Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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David Hansen, son of Julia Butler Hansen, opened his house to reporters last week ahead of the vote to make the Cathlamet house a state park heritage site. Photo by Ian Brandon....
The Cathlamet Town Council received an update about the waterfront park, a forestry report, approved county funding for the pool and the library, and aired some of their grievances on Monday night. Mike Johnson, an engineer from Gray and Osborne shared the latest plans for the first phase of the town’s waterfront park, which included moving some of the fill to shape the grounds and make it more useable as a park, development of trails, a gazebo, some planted areas in the corners of the old lagoo...
Frustrated Westend residents filed into the Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioner’s meeting on Tuesday morning to talk about water issues after they received notice from Wahkiakum Fire District 3 that volunteer firefighters would no longer be available for water deliveries to the community after April 11. About five years ago, the Grays River Fire Department saw a way to help residents during the driest two months of the year, according to Fire Chief Robert Maki. They had a truck with a t...
Wahkiakum County residents have an opportunity to participate in the 27th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) Feb. 16 through 19. The GBBC is a worldwide citizen science opportunity in which anyone can count wild birds anywhere on one or more days and enter their sightings at birdcount.org. The information gathered by tens of thousands of individuals helps track bird population changes on a massive scale. The GBBC is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the National Audubon Soc...
As is sometimes the case, the public comment portion of the weekly meeting of the Wahkiakum County commissioners wound up as the main event. Several residents of Oneida Road came to the commissioners meeting directly from the recently-concluded Port Utilities District meeting Tuesday morning. Corbett McMaster said that there were about 25 people at the PUD meeting and that the board had told them to take up their issues with the commissioners. McMaster said that they are paying approximately $2,000 in taxes for 10 acre parcels that they cannot...
To The Eagle: This time of year, our weekends are cursed with the early morning cacophony of shotguns, aimed at innocent Canada geese stopping here to rest and recuperate from their arduous journey along the Pacific Migratory Flyway. What a terrible irony. The awful sound of those guns is somewhat more tolerable when they are “distant,” as mandated by law. Hunters that want to take game animals in Washington must abide by the state hunting laws, regulations, and requirements provided by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. Those imp...
Mecha Mules, the robotics team for Wahkiakum School District, won their first two matches and lost their last three to place 23rd out of 32 teams at First Tech Challenge State in Seattle. The team brought home the Motivate Award and good memories including a visit to the Capitol in Olympia, problem solving in an Escape Room at the Museum of Curiosity, and time with a couple of the team's alumni. Courtesy photo....
CHILLY MORNINGS. This past weekend may have been dry but the late night and early morning hours were certainly not warm as it was below freezing on Saturday and Sunday. We had fog so thick on Sunday morning that you couldn’t see two feet down the road. I understand that it was clear and sunny in the Cathlamet area but Skamokawa means "smoke on the water," so I guess it's to be expected. Ha! COMING UP. I hope you come down to the Wahkiakum County Fairgrounds on Saturday for their monthly flea market sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day. It's a...
January 29 — 9:58 a.m. An empty kayak was seen drifting down the Columbia River near County Line Park. The caller said he saw a hat on a piece of driftwood near the kayak, but the hat disappeared. The U.S. Coast Guard was notified but were unable to respond at that time. Authorities from Cowlitz County responded. 10:02 a.m. A Rosedale resident reported that her mailbox was broken into while she was out of town. 6:19 p.m. A Cathlamet resident said she and her friend were being harassed. A deputy advised the individual of available protection o...
When I think of last week, I just see Bendog, bare of all hair and so embarrassed. I took him to be groomed last Friday. They said he had to be shaved because his fur was matted. I have been watching him getting older and thinking I can't take much more of this, but then I just can't have him put down. So, I decided he needed to be groomed since he's always been so proud when people compliment him and say he's beautiful. The groomer took a long time with him because he couldn't stand up long....
THURSDAY Johnson Park Advisory Board, 10:00 a.m. West End Food Pantry, Johnson Park, 1- 5 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Noon, Hope Center 320 S 3rd St. Cathlamet. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Noon, Rosburg Hall, Rosburg. Eastside Play & Learn Group, 1:30-3 p.m., St. James Family Center 1134 Columbia St. Cathlamet Community Library & Computer Center 12-5 p.m. Johnson Park, Rosburg SAIL Program, Exercise for Seniors, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Hope Ctr. 320 S. 3rd St. Cathlamet. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River...
By Diana Zimmerman Westend residents filled Rosburg Hall last Tuesday for the third in a series of workshops on flooding in the Westend, led by Jackson Blalock of the Pacific Conservation District, and hosted by the Washington Sea Grant, the Pacific Conservation District, and the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership. Using information gleaned from the first two workshops, Blalock presented maps of each area in the Westend showing possible solutions for the flooding issues, while looking for input...
Submitted by Jessica Vik On Jan. 31, a group of nine juniors and seniors from Wahkiakum High School visited the Georgia Pacific (GP) Mill across the river at Wauna, Oregon. Their Career and Technical Education teacher, Kyle Hurley, accompanied them along with Jessica Vik, the school district's 4-H Liaison who organized the trip. The tour started off with a slideshow of the history of the mill in the meeting room. The students received safety guidelines and everyone put on neon yellow hats...
Three Wahkiakum wrestlers are heading to regionals at Adna High School on Saturday after a successful weekend at sub-regionals. Harley Popp and Brody Ashe, who represented the Mule boys, ended their season at the boys’ sub-regionals held in Kalama. “They both wrestled hard but unfortunately don’t get to move on to regionals,” Coach Kyliegh Harlin said. “Those two boys have had so much improvement since the beginning of the season. They have worked so hard and picked up so many new things th...
The single game scoring record at Wahkiakum High School keeps climbing, and so do the Wahkiakum Mules basketball team's postseason dreams. The Mules finished off their regular season last week with an 85-39 win against Onalaska behind a huge contribution from senior Kyler Sause, who set a new single game scoring record for the boys with 44 points. "It was a great shooting performance by the whole team but specifically Kyler," Coach Rob Garrett said. "It's one thing to break the record but an ent...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team ended their season last Wednesday at home with a 62-20 loss to Toutle Lake, and celebrated Amirah Abdul Kariem, the lone senior on the team. Abdul Kariem scored six points in the Mules' final game. Payton Mendez added five points. Maddalena Fortuna had three points while Brienna Cothren, Jessie LeFever, and Samantha Dela Cruz added two points apiece. Toutle Lake 15 17 33 7 62 Mules 2 5 5 8 20 "The girls were tough all season long," Coach Ross Lofstrom...
A nearly unanimous state Senate on Tuesday backed the creation of a specialty license plate showcasing Mount St. Helens. Under Senate Bill 5590, proceeds from plate sales would go to the Mount St. Helens Institute, a private nonprofit organization, to support youth education, land stewardship and science at the state's most active volcano, which is located in the southwest corner of the state. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Lynda Wilson, R-Vancouver, passed 47-2. It passed by the same margin last s...
