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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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With much of the initial preparations out of the way, painting should start this week on the Puget Island bridge. The Royal Bridge, Inc., crew has been stringing cables and attaching curtains and chain link fencing to prepare for painting. Once the curtains and screens are in place, they'll install sand blasting equipment and clean off the old paint all the way to the steel structure of the bridge. Traffic has been reduced to one lane to supply a work area for the contractor. The workers have in...
Another really busy week. Last Friday we celebrated my oldest son’s 50th birthday with lots of surprises for him. His two younger brothers met him on the golf course and he was totally dumbfounded. They hadn’t been together in two years. Another friend also arrived from Oregon to make it a foursome. In the meantime, his wife was decorating a warehouse with black and gold decor, a catered dinner and many more family and friends awaited his arrival. Such a fun day, plus I had five of my children to visit with all weekend. On Saturday, the whole f...
Sight distance may soon be improved for motorists turning on to SR 4 from Cathlamet's Main Street. Town of Cathlamet officials agreed Monday to take steps to trim trees blocking vision to the west of the intersection. The trees, a tall fir and some shorter cherries, are on private property but extend over fences into the highway right-of-way. At recent meetings of both the town council and board of county commissioners, citizens have complained that the limited visibility makes it dicey to enter the intersection with traffic coming at 50 miles...
Local officials are coming together to study the feasibility of offering high speed, broadband internet service in Wahkiakum County. Gene Healy, a member of the board of commissioners of Wahkiakum PUD, presented the issue to his fellow commissioners at their meeting last week, asking, "Do we need a broadband action team?" This week, he raised the topic at meetings of the Cathlamet Town Council and Wahkiakum County board of commissioners, and members of both boards said they would join the team. "I want to see if there's any role for any of us...
Candidate filing for this year's elections ended Friday with several races set for local candidates. Filings include: Wahkiakum County Assessor (4-year term) William H. Coons, incumbent, and Brian McClain. Both prefer the Independent Party. Wahkiakum County Auditor (4-year term) Nicci Bergseng, incumbent, and Matt Kuhl. Both prefer the Independent Party. Wahkiakum County Clerk (4-year term) Kay M. Holland, incumbent, prefers Democrat Party. Wahkiakum County Commissioner District 3 (4-year term), Blair H. Brady, incumbent, prefers Democrat...
Well, I made it to California last Thursday in 11 hours, visited a few minutes with family, and slept a few hours. Got up on Friday and drove to Corning to spend the night in a motel 30 minutes from Chico where my granddaughter’s graduation took place at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Hot and blinding sun in the stadium. It is always so satisfying to see your grandchild completing a task that they chose for themselves. Madeline Nicole Fredrickson will be teaching Math at a middle school in Chico next year. This week will be a full one. My s...
Candidate filing for this year's elections started Monday, with lots of interest in local races. Some potential local candidates have registered their candidacies with the state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC). As of Tuesday afternoon, filings include: Wahkiakum County Assessor (4-year term) William H. Coons incumbent, and Brian McClain; both prefer the Independent Party. Wahkiakum County Auditor (4-year term) Nicci Bergseng incumbent, prefers Independent. Wahkiakum County Clerk (4-year term) Kay M. Holland incumbent, prefers Democratic...
What can be done about the eroding shoreline along Puget Island's North Welcome Slough Road? That's a question troubling the board of commissioners of Consolidated Diking District No. 1 on the Island. A long stretch of dike borders the Columbia River with just a couple dozen feet of willow covered wetland between the dike and the steep eroding shoreline. The area is part of one of the county's four flood control erosion zones, for which county officials have been working over two years to establish a 10-year beach nourishment program using...
Commissioners of Port District 2 on Tuesday rejected bids to construct a new office and public laundry at Skamokawa Vista Park. In other business, commissioners rejected pleas from long-term campers to rescind parking restrictions that separate the campers from their log trucks and other vehicles. Bids for the combination laundry/office building ranged from $478,044 to $599,432. The project includes building an office building, laundry and new septic system for the laundry. Broken down, bids for the laundry and septic system ranged from...
