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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Editor's Note: Over the years,The Eagle has tried to keep coverage of candidates for election as even as possible. Part of that effort is to contact candidates and ask them to fill out an interview form covering their background, experience and goals; we follow up by printing what they submit. We also take advantage of community forums in which competing candidates respond to the same set of questions, and other stories come from these forums. In the case of county commission candidates Dan...
The doors recently opened at The Spar, a new bar/restaurant on Main Street in Cathlamet for the over 21 crowd. For owner Stephanie Vossen, it's a first venture in the hospitality industry, but manager Jodie Kleinhans is no stranger to the trade, having opened nine bars and one night club in her career. Vossen, who worked for an attorney for 20 years before opening her own bookkeeping business, started down this path when she began buying rental properties. She and her father decided to open a...
A crowd celebrated The Spar's opening with owner Stephanie Vossen and manager Jodie Kleinhans, as they performed a ribbon cutting sponsored by the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce on Friday afternoon at their new restaurant on Main Street in Cathlamet. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
Commissioners of Port District No. 2 relinquished ownership of Coffee Pot Island and took a look at a proposed budget for 2021 when they met Sept. 14. Coffee Pot Island lies in the Columbia between the Port's Svensen Park in Puget Island and the Georgia Pacific paper mill in Oregon. In 2016, Coffeepot Island Holdings, LLC (CPI), a limited liability corporation involving Puget Island residents Doug and Jill Martin, gifted the island to the port district for use as a recreational area. Both the port district and CPI intended that CPI would...
The Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds in Skamokawa may be called into service to house persons and animals displaced by regional wildfires. Commissioner Gene Strong brought the idea to the board of commissioners Tuesday, saying people evacuating from advancing wildfires could benefit from using fairgrounds facilities. There are spots for trailers and camping, there are barns and pens for animals, and there are water and other facilities, he said. "Having it available would be a good use of the grounds," he said. Commissioners Mike Backman and Dan...
Wahkiakum County officials are repealing part of the existing ban on outdoor burning. Starting at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, county officials will allow recreational fires if built in approved fire pits or in designated campgrounds, such as those typically found in local, county, and state parks and in commercial campgrounds. On private land, campfires are permitted with the landowner’s permission if built in an approved manner: • In a metal, stone or masonry lined fire pit such as those seen in approved campgrounds. • They may not excee...
Poor air quality caused by regional fires didn't keep the fishermen away on Friday after fishing opened for a three day period last week. Photo by Diana Zimmerman....
The Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Conservation District is currently working on a project on the Elochoman River, using log structures for stream restoration and salmon recovery. District Manager Darin Houpt who studied forest management and water resources at the University of Missouri, and received a Masters in Forest Hydrology at Oregon State University, was overseeing the work being done at the site about four miles up Elochoman Valley Road. "The real purpose of this project is to establish a...
The Wahkiakum Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5297 will have a short POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at 9 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) at the flagpole at the county courthouse in Cathlamet. The public is invited. The VFW request face masks to be worn and that attendees practice social distancing for the ceremony....
The number of confirmed cases of covid-19 in Wahkiakum County remained at six as of Tuesday, with 515 tests having been conducted so far. Numbers continue to rise in counties surrounding Wahkiakum, including Pacific County where they are up to 77 positive cases, 12 of which are considered active. In Cowlitz County, they have had 584 confirmed cases, 77 remaining active. Across the river in Columbia County, there have been 145 cases. Seven are currently infectious. In Clatsop County, they are up...
Compiled by Diana Zimmerman Candidates for local and regional offices were asked to respond to a brief questionnaire from The Wahkiakum County Eagle. Here are the responses from Mike Backman, who is currently District 1 on the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners, and his challenger, Lee Tischer. In primary election, District 1 (Puget Island and South Cathlamet precincts) favored Tischer in a 434-240 vote. Challenger Lee Tischer Lee Tischer is challenging Mike Backman, incumbent, for the...
Compiled by Diana Zimmerman Candidates for local and regional offices were asked to respond to a brief questionnaire from The Wahkiakum County Eagle. Here are the responses from Mike Backman, who is currently District 1 on the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners, and his challenger, Lee Tischer. In primary election, District 1 (Puget Island and South Cathlamet precincts) favored Tischer in a 434-240 vote. Incumbent Mike Backman Mike Backman, incumbent for Wahkiakum County Commissioner,...
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: Wahkiakum PUD, Tuesday, 9/22, 8:30 a.m. Online Recovery Meeting, Lower Columbia River Refuge Recovery. Mondays 6:30 p.m. Zoom ID 960 8413 9102. Wahkiakum PUD, Tuesday, 8:30 a.m....
