Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, meetings and events usually listed here have been canceled or changed to online participation until further notice. The Eagle was advised of the following events: Online Recovery Meeting, Lower Columbia River Refuge Recovery. Mondays 6:30 p.m. Zoom ID 960 8413 9102. Community Center, Mon. 9-12 & 1-5. Tues-Thurs. 9-1. Friday by appointment. Cathlamet Library T-F 2-5 p.m. Covid restrictions enforced....
The Naselle/Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors held its monthly meeting on March 16. In personnel matters, the board approved the hire of Scott Smith, head track coach and Kathryn Green, assistant track coach, along with Rick La Greide, as middle school track coach. Andrew Anderson was hired as a part-time groundskeeper. The board also approved the school calendar for the 2021-22 school year. The board conducted a first read of policies by the Washington State School Directors Association. These included Sexual Health...
Limits on the use of force by police and investigations of officers who have a pattern of misconduct continue to make their way through the Legislature, with some bills winning broad approval and with some passing only on party line votes. While all agree on the need to review police procedures, some, mainly Republicans, worry the state is going too far in trying to rein in police tactics. Use of force A ban on military-grade equipment and neck restraints by police officers continues to gain momentum in the Legislature after HB 1054 passed the...
A bill moving through the Washington Legislature would allow workers to bring legal action if labor laws are not upheld. The bill, House Bill 1076, would allow a person to bring suit as a whistleblower on unfair labor practices. The process, called a qui tam action, allows a private party to sue on behalf of the state. If a settlement is awarded, the whistleblower gets a share of the award and the rest goes to the state. Retaliation against an employee for engaging in a qui tam action would be prohibited. Opponents say the bill could open the d...
The Cathlamet Town Council met on Monday to discuss and vote on three updated ordinances reviewed by Code Publishing which has been performing an external review of outdated municipal codes. Mayor Dale Jacobson was in attendance after missing several consecutive meetings and commended Council Members David Olson and Robert Stowe for filling in as pro tem. The newest council member CeCe Raglin excused herself from the meeting and was not in attendance. Wahkiakum County Commissioner Lee Tischer spoke during the public comment portion of the...
WSDOT is planning a one-lane detour at the slide that has closed SR 401 between Naselle and the Astoria-Meglar bridge. Here is WSDOT Tuesday afternoon announcement: NASELLE – While a section of unstable roadway forced the closure of State Route 401 on Tuesday, Feb. 23, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is continuing work to reopen at least one lane of the highway, as soon and safely as possible. Following thorough evaluation of field data, WSDOT geotechnical engineers have determined that emergency contractor crews w...
A family of turtles sun themselves on a log in a Puget Island Slough. Photo courtesy of Sarah Lawrence....
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday to listen to reports and continue their discussion about the general manager search. Commissioner Dennis Reid expressed concern about federal money that had been given to outside companies to provide broadband to areas in Skamokawa and on Puget Island. “That is going to take away our ability to do anything down there,” he said. “If they’ve got funds on a 10 year project, we won’t be able to get funds for that same area.” Commissione...
Wahkiakum County's Noxious Weed Program should be able to spray herbicide on invasive milfoil in Puget Island water ways in the coming spring season, county commissioners said Tuesday. Puget Island resident Mirjami Laukkanen raised the issue in the board's Tuesday meeting public comment period. "Come July, we won't have any waterfront," she said of her home's Welcome Slough shoreline. Commissioners said they believe spraying will occur before July. The county's weed board is working with...
All counties are eligible for Phase 3 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Healthy Washington reopening plan on March 22. Inslee made the announcement March 11 following a downward trend in COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations across the state over the past month. “The reason we are able to make this progress is because we have been safe, we have been diligent and we have cared about our loved ones and ourselves,” Inslee said. The reopening of outdoor sporting events, increased vaccine eligibility, and economic improvements were the highlights of Insle...
Wahkiakum alum Peyton Souvenir, as a senior guard for the Lewis and Clark State College Warriors women's basketball team, is headed to Sioux City, Iowa, this week to compete in the 40th Annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Women's Basketball Championship. Located in Lewiston, Idaho, LCSC won two loser out games over the weekend to earn a spot in the 16 team tournament. The 14th ranked Warriors begin play on Friday at 1 p.m. against third-ranked Campbellsville, a college out...
With no new covid-19 cases in the last week, Wahkiakum County’s cumulative number remained at 104. According to the Washington Department of Health, 1,554 tests have been conducted in the county so far. In Cowlitz County, 4,402 people have tested positive for covid-19, and 59 have died. Pacific County is reporting their 816th case, with 10 deaths. Across the river in Columbia County, there have been 1,298 confirmed cases, and 23 deaths attributed to covid-19. “The downward trend con...
