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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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N7WAH Wahkiakum Amateur Radio Club will hold an amateur radio 24-hour-long field day June 23-24, and the public is invited to observe. The Wahkiakum County board of commissioners on Tuesday issued a proclamation declaring the week of June 18-24 as Amateur Radio Week in Wahkiakum County. All volunteer amateur radio enthusiasts, often called ‘hams," the group provides backup communication to many organizations during natural disasters and emergencies. They also provide free communication for parades, walk-a-thons, fairs and other public e...
A group charged with finding solutions to dealing with marbled murrelet habitat conservation issues held its inaugural meeting last week at the Skamokawa Resort. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is charged with developing a long term conservation strategy for marbled murrelets on state lands, which includes conserving some state managed forest land as habitat for the endangered species. The DNR acknowledges the conservation of forest land will impact timber industry jobs and state trust beneficiaries who receive revenue from...
Wahkiakum County Commissioners Dan Cothren and Mike Backman handled a variety of business Tuesday and focused on issues such as dredging, potable water and management of mental health services. Commissioner Cothren reported that officials from the county and the US Army Corps of Engineers will hold a conference meeting Thursday to go over the county's permit applications to establish a beach nourishment program for eroding beaches. "Everything is turned in," Cothren said. The meeting will check the submittals to see if there's any last minute...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Preservation work on the State Route 409 Puget Island Bridge seems to be getting underway with workers scoping out the bridge this week. A contractor for the Washington State Department of Transportation next week will begin installing structures for repainting the bridge. According to an April 9 WSDOT announcement, until further notice, traffic on both directions of the bridge, will alternate on work days through a single-lane starting next Monday, with temporary flaggers controlling the flow....
Legislative and lobbying issues dominated the meeting of the Wahkiakum County board of commissioners on Tuesday. The day started at 8 a.m. with a regional forum featuring state Senator Dean Takko and representatives of Congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler and US Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell. Topics ranged from this year's legislation in Olympia to the slow progress in completing permit applications for beach nourishment. The legislature had some successes and still has some work to do, Takko said. They passed a bill to address the...
A woman has died after walking off the bow of the ferry Oscar B. while the vessel was crossing the Columbia River Friday night. The ferry crew witnessed the incident and notified the US Coast Guard about 9:30 p.m. The crew began searching for the woman, who has been identified as Barbara Cole, age 51, from the Goldendale area. A Coast Guard helicopter crew arrived on the scene at 10 p.m. and helped recover the woman. The helicopter crew flew her to a Clatsop County hospital, but she did not survive. The Clatsop County Sheriff's Office has...
Officials from Wahkiakum County and the Town of Cathlamet on Tuesday set the parameters for a request to lower the SR 4 speed limit to 35 miles per hour. County commissioners will prepare a draft, and once town officials have reviewed and approved it, they'll send it to the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The request is the latest step in the two entities' plan to slow traffic between the intersections at Boege and Elochoman Valley roads to address safety concerns. The officials agreed they wanted to present a unified request...
