Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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A bill moving through the Washington Legislature would allow workers to bring legal action if labor laws are not upheld. The bill, House Bill 1076, would allow a person to bring suit as a whistleblower on unfair labor practices. The process, called a qui tam action, allows a private party to sue on behalf of the state. If a settlement is awarded, the whistleblower gets a share of the award and the rest goes to the state. Retaliation against an employee for engaging in a qui tam action would be prohibited. Opponents say the bill could open the d...
The Wahkiakum Mules closed their covid-19 abbreviated football season with a 49-0 shutout over the Ilwaco Fishermen last Friday. The Mules scored four times in the first quarter, once in the second and twice in the third quarter. Jake Leitz got the team on the scoreboard early with a 54-yard touchdown run at 11:39; with Elijah Cothren's conversion kick, the Mules led 7-0. Ashden Niemeyer then downed an Ilwaco ball carier in the Fishermen's endzone for a two point safety and 9-0 lead at 9:56....
The season ended for the Wahkiakum Mules volleyball team March 17 when they lost to the Toutle Lake Ducks in the second round of the district tournament. The Lady Mules lost in four sets, 24-26, 17-25, 25-19, and 20-25. “My girls battled a tough Toutle team tonight,” Coach Kayli Hurley said, “But we just didn’t find a way to get it done. We definitely had some bright spots and never rolled over. The Mules kept fighting until the very end, so I’m proud of them for that.” Standouts for Hurley were...
The Wahkiakum Mules baseball team started their season in Morton/White Pass with an 8-7 loss. “MWP did a great job taking advantage of timely opportunities,” Coach Marc Niemeyer said. “We made several mental errors in every facet of the game. We ended every inning with a big K with runners in scoring position or with a big mental base running error. We will be fine, we just need to execute and have a better mindset.” Senior Beau Carlson was 3-3 at bat. The Mules traveled to Raymond on Wednesd...
The Wahkiakum Mules softball team started the season with a tough loss to Morton/White Pass on Monday, 22-3. "Breyonna Montgomery was pitching in the strike zone all day, but MWP batters were making good contact," Coach Garrett Miller said. Montgomery struck out three. Miller praised Shantelle Shervey for great defense in centerfield, which he said was highlighted by an "amazing catch at full speed." Shervey was 2-2 at the plate, with two RBIs. Amaya Jones was 1-2 with one RBI and one run...
Chance Cothren is a self-described sports person. "After school is done, I usually go play sports," Chance said. "There is nothing else I've really done. It's been sports, sports all year around. I've always been competitive. I don't like to lose." Last year was tough for this athlete, who broke his foot in the second quarter of the second football game, and then broke it again when basketball season rolled around. His favorite sport is baseball, and while he and his foot may have been ready to...
By Diana Zimmerman Brenden Pope made a personal decision last year to transfer to Wahkiakum High School because he valued his education and wanted to feel not just valued, but seen in the classroom, something he said he had never felt during his time in the Longview School District. "They were letting me slip through the cracks," Brenden said. "They were just pushing me through the system. It's way better here." Brenden still lives in Longview, making the drive to Cathlamet each day. "People are...
By Diana Zimmerman Evangeline Davidson has been celebrating her birthday since she was 12 for unusual reasons. It's the anniversary of the day she and her mom moved to Cathlamet, an end to a year of homelessness. The pair put nearly everything they owned in storage at the beginning of that year, except the things they needed. Those things were packed into a Suburban, which they lived in when they weren't staying in hotels. "So, that was fun," Evangeline said facetiously. "I saw a lot of people....
