promote an open dialogue about the traditionally taboo topics of domestic violence and sexual assault. "A lot of people don't always know what to do," Annika Vik, prevention advocate for St. James Family Center said, "because we don't talk about it. It makes it harder for people to come forward. We talk to remove the stigma and if people are not held accountable it's not going to stop." Last year, Vik asked several community members to create signs that...
In March of 2015, Kenny Evans came to Cathlamet Christian Fellowship to preach weekly while the church was in transition without a lead pastor. It was originally meant to be a three month process but Evans was asked to stay on and in November he accepted the position. Evans has been a preacher in the Pacific Northwest for over 16 years and has served as a university pastor in Ellensburg and as a pastor to small groups and starting up a recovery ministry in Eagle River, Alaska. He and his wife Emma have been married for 15 years and have four...
Chuck Brett Falconer, 56, of Cathlamet passed away peacefully Feb. 22, 2016, at the Hospice Care Center. He was born April 12, 1959, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Robert Falconer and Norma Shores. Chuck grew up in Cowlitz County and relocated to California in his teen years. At 17, Chuck joined the Air Force and was stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base working as a security guard. He left the Air Force in 1978 and traveled back to California where he reunited with the love of his life, Lorraine Crispin. They were married Dec. 15, 1979, in Reno,...
The Bank of the Cascades officially opened its doors on Monday, and according to Julie Miller, the Oregon President of the Bank of the Cascades (BOTC), there have already been lines forming and new customers signing up. BOTC was in growth mode when it bid on several branches of Bank of America when they decided to divest, Miller said. They acquired the Bank of America branches in Cathlamet, Raymond, Willapa Bay and Westport. Local staff were retained and “bank ambassadors,” as Miller des...
