Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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This year's Hook the Hawg, a fishing derby hosted by Port 1 and organized by the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce, found just the right bait to draw competitors to the Elochoman Slough Marina, last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. And someone out there who hooked a rumored 22 pound salmon on Friday is probably kicking himself, with first place prize money in the open division at $1,650. There were 127 competitors this year, with two-thirds of them visiting from somewhere outside of Wahkiakum...
Last Thursday at the Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors meeting, Chris Bettineski, who Superintendent Brent Freeman introduced as the special education director, gave a presentation on the special education program at Wahkiakum School District. Bettineski said he was new to ESD 112, having spent the previous two decades in eastern Oregon working in a variety of roles in education before settling into special education administration in more recent years. He said he got into special...
When filing opens for offices that are up for election this year, several county positions will be on the ballots. In both Wahkiakum and Pacific counties, these include assessor, auditor, county clerk, sheriff, prosecuting attorney, treasurer, third district county commissioner, third district PUD commissioner, and district court judge(s). In Wahkiakum County, three current office holders, Sheriff Mark Howie, county Commissioner Gene Strong and PUD Commissioner Dennis Reid, have announced they'll run for re-election. And this week, Wahkiakum...
The meeting of the Cathlamet town council set for next Monday has been cancelled, according to the following notice from Town Hall on Wednesday morning: “NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Regular Meeting of the Cathlamet Town Council scheduled on Monday, April 4, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. has been canceled due to a lack of agenda items. The next Regular Town Council Meeting will be held on Monday, April 18, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in the DeBriae Meeting Room of the Cathlamet Fire Hall located at 255 2nd Street, Cathlamet, WA and via Zoom Meeting ID 789 4...
An error occurred in last week's report of the Cathlamet Town Council considering new rates for sewer system users. In regard to commercial users, the text should have said, "Further, of the town's 79 commercial customers, 42% would have a monthly bill of $99 and 78% would have a rate reduction. Seventeen users would see increases."...
The Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners recently approved a request for some professional training requested by Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, to be used as part of the programming for Wahkiakum Community Network. Wahkiakum Community Network (WCN) is a local organization that provides education about substance abuse, hosting programs and trainings that give parents the tools to help their children make better choices when it comes to drugs and alcohol. According to Julie Johnston, the...
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) plans to complete two construction projects this year on SR 4 at Cathlamet and SR 401 in the Knappton area. Heavy rainfall in January, 2021, led to a slide on SR 401 about 4.5 miles from the Megler/Astoria bridge that closed the road until crews were able to open a one-lane bypass in which a stoplight manages traffic flow. Since then WSDOT engineers have studied the geology of the area and developed a design to stabilize the slope. "This...
THURSDAY Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. AA Meeting, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Grays River Fire Department, open meeting, 7 p.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. Community Computer Center, GRVC at Johnson Park, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. FRIDAY River City Strippers, quilting group, St. Catherine Catholic Church, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. AA Meeting, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 7 p.m. (360) 560-6946. Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, Rosburg,...
There are numerous volunteer opportunities for Wahkiakum County residents looking for something to do or looking for ways to make new friends. We at The Eagle will curate a list of opportunities and contacts to be printed periodically. If you are looking for volunteers for your organization, please send an email to diana@waheagle.com with some basic information about the organization and what volunteers would be doing, along with contact information. This week The Eagle heard from the Cathlamet...
Last week, Lorraine Heilman, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, and her team were in Cathlamet to install equipment to do a tidal current survey. "We're the tides and currents folks," she said. "We are trying to update the tidal current tables of the Columbia River." Why? To keep waters safe for navigation. The team was installing an acoustic Doppler current profiler, which measures the speed of water using sound, in the Cathlamet Channel. "Everyone...
[Editor: This story has been updated from first publication to correct an error in the number of commercial accounts seeing rate increases under the proposed new rates.] After long discussion, members of the Cathlamet Town Council on Monday took no action on a proposed update of sewer rates. Town officials have long agreed that the rates are inequitable. Customers living outside city limits pay higher than people inside city limits; and commercial customers have higher rates than residential customers. Council members, consultants and town staf...
Local agencies are planning to boost efforts to control noxious weeds and invasive plants in Wahkiakum County. A variety of agencies make control efforts, including diking districts, the Wahkiakum Conservation District, the Wahkiakum County Noxious Weed Control Board and the county road department. However, at a workshop with agency representatives and the county board of commissioners, all agreed they would like to see the county's noxious weed program take on a larger role. Conservation district Manager Darren Haupt said his group would like...
Analysis By Karen Bertroch Naselle/Grays River Valley school board: Naselle, small that it may be, is a center of transition this spring. Two events last week gave us clear signs of change in our small area of Southwest Washington. In the past, Naselle/Grays River Valley’s School Board has often met with only two to five people attending from the public. For the past six months, a group of parents has been attending who want change in the way schools are led and decisions made. At the last b...
