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Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum County's board of commissioners on Tuesday turned their attention to the state legislature in Olympia. Commissioners agreed by consensus to a request from District Court Judge Heidi Heywood to lobby for changes in proposed legislation that could be very costly if approved in present form. The bill, Heywood said, would require the county to provide a public defender attorney for respondents in hearings for protection orders when the petitioner is represented by an attorney. "We handle a large number of these orders," Heywood said. "We...
Hungry gulls form a smelt cleanup crew at the mouth of Birnie Slough. Photo courtesy of Frans Eykel....
Though unemployment and consumer uncertainty remain high, the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council officials told legislators March 3 they felt optimistic a brighter economic future is on its way to Washington. Steve Lerch, the council’s executive director, said he expects tax revenues will exceed November 2020 estimates by $593 million. Lerch said U.S. retail and food service tax revenue went up by 5.3%, and Washington’s earnings trend closely with the national average. Most consumers still have reservations about going out...
SR 401 between Naselle and Megler was closed in late February after a particular section around milepost 4.5 become too unstable to safely support the vehicles passing that way each day, frustrating travelers in the region. The Washington State Department of Transportation has been tracking the slope at that location for about 20 years, WSDOT Project EngineerJoanna Lowrey said on Monday, along with about 3,400 other sites around the state. "It is considered a slow moving landslide, so typically...
As of Tuesday, the cumulative number of covid-19 cases in Wahkiakum County had risen to 104, with 18 considered potentially active. According to the Washington Department of Health, 1,529 tests had been conducted, and five people had been hospitalized. In Pacific County, they were reporting a total of 798 positive tests for covid-19, with 35 considered active. They were attributing 10 deaths to the virus. In Cowlitz County, 4,333 people have tested positive for covid-19, and 97 of those cases...
A red tail hawk keeps watch from a tree along the Columbia. Photo courtesy of Sarah Lawrence....
To The Eagle: The Archdiocese of New Orleans last week released a statement advising Catholics that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is “morally compromised as it uses an abortion-derived cell line in the development, testing and production of its vaccine.” The cell line used by Johnson & Johnson originated from a fetus aborted in the early 1970s. Those cells have been artificially replicated 1000's of times across many scientific firms and pharmaceutical companies. Any such cellular material has only a vanishingly distant connection to its ori...
To The Eagle: Excuse me sir, I did not suggest restricting free speech. I advocated separating the wheat from the chaff. I prefer to see printed here, items of quality. Naturally, what one considers trash, another might consider to be treasure. Our opinion forum has limited space. Only so many words will fit. When the editor sets my opinion aside so that another’s might be published instead, that is not censorship. That is editorial discretion. I’ve suggested that our editor’s discretion should favor civility over derision and facts over fanta...
A tax on capital gains, the sale of assets like stocks and bonds, passed the Senate by a single vote March 6. The bill was first amended to remove the emergency clause, meaning the issue is likely to appear on the ballot later this year. The bill in its current form imposes a 7% tax on the sale of assets, like stocks and bonds, when exceeding $250,000 in capital gains for a year. Exempt from the tax is all real estate, assets held in a retirement account, livestock, timber and the sale of a family-owned small business that grosses less than...
The College Bound Scholarship for Washington students is being reworked to reach more students across the state. Currently, students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches during the 7th or 8th grade sign a form with their guardian pledging to graduate with at least a C average and without a felony conviction. If students remain in Washington for their post-secondary education and their families fall below 65 percent of median state income, the student could be awarded up to $12,000 per year after other state and federal aid is taken...
Photos by Todd Wilson The Wahkiakum Mules raised their season record to 4-0 with a 47-6 football victory over the Stevenson Bulldogs last Friday. The Mules scored three times in the first and second quarters and twice in the third. Dominic Curl was the leading rusher with 82 yards on eight carries; Jake Leitz gained 71 yards on six carries with two touchdowns. Chance Cothren picked up 60 yards on six carries, including two for touchdowns. Zakk Carlson and Jacob Johnson each scored touchdowns on...
The Wahkiakum Mules cross country team headed to Toledo last Thursday to compete against runners from five other schools at a Central 2B meet. Senior Ellie Wiltse-Hiatt placed second in the girls’ three mile race with a time of 22:31.5. Junior Kimberlee Watkins finished with a time of 30:50 for 14th place, and her sister, sophomore Kamryn Watkins took 17th place with a time of 36:09. Freshman Nathan Garrett finished in 24th place in the boys’ three mile race with a time of 24:29. The team tra...
Essential frontline workers, such as grocery store employees, will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines later this month, Gov. Jay Inslee announced March 4. Others set to be vaccinated starting March 22 include workers in agriculture, food processing, public transit, firefighters, law enforcement and corrections. Previously, only essential workers age 50 or older who were defined as high-risk were going to be eligible. Also in the next tier are people 16 and older who have a high-risk disability and pregnant women. They join K-12 educators and...
