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• Homelessness and climate among key concerns By Leona Vaughn, WNPA News Service OLYMPIA (Jan. 14)-- Gov. Jay Inslee stood before the Washington Legislature to deliver his 2020 State of the State Address on Tuesday, Jan. 14. “Washington state indeed embodies the best in America,” Gov. Inslee said. “We have been honored to be both the best place to do business and the best place to be an employee, and that combination is a rare and powerful testament to our state.” Even so, he talked about concerns, including homelessness and climate change. ...
One might think Tuesday's meeting of the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners turned into a reality TV news program. The morning started at 8 a.m. with a roundtable discussion by local governmental entities reporting their principle activities and transitioned into similar discussion in the county commission's formal meeting. Highlights include: --Jackie Lea, manager of Port District 1, said the port is continuing the permitting process to site a barge demolition site. A company wants to decommission barges at the Elochoman Slough Marina. Ac...
• Would do away with Discover Pass By Cameron Sheppard, WNPA News Service OLYMPIA (Jan. 13)-- Residents and visitors will get a break if lawmakers approve a proposal to do away with Discover Pass fees for using state parks. Senate Minority Leader Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville and Sen. Randi Becker, R-Eatonville, have co-sponsored SB 6174, which would no longer require park visitors to pay $10 for a one-time parking permit, or buy the $30 annual parking Discover Pass. Sen. Schoesler is critical of the tax proposals voted in last year’s leg...
The federal district court for the Western District of Washington on Jan. 11 issued an order invalidating a Department of Interior rule that barred the Chinook Indian Nation from re-petitioning to restore its status as a federally recognized tribe. In its order, the court agreed with the Chinook that the government’s rule barring new petitions by previously denied tribes was arbitrary and capricious because the rules for recognition changed after the Chinook were previously denied in 2002. The Chinook had argued that new rules for recognition e...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Learn to knit, crochet and mend, Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, The Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. CathlameTones, Hotel Cathlamet, 6 p.m. Fire Protection District No. 1 Commissioners, Fire Hall, 5:30 p.m. Fire District No. 4, 7 p.m. Cathlamet First Aid Division,...
• Would give consumers more control over personal data By Cameron Sheppard, WNPA News Service OLYMPIA (Jan. 14)-- Washington lawmakers have proposed groundbreaking legislation that aims to give consumers more control over their digitally-collected personal data and image. Senate Bill 6281, or the Washington Privacy Act, would allow consumers to access, correct, delete and easily transfer their personal data collected and controlled by companies. Specifically, the bill would apply to companies that process the personal data of 100,000 c...
WNPA News Service OLYMPIA (Jan. 8)-- The Washington Newspaper Publisher Association's Olympia news bureau opened on Wednesday with two reporters in new permanent quarters on the Capitol campus. In a space large enough to accommodate several reporters a stone's throw from the Capitol dome, Cameron Sheppard and Leona Vaughn will report on state lawmakers for about 80 WNPA member newspapers throughout the state. Cameron is a senior multimedia journalism and public relations student at Washington...
By Cameron Sheppard and Leona Vaughn WNPA News Service OLYMPIA (Jan. 9)--Lawmakers are scrambling to confront a crisis that leaves people sleeping out in the cold and rain. The complex of contributing factors of homelessness in Washington are creating a formidable challenge for state lawmakers. At a Legislative preview, arranged by the Associated Press Thursday, Jan. 9, lawmakers outlined a number of sometimes conflicting strategies to deal with the plight of people who live on the streets....
With a series of storms dumping over four inches of rain Sunday and Monday and continuing Tuesday, some local rivers and creeks were in flood stage. Above and right, the Grays River at Rosburg spread across the valley. Slides were reported on the Hungry Highway and Elochoman Valley roads, and county road crew personnel spent the night in an excavator on the Foster Road bridge over the Elochoman preventing debris from piling up on the bridge. Photos courtesy of Pearl Blackburn...
The Chinook Indian Nation returned to federal court on Monday to carry forward their longstanding fight to re-petition the US government to restore federal recognition. Arguments by attorneys for the US Department of the Interior and the Chinooks took place before US District Judge Ronald Leighton at the historic Union Station courthouse in Tacoma. The Chinook Indian Nation rallied members and friends before the hearing and packed Judge Leighton's courtroom during two hours of oral argument...
Wahkiakum County, the Naselle/Grays River Valley School District (N/GRVSD) and other entities on Dec. 30 filed suit against the state Department of Natural Resources over the state marbled murrelet habitat management plan. And on Thursday, individuals and environmental groups filed their own suit against the DNR over habitat management and timber harvest programs, arguing that the agency hadn't done enough to preserve habitat for the endangered seabird. Besides Wahkiakum County and the Naselle/Grays River school district, other plaintiffs in th...
The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday to listen to reports and to adopt two new resolutions. Commissioner Dennis Reid suggested that the current evaluation form for the general manager was too long and cumbersome. He said he would look for other samples in order for the board to consider making changes. He also suggested that the board discuss a 2 percent cost of living allowance for the manager at the next meeting. The PUD has been considering how they will secure...
