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Wahkiakum County officials are repealing part of the existing ban on outdoor burning. Starting at 12:01 a.m. today (Thursday), 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...
On Monday, the Cathlamet Town Council deliberated on a myriad of agenda items including the possibility of conducting covid-19 tests of biosolids from the town’s sewer system. The test would determine whether or not the virus has entered the system through public, commercial and residential spaces. Other items included an update on the town’s dock repair which appears gridlocked. Public Works Director David McNally stated that because of both the high cost of replacement and extent of damage to the dock, “nobody wants to repair them and nobod...
At Tuesday's meeting of the Wahkiakum PUD board of commissioners, Auditor Erin Wilson reported that the PUD would pay out nearly $30,000 total to 13 customers participating in a renewable energy program this year. The payments are used as a credit towards the PUD electric excise tax, which she said averages between $8,000 and $17,000 per month. Commissioner Bob Jungers noted that it was money that stayed in the county instead of going to Olympia. “I never thought we’d have that many [people par...
Wahkiakum County's board of commissioners breezed through a light agenda Tuesday. At the recommendation of the Public Works Department, commissioners declined to accept bids for paving and other work on Columbia Street between Jacobson Road and SR 4. County Engineer Paul Lacy had estimated the project cost at $237,790, and the lowest of the three bids the county received was $302,260. "We recommend we don't award a contract now," Lacy said. "We'll redesign the project, take some items off for the county forces to do, like installing a catch...
The contractor doing the roofing and painting work on the Pioneer Community Center needed a bigger crane to work on the former church's high steeple, so they brought in the "Ultra Boom" which not only has a long reach but can also operate on sloping ground. Photo courtesy of David Olson....
As of Tuesday, the number of confirmed cases of covid-19 remains at six in Wahkiakum County, with 537 tests having been conducted. There are 80 cases in Pacific County and 648 in Cowlitz County, with 130 considered active. Across the river in Columbia County, there are 153 total cases with seven currently considered infectious and in Clatsop County, they are reporting 127 positive cases, with 97 recovered. “Time for us to get more diligent about this,” Wahkiakum Health and Human Services Dir...
The Wahkiakum Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5297 and other members of the community paused to honor Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action on Friday morning in front of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse. "I'm glad to join with you as we salute the men and women who have served and sacrificed to keep America free," Bill Tawater said. "Today there are nearly 82,000 Americans listed as missing or unaccounted for from our nation's wars going back to World War II. That's 82,000 military and...
In recent editions of the sheriff’s report, there were repeated references to night shoots at the Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge. Paul Meyers, a biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that agencies have been trying to reduce the number of coyotes on the refuge. "We did conduct coyote control at the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer this year after a year of low fawn survival," Myers said in a written statement. "An intensive study 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: 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. Great Rivers BHO Governing Board, Friday, 9/25, 351 NW North St., Chehalis....
The Naselle/Grays River Valley School District Board of Directors held its monthly meeting on Sept. 15. The following personnel matters were addressed: Resignation of Erick Campisi, bus driver, hire Amber Haataia, bus driver, and hire of Kellyn Hazen, interim school counselor. The board also approved the superintendent’s goals for the 2020-21 school year, along with the NGREA (teachers’ union) bargained agreement for 2020-21. In other matters of action, the directors approved the Title I Parent Involvement Policy, the Highly Capable Plan for...
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...