By Patric Haerle Washington State Journal The return to in-person education in public schools is underway. Gov. Jay Inslee signed two bills March 2, assuring students affected by the pandemic can graduate on time. The first bill waived graduation requirements for students who were previously on track to graduate before the emergency. The other bill allowed a waiver for previously required make-up days for private school students. Shortly after signing the bills, in response to direction from President Joe Biden, Inslee announced the addition of...
As the end of an emergency eviction moratorium looms over thousands of Washington renters, a bill requiring landlords to have just cause for evicting a tenant passed the House of Representatives in a 54-44 vote March 7. “Stopping evictions means preventing homelessness,” Rep. Nicole Macri, D-Seattle, told the House as the bill’s primary sponsor. HB 1236 puts an end to “no-cause evictions,” which some described as yet another way for landlords to practice discrimination against tenants. The bill defines reasons landlords can use to justify t...
MIXED BAG--Saturday was a mix of weather from clouds to sunshine to rain and then repeated over and over, so the walk to the mailbox may have started out dry but by the time you came back up the driveway, it was raining! While not ideal, it sure beats the steady downpours that wind up causing us to flood, so I'll take the "sometimes wet" routine any day! On Sunday, depending on where you were, you may have been in the middle of a huge hail storm, as those in Astoria were sending out some fantastic pictures of the "white" area; it looked like a...
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, meetings and events usually listed here have been canceled or changed to online participation until further notice. The Eagle was advised of the following events: Online Recovery Meeting, Lower Columbia River Refuge Recovery. Mondays 6:30 p.m. Zoom ID 960 8413 9102. Community Center, Mon. 9-12 & 1-5. Tues-Thurs. 9-1. Friday by appointment. Cathlamet Library T-F 2-5 p.m. Covid restrictions enforced. Great Rivers BHO Governing Board, Fri., March 12, 1 p.m. online meeting log in: www.gr...
Greetings from the fair office. I was on vacation last week and have a new grand baby, so know its time to get back to work. We will have the Flea market this Saturday and have over 10 vendors. I am sure if you come out you will find a treasure or two. We open at 9 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. I will know Wednesday if we are having Easter Bingo or not. If we do the date is Friday April 2. We will hold the "Cruzin to the Fair” Car Show on June 5 so mark your calendars and get ready for some great looking cars. The Silver Buckle will not be h...
Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler announced March 4 that her office is accepting submissions for the 2021 Congressional Art Competition. The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students, grades 9-12, in Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. The winner of the competition will have his or her artwork displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol Building. The second and third place winners will be invited to display their artwork in Herrera Beutler’s congressional office. The submission deadline this year is April...
It's Sunday morning. I am grateful I get to spend time with you since this is the best time for me to write. It's a time to think about what is happening to us as a community and to us as families. I am happy to bring you words of some good changes coming. One change that happened for me was the arrival of a new computer. It's called an "all in one" and I can't begin to describe for you how it changes my life. It has an updated, but still old-fashioned keyboard for one thing, and a big monitor...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: February 28 — 9:57 p.m. A caller witnessed someone in a silver car dump kittens in front of a home on SR 4 near Risk Road. The caller said that the kittens were getting run over. March 1 — 8:35 a.m. A caller reported that someone in a tan sedan had dumped seven to eight cats in front of her home on SR 4. 10:51 a.m. An East Sunny Sands resident said he had wired $43,000 to a company to purchase a mot...
The Finnish American Folk Festival group in Naselle was given the gift of a building in Naselle.They have succeeded in using it as the Naselle Community Center for over two years. They are entering their third year and because of the pandemic, they are now asking for help to continue upkeep and maintenance costs. The local Congregational Church had been declining in membership over the years and was faced with maintenance costs and no pastor. A small group of remaining members got together and discussed possible options for their beloved...
The Misty Rivers Irish wolfhounds will host the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade on Wednesday, March 17. The sidewalk parade will gather across the street from the Butler Street Park at noon and commence down the east side of Main Street, cross in front of Cathlamet Market and proceed up the west side, ending with a photo op in front of the courthouse. The parade will be at a leisurely pace, widely spaced in deference to Covid protocols, with pauses along the way to pet the dogs. The parade was started in the mid-ninety’s with one Irish wol...
Washington State Parks invites visitors to help celebrate the agency’s 108th birthday on Friday, March 19, by enjoying a state park for free that day. March 19 is the third of 12 State Parks free days in 2021, when visitors are not required to display the Discover Pass for day-use visits to a park. The free days are in keeping with legislation that created the Discover Pass, which costs $30 for an annual pass or $10 for a one-day pass and is required for vehicle access to state recreation lands managed by Washington State Parks, the W...
Teylor Sauer is the January Student of The Month honored by the Wahkiakum Lions Club. She is pictured here with Lions President Brian McClain as he presented her with a certificate of accomplishment and a check for her effort. Teylor is active in the planning of events at the school, she is involved in volleyball and plans to turn out for track, and in her spare time also works at the grocery store or spends time with friends. She is interested in a career in Human Resources, therapy, or even...