A new movie, The Dark Divide, based on Grays River resident Robert Michael Pyle’s book Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide is opening in select theaters and for virtual viewing this weekend. The Dark Divide is about Pyle’s “perilous 1995 journey across one of America’s largest undeveloped wildlands. At the urging of his dying wife Thea, the shy author finds himself in over his head on an epic, life-changing expedition through Washington’s Gifford Pinchot National Forest in search of...
Wahkiakum County Port 1 Commissioners approved a bid for a project to build a viewing dock at the Elochoman Slough Marina and signed an interlocal agreement with Wahkiakum County for the use of County Line Park at their meeting last Thursday. The port has received a $16,000 grant from the Marine Resource Committee to build a 20’ x 40’ viewing dock at the marina, which recently went out to bid. Two local contractors responded. One, RTT Services, offered to complete the project for $16,000 plu...
Beaver Creek resident Matthew Johnson, 39, was arrested on September 2 and charged with attempted arson in the second degree. On August 29, the Skamokawa Fire Department, the Skamokawa ambulance, deputies, and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) responded to a brush fire near Vista Park. According to a deputy’s report, there were four locations where fires had been extinguished, including an area, 30x30 feet, which drew near the shop building at Vista Park. A DNR investigator said that he believed that accelerant had been used to start th...
The setting sun poked through the wildfire smoke over Birnie Slough. Photo by Rick Nelson....
Beaver Creek resident Matthew Johnson, 39, was arrested on September 2 and charged with attempted arson in the second degree. On August 29, the Skamokawa Fire Department, the Skamokawa ambulance, deputies, and the Department of Natural Resources responded to a brush fire near Vista Park. According to a deputy’s report, there were four locations where fires had been extinguished, including an area, 30 x 30 feet, which drew near the shop building at Vista Park. A DNR investigator said that he believed that accelerant had been used to start the f...
Roofers went to work on the Pioneer Community Center in Cathlamet this week, enjoying views from on high if they paused in their work. The upper photo was taken Tuesday, the lower photo earlier, before wildfire smoke blanketed the region. Photos courtesy of David Olson....
On Tuesday, the Cathlamet Town Council was brought to order by Mayor Dale Jacobson in his first full meeting back since a recent health issue. No ordinances or resolutions were included on this week’s agenda, but the revamping of the town’s sewer rate and expansion plan spurred plenty of discussion. Additional items included a presentation announcing initiation of upgrades to the Pioneer Community Center; old business included a discussion of a $31,000 contract with Ricoh USA, Inc. to convert town documents into electronic form; new bus...
Wahkiakum County commissioners discussed vaccines and looked ahead to budget preparation for 2021 when they met Tuesday. Dian Cooper, executive director of the Cowlitz Health Center, which operates a clinic in Cathlamet, said clinics will start receiving flu vaccine in October, and she urged everyone to be vaccinated in order to cut down the spread of disease during the covid-19 pandemic. Commission Chair Dan Cothren asked about covid-19 vaccines, saying he has been hearing that agencies won't be ready to administer the vaccine once its...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Directors met Tuesday morning to listen to reports and approve a grant application, a preliminary budget, and a new reserve fund level. The PUD water crew repaired a water leak at the base of Puget Island bridge, General Manager Dave Tramblie said, and the Skamokawa Water Consolidation Project contractors will begin work on September 14. They have 60 days to complete the work. “I’m sure people will be glad to see that finally getting started,” Commi...
The Wahkiakum County Building and Planning Department has announced that effective at 12 noon, Tuesday, Sept. 9, all outdoor burning is banned in Wahkiakum County, including recreational fires in private fire pits and fire pits in designated campgrounds, such as those typically found in local, county, and state parks and in commercial campgrounds. All burning permits issued by the county prior to the burn ban are hereby rescinded until such time that the burn ban is lifted. For more information, contact: --Washington State Department of...
On Page 1 of the August 27 edition, The Eagle misidentified the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post involved in the dedication of the new flags and flag pole at the Town of Cathlamet office. It is Post 5297, not 527....
Candidates for local and regional offices were asked to respond to a brief questionnaire from the Wahkiakum County Eagle. Here are the responses from Brian Blake, who is currently the Washington State Legislative District 19 Representative, Position 2, and his challenger, Wahkiakum resident, Joel McEntire. In primary election voting McEntire showed strength, drawing 52.4 percent of the vote compared to Blake's 47.4 percent. Brian Blake I am a small business owner, former logger and environmental...