News from Naselle: Congratulations to the Naselle baseball team for taking the District Championship. Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week: today (Thursday), possible playoff game at Quilicene at 4 p.m. if winning game yesterday (Wednesday); Saturday, baseball Regional Playoffs at Winlock, against Colton at 1 p.m.; fastpitch- possible playoff game at Montesano. Go Comets! One of the biggest events of the school year in the Naselle school’s music department is the annual Spring Concert which will be held on May 30 at 6:00 p...
The Naselle Comets track and field team had some good results in the May 3 Pacific League meet. They competed in the district meet yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) at Naselle High School. In league meet team results, Naselle was second in the women's division and fourth in the men's division. Individuals placing in the top eight places include: Women 100m--8. Bailey Barrett 15.38. 200m--1. Jaclyn Steenerson 30.2; 2. Jordan Clarke 31.36; 3. Barrett 32.67. 400m--1. Steenerson 1:07.34; 4. Ellie Miller 1:18.69. 800m-5. Mckenzie Glenn 2:59,.67, a...
The stars seem to be aligning for Wahkiakum County's efforts to obtain dredge spoils for eroding beaches. County officials, their consulting engineers, and representatives of the US Army Corps of Engineers met last week, and the parties agreed that after some final adjustments, the beach nourishment project permits will be approved. "It looks like we're there," Commissioner Dan Cothren told residents of the Cape Horn zone on Tuesday. Cothren added that there appears be sand available for Cape Horn and Pancake Point on Puget Island, where...
Candidate filing for this year's elections runs Monday through Friday next week at the office of the Wahkiakum County Auditor in Cathlamet. Some potential local candidates have registered their candidacies with the state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC). Offices on the ballot this year include: Wahkiakum County Assessor (4-year term) William H. Coons incumbent, filing fee $ 688.75. Coons and Brian McClain have already filed with the PDC. Wahkiakum County Auditor (4-year term) Nicci Bergseng incumbent, filing fee $ 688.75. Wahkiakum County...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week: Today (Thursday), middle school track-league meet at North Beach at 3:30 p.m., baseball district playoffs in Naselle with opponent and time to be determined; Saturday, baseball district playoffs at Knights Field in Bremerton; Wednesday, high school track district meet in Naselle. Go Comets! The Naselle-Grays River Valley school board will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Do you have a child entering kindergarten in the fall? It’s time for the K...
It's too soon to allow traffic on the Elochoman Valley Road near a slow moving landslide, Wahkiakum County officials decided Tuesday. Officials closed the road two weeks ago after residents in the area heard cracking trees and informed the neighboring property owner who investigated and found large cracks in the ground indicating a massive landslide. Residents of two houses in the path of the slide have evacuated their houses, and the county has erected a gate to block traffic up the road. Timber industry workers have had to use forest roads...
Wahkiakum County's transit service has slowly grown and expanded since it was formed in 2004, system operators said Tuesday. Wahkiakum on the Move has grown from service three days a week with one bus and two drivers to six days a week with runs between Naselle and Kelso with four buses, three vans and 11 drivers. The service added new routes, including Saturday service, last October, and ridership is growing, program coordinator Camille Goldsmith reported to the board of county commissioners....
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for the Naselle Comet teams this week: Today (Thurday), middle school track at North Beach at 3:30 p.m.; Friday, baseball in Naselle with Clatskanie at 4 p.m.; Saturday, high school track at Centralia Freshman Invite at 9:30 a.m.; Monday, high school fast pitch at Raymond at 3:30 p.m., middle school track at South Bend-Sub League at 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday, fast pitch in Naselle with Winlock at 4 p.m. Go Comets! Congratulations to the Naselle Comet baseball team on their league championship! The Naselle Booster...