Commissioners of Wahkiakum Port District 2 on Tuesday took care of some housekeeping matters and met in executive session to discuss possible sale or acquisition of real estate. Commissioners approved a recommendation from Manager Jeff Smith to contract with Champs Tree Service for removal of approximately 40 alder and cottonwood trees at Skamokawa Vista Park. The work will cost about $6,400. Smith said the trees were spread around the park and were leaning badly or posed some other concern. Small pieces will be chipped, and large pieces of...
A great white heron sunned itself on the top of a dead tree right before the Puget Island bridge. Photo courtesy of Sarah Lawrence....
Limits on the use of force by police and investigations of officers who have a pattern of misconduct continue to make their way through the Legislature, with some bills winning broad approval and with some passing only on party line votes. While all agree on the need to review police procedures, some, mainly Republicans, worry the state is going too far in trying to rein in police tactics. Use of force A ban on military-grade equipment and neck restraints by police officers continues to gain momentum in the Legislature after HB 1054 passed the...
Conncecting people considering suicide with immediate help is the aim of a proposed law that funds a 988 emergency number with a new tax on phone lines. HB 1477, introduced by Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines, is aimed at tackling issues within Washington’s crisis response system and easing the transition to the new number. “This bill will do analysis of the current system including the gaps in crisis services,” Orwall said. “It will also consider more specialized crisis responses for tribes, youth and other high risk populations.” The Federal C...
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, meetings and events usually listed here have been canceled or changed to online participation until further notice. The Eagle was advised of the following events: Online Recovery Meeting, Lower Columbia River Refuge Recovery. Mondays 6:30 p.m. Zoom ID 960 8413 9102. Community Center, Mon. 9-12 & 1-5. Tues-Thurs. 9-1. Friday by appointment. Cathlamet Library T-F 2-5 p.m. Covid restrictions enforced. Wahkiakum PUD, Tues., 3/23, 8:30 a.m....
By Patric Haerle Washington State Journal Debra Lekanoff always makes sure to appreciate her surroundings, whether she's spending time in nature or on the House floor at the Capitol in Olympia, where she has served for the last three years as the Democratic representative of the 40th District in the northwest corner of the state. "I sit right in the middle of the People's House. I have my Republican colleagues to my left and my Democratic to the right, and watching our two parties work together...
Without any other business on the agenda, the Wahkiakum County Port 1 commissioners discussed the manager’s report last Thursday. Maintenance Manager Todd Souvenir confirmed that the viewing deck had been completed, as had the project to replace the lights in the storage units with LEDs. He said that the port was preparing for the uptick in business that was expected to come in the next three weeks thanks to the fishing season, which opened on March 1 and ends on April 4. The Farmers Market i...
The MV Mumbai headed up the Columbia on Monday with a big load of boxes. Photo by Rick Nelson....
Because of an editing error, incorrect copy appeared last week in an article about Wahkiakum High School senior Beau Carlson. The paragraph beginning with "Twins . . . " should have said: "Beau and classmate Bryson Havens were busy working on a truck on Sunday when I caught up with them, putting on new brakes and adding a CB. They’ve spent their lives learning how to do useful things from the men around them."...
Wahkiakum County's board of commissioners on Tuesday turned their attention to the state legislature in Olympia. Commissioners agreed by consensus to a request from District Court Judge Heidi Heywood to lobby for changes in proposed legislation that could be very costly if approved in present form. The bill, Heywood said, would require the county to provide a public defender attorney for respondents in hearings for protection orders when the petitioner is represented by an attorney. "We handle a large number of these orders," Heywood said. "We...
Hungry gulls form a smelt cleanup crew at the mouth of Birnie Slough. Photo courtesy of Frans Eykel....
Though unemployment and consumer uncertainty remain high, the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council officials told legislators March 3 they felt optimistic a brighter economic future is on its way to Washington. Steve Lerch, the council’s executive director, said he expects tax revenues will exceed November 2020 estimates by $593 million. Lerch said U.S. retail and food service tax revenue went up by 5.3%, and Washington’s earnings trend closely with the national average. Most consumers still have reservations about going out...
SR 401 between Naselle and Megler was closed in late February after a particular section around milepost 4.5 become too unstable to safely support the vehicles passing that way each day, frustrating travelers in the region. The Washington State Department of Transportation has been tracking the slope at that location for about 20 years, WSDOT Project EngineerJoanna Lowrey said on Monday, along with about 3,400 other sites around the state. "It is considered a slow moving landslide, so typically...
