Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Many of us are familiar with Julia Butler Hansen, Cathlamet businesswoman, state legislator and United States congresswoman, and namesake of the diminutive white house at the corner of Main and Butler in Cathlamet. The more historically inclined among us probably know something about Julia’s mother, Maude Kimball Butler. Thanks to Emily Kintigh, a senior at the University of Denver, Colorado, visitors to the Julia Butler Hansen Heritage Center can learn more about the pioneering family from Maude herself. For the past several months, Kintigh h...
Kyleen Austin has sung the blues in San Francisco, toured the Midwest, and played for 5000 people in New Orleans at a Ray Charles concert. Now, her journey has paused for a time in Wahkiakum County where she is finding inspiration in a quieter way of life and looking back on the road that brought her here. Kyleen heard her musical calling at a young age, when she taught herself to play the piano and sing the popular songs on the radio. She performed in musicals as a teenager, and eventually earned a Bachelor’s degree in English and music at N...
Cathlamet’s Main Street merchants are working together to brighten up downtown for this year’s Chamber of Commerce Christmas Tree Lighting and Festival of Trees, taking place on Saturday, November 24, in downtown Cathlamet. At Tsuga Gallery, Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph and the crew all got a facelift, courtesy of Nell Coulson, Genie Cary, and other artists in residence. For the last several years, Santa and his crew have been residents of the Stockhouse Farm on Puget Island. When Cary heard that the figures were in need of sprucing up so tha...
Hundreds of people gathered at New Life Fellowship Church in Longview last Saturday afternoon to pay their respects and to say a final goodbye to Wahkiakum County Sheriff Jon Dearmore. Among those attending were law enforcement officers and first responders from all over the region who stood at attention with Wahkiakum County deputies and saluted while family members were escorted into the church. A local color guard opened the service by presenting the flags of the United States and Washington State on a stage that was decorated with...
Danny Eaton served in the Navy for three and a half years, spending most of his time overseas aboard an aircraft carrier out of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Now he and his wife, Terry, are serving fellow Wahkiakum County veterans in Cathlamet’s Veteran’s Assistance Center on Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind the WSU Extension office in the River Street building. Danny, Terry, and Mike Gregory came together two years ago with the idea of opening an office where local veterans could get help finding forms, locating services, and accessing res...
Pirates, political candidates, and John Wayne were all in attendance at the ninth annual Buzzard’s Breath Chili Cookoff last Saturday at the Elochoman Slough Marina. Six teams competed in this year’s event, including Steven and Debra Price from Portland, Oregon, colorfully dressed as the “Pirates of the Chilibean.” The enthusiastic duo took home prizes for People’s Choice as the best booth and the best chili. Mike Eckert of “Tombstone BBQ and Chili Competition Team” from Kalama won the Tolbert category with his spicy Texas Red chili. Mike state...