Wahkiakum School District’s website has a whole new look. The address, http://wahksd.k12.wa.us/ , remains the same, but the new page is ADA compliant, can be read in several languages, is more informative, and can now be easily accessed by district employees to make day to day changes as necessary. “It greatly expands the amount of information that we can put out to the public,” Superintendent Brent Freeman said. “There were some things that needed to be updated, and we wanted each of the school...
The Wahkiakum County Commissioners met briefly on December 31 to tackle a few issues before the New Year. Puget Island resident Liz Beutler asked for an update on beach nourishment for Pancake Point. “It’s the first of the year, so we’ve got to get going on that,” Commissioner Dan Cothren said. “It’s like last year with Cape Horn, making sure we’ve got everything set up, which we do, and making sure that the sand is available.” Commissioners approved special occasion liquor licenses for an...
The Town of Cathlamet has announced receipt of notification of an award of $7,500 from the Lewis & Clark Trail Stewardship Endowment for the design, construction and installation of two Chinook Heritage signs at confirmed sites in Cathlamet (Elochoman Marina and Queen Sally’s Park) along with directional signs (two on SR 4, two in town). The grant will pay for sign design and construction along with associated costs including consultation with a professional historian. All signage design and placement will be in consultation with the Chinook I...
THURSDAY Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Walking Group, Community Center, Cathlamet, 9 a.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Community Center, Cathlamet, 6-7:15 p.m. Food Addicts, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Senior Fitness & Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Sandra Sews, Community Center, Cathlamet, 10:30-Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. CathlameTones, Hotel Cathlamet, 6 p.m....
Persons attending the Tuesday meeting of the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners were in for a treat this week: The board entertained a visit from a robotics demonstration by students participating in school and 4-H club programs. The meeting did have its serious side with discussions of mental health crisis response and the incidence of influenza in the region. During the public comment period of the meeting, Elochoman Valley resident Rick Selby said he wanted to mention the state's Involun...
Dozens of animals were seized from a Skamokawa property belonging to Wahkiakum County Engineer Paul Lacy and his wife, Daria, in December. “Our primary mission was to get the animals out of there,” said Sheriff Mark Howie. There was over a foot of excrement in the pig’s pen, he said, and the carcass of a horse was found in a nearby creek. The Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office has been working in partnership with the Cowlitz Humane Society to tackle this issue, giving the Lacys several warning...
"Cape is optional," reads the card recruiting people to serve their communities as designated drivers. They're superheroes, says Tony Cataldo of Rainier, Ore. For many years, Cataldo has encouraged and enabled volunteers to become safe, recognized drivers for people who have imbibed so much that they wouldn't be considered safe drivers. Several years ago, several volunteers came forward to provide rides from Skamokawa establishments. Drivers receive training and act independently, Cataldo said, so he doesn't know if that group is still...
THURSDAY Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. CathlameTones, Hotel Cathlamet, 6 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, work night, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Fire District 2 Commissioners, Skamokawa Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Food Addicts Meeting, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible...
Submitted by Bill Tawater On Dec. 17, at a ceremony at the Wahkiakum High School gym, Veterans of Foreign Wars Wahkiakum Post 5297 presented a certificate and $250 cash award for first place to Voice of Democracy winner Colton Vik. Colton also won third place in District 16 and awarded a certificate and a cash award of $75. On Dec. 20, at a ceremony at the Thomas Middle School gym, certificates and cash awards were presented to winners of the Patriots Pen and Youth Essay contests. The winners...
On Tuesday, it appeared that the print edition of The Wahkiakum County Eagle would be delivered a day later than usual this week. The US Postal Office in Cathlamet closed down at noon on Tuesday,Christmas Eve, and we were unable to deliver this week’s edition in time to meet that holiday schedule. The delay meant that the papers would be mailed Thursday and delivered Friday, a day later than normal. However, we spoke Tuesday morning with clerk Lisa Mooers, and thanks to her, we were able to get our papers into the postal system after hours. T...
Wahkiakum County residents will soon see information about the 2020 census coming their way. "It's pretty important because those numbers give you lots of things," local census coordinator Sandi Benbrook Rieder told the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 17. Benbrook-Rieder is working for the Cowlitz/Wahkiakum Council of Governments, which is conducting the census for the two counties. "Our goal . . . is to count everybody and get as complete a count as possible," she said. Planning for the 2020 census has been underway since...
Newly elected School Board Director Patty Anderson was welcomed at the Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors meeting last Thursday, which was moved up from Dec. 24 because of the Christmas holiday. Anderson and Director Paula Culbertson, who was re-elected to her position on the board, took the oath of office, Principals Stephanie Leitz and Nikki Reese then gave an overview of the Highly Capable Program, before the directors approved an application for a $3,000 grant for the program. All...
Commissioners of Port District 2 breezed through a light agenda when they met Dec. 17 in Skamokawa. Commissioners held a public hearing on their comprehensive plan update. They plan to vote on the plan at their January 20 meeting. Manager Jeff Smith reported the paving project went well and the contractor was able to do more than planned. Parking at the tent sites is improved, and more tent sites can be developed. Smith said he has submitted a grant funding request to the Wahkiakum County Marine Resources Committee to help finance replacement...
