A Note to Wahkiakum County Eagle readers and subscribers

We at The Eagle thank you for your continued support. You help us connect and inform the whole community. 2025 has proven to be a year of growth for The Eagle, with more areas covered than ever before. We’ve also seen an increase in our community participation, with several citizen journalists contributing each week. With added features like puzzles, trivia, and comics now being included in every publication, as well as a substantial increase in content, The Eagle has gone from a steady, eight-page paper to consistently publishing 12- and, sometimes, 16-page issues this year.

Changes like these, unfortunately, also come with increased expenses, such as printer ink, postage, subscription fees, and payroll. At the same time, the whole newspaper industry has shifted. Advertising is no longer a comfortable income stream upon which we can depend. In order to produce a paper worthy of your support, we are asking you, our readers, to shoulder some of the load. As part of this load, The Eagle will see an increase in its cover price and subscription rates over the next few weeks. Some may ask if our expanded coverage is causing us to increase prices. Actually, the inverse is true. An expanded population and business base will provide us with the income necessary to provide service for all. More details will follow over the next few weeks.

Again, we would like to thank you for your loyalty. May we continue to serve both you and our local communities, and may we work together in the future to help keep The Eagle flying.

The Wahkiakum County Eagle Staff