On a day with a limited agenda, citizens in the audience pressed the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners on Tuesday to pursue traffic safety measures on SR 4. The Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has been consulting with the county, Town of Cathlamet and Wahkiakum School District about possible changes to speed limits and traffic patterns in the Cathlamet area. The department intends to lower the speed limit in the area to 45 miles per hour this spring to study impacts on traffic. Residents had two traffic accidents in mind:...
Members of the Wahkiakum High School golf team were among the injured in a five-vehicle traffic accident at 1:25 p.m. last Thursday. According to a report from the Washington State Patrol, the team was in a 2005 Ford Excursion, fourth in a line of eastbound vehicles stopped for highway maintenance work near milepost 44, about two miles west of County Line Park. A 2014 Ford F350 pickup driven by Niels W. Paulsen, age 84, Centralia, collided with the team van from behind and pushed it into the vehicle in front, causing a chain reaction. Van...
News from Naselle: Naselle Comet teams sports calendar for the coming week includes: Today (Thursday), high school track at Raymond at 3:30 p.m.; Friday, high school fast pitch at Wishkah at 4 p.m., baseball in Naselle with Ocosta at 4 p.m.; Saturday, high school track at Shelton Invite, high school baseball in Naselle with Mary M. Knight at noon; Monday, fast pitch in Naselle with Taholah at 4 p.m.; Tuesday, middle school track home meet at 3:30 p.m., baseball at Mary M. Knight at 4 p.m. Go Comets! Booster Club Calendars are still available...
The Cathlamet Town Council breezed through its agenda Monday, agreeing to pay off federal loans and considering applicants to be town attorney, among other agenda items. The council took out a $388,200 loan from the US Department of Agriculture/Rural Development in 1983 for sewer system construction. In February, USDA contacted Clerk/Treasurer Kerrie McNally to request the town pay off the loan. A provision in the loan seeks repayment when an agency has sufficient savings or other funds that could be used. The loan has a balance of $80,118....
Troopers in the Washington State Patrol responded to 41 collisions in Wahkiakum County in 2017, Sgt. Brad Moon reported Tuesday. Troopers also made 1,582 contacts with motorists in the county, Moon said. The largest number of collisions, 12, occurred in the Cathlamet area. There were seven between Cathlamet and Skamokawa, and seven between Skamokawa and Grays River. Five occurred in the Nassa Point area, three each in the Grays River and Rosburg areas, and two each near Deep River and the Cowlitz County line. The largest number of collisions,...
Wahkiakum County Public Works Director Chuck Beyer on Tuesday said he and the county's consulting engineers will meet soon with the US Army Corps of Engineers to finalize conditions in permits needed to establish dredge spoils disposal programs on eroding beaches on Puget Island and at Cape Horn. Beyer anticipates that Corps personnel will continue to press the county to reduce a bit more the scope of some disposal sites. "We'll push back a little bit on our side on the profiles," he said. "Hopefully, we'll get the final okay soon. "Enough is...
News from Naselle: Sports calendar for this week: Today (Thursday), high school baseball and fast pitch at Oakville at 4 p.m.; Friday, high school baseball and fast pitch in Naselle with Winlock at 4 p.m., high school track at Chehalis Activator Invite at 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, high school track at Chehalis Activator Classic; Monday, high school fast pitch at Wishkah at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, middle school track at South Bend at 3:30 p.m., high school baseball at Knappa at 4 p.m. Go Comets! The Boys Basketball Awards will take place next Tuesday at...
Members of the Wahkiakum High School golf team were among the injured in a five-vehicle traffic accident at 1:25 p.m. Thursday. According to a report from the Washington State Patrol, the team was in a 2005 Ford Excursion, fourth in a line of eastbound vehicles stopped for highway maintenance work near milepost 44, about two miles west of County Line Park. A 2014 Ford F350 pickup driven by Niels W. Paulsen, age 84, Centralia, collided with the team van from behind and pushed it into the vehicle in front, causing a chain reaction. Van driver...
