Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team ended their regular season with a big win against Mossyrock on Friday, 69-27. Their first district game is scheduled for Saturday, February 10, in the third round of the tournament, time and place to be determined. The Lady Mules pulled ahead of the Vikings by 18 points in the first quarter and never looked back. Ellie Leitz led the team with 17 points and nine rebounds. Senior Maddy Mace scored 13 points in her final game at home. Macie Elliott added...
Thank you, dear benefactor: On a quiet Sunday morning, there was a little activity in front of the Wahkiakum County Courthouse. The aged and deteriorated sign that told a brief history of Cathlamet was taken down and replaced by a beautiful new one, donated by a local individual who, quite frankly, would prefer to remain anonymous. Courtesy photos....
Washington State’s Department of Licensing announced Tuesday that a malfunction within the agency’s software system has prevented thousands of DOL customers who thought they had registered to vote from becoming registered. Secretary of State Kim Wyman, the state’s chief elections officer, issued this statement in response: “We have worked very closely with the Department of Licensing to identify all of the affected voters. Thankfully, the vast majority of applicants not transmitted to us by DOL were already registered to vote or registe...
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will invite public comments on the management of Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay salmon fisheries over the past year during a public meeting Feb. 8-10 in Olympia. The commission, a citizen panel appointed by the governor to set policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), will convene in Room 172 of the Natural Resources Building at 1111 Washington St. SE in Olympia. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Feb. 8 and at 8:30 a.m. the following two days. An agenda for the...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 1) -- Washington state’s health insurance market is increasingly volatile. While the number of people without insurance has decreased every year since 2013, monthly premium rates have spiked and only one insurer is available in some counties, according to state officials. Prospects for consumers don’t look better in the coming months. According to data from the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner, premiums are slated to increase in 2018 by roughly 34 percent, up from a 14 percent hike in 2017 and negligible changes in 201...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 31) -- The state Senate approved a measure that would provide greater access to birth control and other reproductive health services, including abortions. Passed by a slim margin, 26-22 on Jan. 31, the vote marks the farthest the Senate Bill 6219, the Reproductive Parity Act, has advanced since it was introduced in 2012. The vote was largely along party lines. This session also marks a new Democratic majority in the House and the Senate If passed into law, the act would allow...
A proposal before lawmakers could make it a crime for someone to carry a concealed weapon into a friend’s home without permission. The current law allows someone to carry a concealed handgun anywhere in the state with a concealed weapon permit which requires a background check with both state and federal databases. SB 6415, and its companion bill in the house HB 2738, would make it unlawful for someone to carry a concealed firearm into another person’s home without expressed permission, even with a license to carry. A violation of the law wou...
On the heels of the state House approved bill to reduce car tab taxes, Sen. Steve O’Ban, R–University Place, and Rep. Mark Harmsworth, R–Mill Creek, called for steeper cuts and lambasted Democrats for not joining them. Last week, the House passed a Democratically-sponsored bill that would change the way Sound Transit—a public transit authority in the central Puget Sound—estimates vehicle values when levying car tab taxes to pay for mass-transit projects. The bill, HB 2201, was a response to constituent and lawmaker complaints that Sound Transit...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 31) -- For the first time in more than 30 years, emergency planning in Washington state could include preparations for potential nuclear attacks, with bipartisan support in bills entering both the House and Senate. The Legislature voted in 1983 to ban including nuclear war preparations in emergency planning procedures. The prohibition specifically applies to planning for evacuation and relocation of citizens. The move was made in the context of increasing tensions between the United States and the former Soviet Union. With former...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 31) -- Despite the passage of last year’s bipartisan agreement to fully fund K-12 public education with a property tax hike, the state Legislature is still wrestling over the issue. In November, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Legislature needs to ramp up funding for teacher and other school staff salaries to meet its imposed September 2018 deadline, despite the billions that have already been allocated to public education. However, some lawmakers believe that they’ve already provided adequate funding public education, and...
Amid national and state-wide awareness of women’s healthcare, Washington state lawmakers are considering a bill that would require community and technical colleges to provide free tampons or sanitary pads to students. Representatives in the House Higher Education Committee passed the bill out of committee on Wednesday Jan. 31. “It smartly identifies something that should not have taken us this long to identify,” said Representative Drew Hansen, D-Bainbridge Island, chair of the House Higher Education Committee. Representative Melanie Stamb...
OLYMPIA (Feb. 1) -- A proposed pilot project would partner mental health professionals and local law enforcement officers on calls that involve a mental health crisis. HB 2892 creates a grant from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to fund services from mental health professionals who would either go with police officers on calls or respond to scenes when requested. The bill was voted out of the House Public Safety Committee and advanced to the rules committee on Thursday, Feb. 1. “Our current system works but I think it i...
Expect some delays for travel to and from Longview in the coming weeks. Beginning Monday, the Washington Department of Transportation plans to move the area between Bunker Hill Road and Germany Creek to one lane of traffic in order to contend with a troublesome slide. A temporary traffic signal will be set up to alternate west and eastbound traffic. The speed limit will be reduced from 55 mph to 25 mph through the area. WSDOT plans to place metal container boxes on the westside of the highway to keep debris off the road. They will also replace...
