Wahkiakum County Eagle reporter Diana Zimmerman took third place in the news story, short category for her story about raising a sunken boat at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest. This is Zimmerman’s 13th award in the last five years.

The story, "Volunteers step up to raise sunken boat," can be found in the September 2, 2021, edition of The Wahkiakum County Eagle, on the website http://www.waheagle.com.