The public Wi-Fi system in the Cathlamet downtown area had stalled because of personnel and equipment issues, but one of the partners in the project, Wahkiakum PUD, has stepped in to help get it back on track. Employees of the PUD joined Network Manager Steve Carson of Skamokawa Internet last week to resume construction of the system on Main Street. “We can all look forward to final system completion and activation in the near future,” Mayor David Olson said, who added that they would be wor...
Wahkiakum County officials have approved an agreement with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to replace the county's bridge of Wilson Creek in Skamokawa's East Valley. The funding grant will largely finance the $1.77 million project. The county's match is estimated at $24,165, Public Works Director Chuck Beyer reported, and would be used for the engineering design phase. The bridge is in poor condition, Beyer said, scoring only 44 out of 100 points on the bridge inspection, and there is a weight limit on loads that pass...
K-12 schools have more guidance on how to conduct active-shooter lockdown drills with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee. The bill prohibits schools from conducting drills involving life-like simulations or reenactments of active shooter scenarios that are not “trauma-informed and age and developmentally appropriate.” Additionally, students, teachers and staff will be alerted before carrying out a shooting-safety lockdown drill. Prime sponsor of the bill, Rep. Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, said the legislation is needed to protect sta...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Planning Commission, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Wahkiakum Commissioners, Courthouse, 9:30 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Eastside Play & Learn Group, St. James Family Center, 10-11:30 a.m. West End Food Pantry, GRVC at Johnson Park, 1-5 p.m. Wahkiakum Food Bank, 42 Elochoman Valley Rd., 3-5 p.m. Sewing Room, GRVC at Johnson Park, 11 a.m....
I wish I could express to you just how enthusiastic Puget Island resident Laura Tronson is about Kikos, a New Zealand breed of goats, but if you ever spend a little time with her, you'll soon know exactly what I mean. It fairly bubbles from her. Tronson lived on a hobby farm as a child and was exposed to a few various farm animals, but it was only after moving to Wahkiakum County a few years ago that she considered having a couple goats. And that was only to help maintain their property. The...
There are numerous volunteer opportunities for Wahkiakum County residents looking for something to do, or looking for ways to make new friends. We at The Eagle will curate a list of opportunities and contacts to be printed periodically. If you are looking for volunteers for your organization, please send an email to diana@waheagle.com with some basic information about the organization and what volunteers would be doing, along with contact information. The Wahkiakum Washington State University...
Steven Hansen, who lives in the Marina Estates area, approached the Port District 1 Board of Commissioners on Thursday about the installation of a gate at the rock pit, which connects the marina to his neighborhood. He said a neighbor had been threatened after he confronted a man who had driven through, that three cars of joyriding high school students had traveled through one day, and that "sketchy characters" were seen coming and going. "It won't restrict our right of way at all,"...
On Tuesday, the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners learned about Bonneville tier rates, heard reports and were asked to consider making some changes to their agenda. General Manager Dan Kay went over the PUD’s contract with Bonneville Power Administration, with an explanation of BPA’s tier rate methodology. He said that the PUD’s current rate period high water mark is 4.775 average megawatts. That number is determined by readings taken every hour for an entire year. There is a buffe...
Wahkiakum County officials on Tuesday acted on a shoreline master plan update and discussed how to proceed with an update of the county comprehensive plan. State statutes require periodic reviews of shoreline plans, said county Planner David Hicks, and the county's is due this June. The state Department of Ecology has offered a grant of $84,000 for the county to conduct the review and extended the deadline to June, 2023. The review could be conducted simultaneously with final work on the county's Shoreline Management Program (SMP)...
Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to provide interim funding for the Wahkiakum County Fair. The fair's account has a little over $400 in it, said county Treasurer Tammy Peterson, and that's not enough to cover current billing. Fair officials were present at the commission's March 8 meeting to present a request for funding to cover expenses until they receive their state appropriation. Commissioners asked Auditor Nicci Bergseng and Treasurer Tammy Peterson to meet with fair officials, analyze the situation and make a...
A bill that aimed to limit the governor’s emergency powers died in a late night debate on the floor of the Washington State Legislature just hours before the bill cutoff deadline. Critics had hoped to limit the use of gubernatorial powers, like the ones Gov. Jay Inslee has used since Feb. 2020 to control the spread of COVID-19. House minority leader Rep. J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, said after approximately 30 minutes of discussion considering the first proposed amendment, debate was suddenly stopped with Democrats pulling the bill off the floor. H...
Friction between anglers and Elochoman Valley property owners spilled over to the Tuesday meeting of the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners. Property owners told commissioners an influx of anglers has infringed on their riverfront property and brought problems with litter and people relieving themselves. They asked what could be done to address the situation, and after discussion, officials agreed to press the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to post signs and make efforts to educate anglers to respect property rights....
