Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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On Sunday in the early afternoon, a fire was spotted in a clearcut above Westport, Oregon. According to Neal Bond of the Astoria office for the Oregon Department of Forestry, the fire was initially reported at 1:30 p.m. Bond, the incident commander for what is now being called the Broken Gate Fire, was first on scene. Along with ODF, Knappa, Svensen/Burnside, Clatskanie, and Westport were just some of the Oregon community fire departments that responded to the scene. They found a fire burning...
County commissioners began their Tuesday meeting by approving $5,000.00 for a CPA to help with the auditor’s annual report, appointing Jason Will to the real property rights board, and renewal of the liquor license for the Cathlamet Chevron. Chris Bischoff, director of health and human services detailed his search for a public health nurse. The current nurse is leaving the county for a job making double her current salary. He said that our salaries are roughly competitive with neighboring counties but we are not even close to the national a...
Last Thursday and Friday, a CenturyLink internet outage inconvenienced residential and business customers in Wahkiakum County, including at least two local businesses in Cathlamet, the post office and The Wahkiakum County Eagle. It was cash only at the post office, and if you wanted to send something overseas, it would have to wait. On the other hand, for customers checking for updates on package arrivals, the alert would not be coming. They were just going to have to check their mail and find...
To The Eagle: It is my opinion that contemporary radical fundamentalist Christianity is evolving into a clear and present danger to our secular State and its democratic principles. Those who think Socialism will be the undoing of this country are missing a big “ism” that slips in beneath their radar because it’s wrapped in religion. Its name is Christian Dominion ideology, and it has the power to eviscerate our democracy. Dominionism is a central tenet of authoritarian Christian Nationalism, that the Christian god has tasked its zealots with ta...
World travelers Eric Hille and San ter Huurne stopped by the Eagle on their way from Seattle to San Fransisco on a tandem bike. Hailing from Zutphen, Netherlands, they are working their way through the world's most epic bike tours, and were thrilled to find a small independent newspaper thriving in the 21st Century. Photo by Brandon J. Simmons....
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is urging drivers to make good choices behind the wheel this summer following an alarming number of fatality collisions over the past week. The reminder comes amid the statewide “Surviving Summer” traffic safety campaign bringing attention to the 90 most dangerous days on Washington roadways. The WSP investigated fatality collisions across the state that resulted in the loss of 15 lives over the weekend, including six killed in Tacoma and another three killed in a crash outside Othello. In ad...
Heather Odom, community health specialist for Wahkiakum Health and Human Services is hoping to inspire new gardeners after taking on the hobby for the first time herself this year. "The Wahkiakum Community Garden does a great job producing vegetables to take to the food pantries, but I want that next step," Odom said. "It's wonderful that you are getting food, but here's how you can grow it yourself." Odom's focus for WHHS is on promoting healthy eating and nutrition in the community. She does...
The second annual Cup of Sunshine food drive competition is over, and the Norse Hall was declared the winner of this year's competition, which raised 575 pounds for local food banks. Jabber Shack owner Sue Zabel is the founder and organizer of the event, which took place between June 1 and July 15 this year. She challenged businesses around the county to collect non-perishable food items for local food banks, with the business to bring in the most items taking home a trophy designed by local...
Seventeen Wahkiakum athletes headed to football camp last week to improve their game skills and get ready for the coming season. The camp was held Thursday through Saturday, and hosted by Adna and South Bend Schools. The Mules slept in an Adna classroom at night and ran drills during the day. They scrimmaged with other teams and got to play a little 7 on 7, which was developed to help teams improve their passing game without the usual physical contact involved in football. Linemen participated...
END OF ANOTHER MONTH--We’ll wrap up July and begin August on Monday and I’m still not done with my pre-Springtime chores; yikes! Now that it's hotter, the summer chores haven’t been done either as it’s too hot for me to work outside, so I feel for all of you who have to do that. The dampness we got on Monday morning was actually quite refreshing, but the rest of the week is going to be dry and toasty, so here’s hoping you’ve been slathering on the sunscreen and keeping yourself hydrated. Remember to reapply sunscreen every couple of hours or...
THURSDAY Cowlitz/Wahkiakum Council of Governments Board of Directors, 961 12th Ave, Longview, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, fire/ambulance, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Wahkiakum Planning Commission, Courthouse, 6 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Free Senior Fitness and Balance Class, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, enter via door on 3rd, 12:45-1:45 p.m. Food Addicts Meeting, Hope Center,...
Greetings from the fair office. Wow! it’s hard to believe we are only four weeks away from the fair. Animal entries came in last Friday and it looks good. Fair books are out, so hopefully everyone has one and is getting their entries ready for the fair. Check the fair book for days that entries come in. Monday August 14 enter all exhibits except livestock, baking, garden and floral from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. On Tuesday August 15 enter baking, garden and floral. And on Wednesday all animals come in (except dog and cat). If you haven't got your f...
It's almost August. How did that happen? It means the Fair, the Loggers Reunion and Labor Day weekend are all just around the bend. The older I get, the faster the days go by. There is a song that talks about now that we're older, how many more times will we see the cherry blossoms in bloom? We have time left and no real idea of how long that will be, but our time needs to be used so that we spend it with family, babies, young ones in pre-school, friends and elders, and yes, cherry trees. May...
At the School Board meeting on July 18, the Naselle Grays River Valley School Board adopted the proposed budget for the 2023-2024 school year, discussed policies, board goals and the next community survey. With updates from Superintendent Lisa Nelson and Principal Justin Laine, it was a meeting full of energy and promise for the coming year. Keeping in mind that the School District carries no debt at all and with news of funding coming for an important capital project next year in the amount of a $4.88 million grant, the future of the school...
The U.S. Drought Monitor released a Drought Map and Report on July 13 indicating the west end of Wahkiakum County is moving toward the “D2” category, or severe drought. Wahkiakum County has received 50% less precipitation than normal. “Normal” precipitation percentages were developed with data followed from 1991-2020. While light rain may fall at times, the water table for the Grays is very low. Predictions have been set by the National Weather Service and the U.S. Drought Monitor for August through September and possibly into October at 33% to...
Wahkiakum County youth are invited to a free kayaking event on Wednesday, August 2, to have some fun on the water and learn the basics of water safety, kayaking techniques, and how to file a float plan. “We want to provide some safety education for the youth of Wahkiakum County and the surrounding areas in response to some of the tragedies we’ve suffered in the last few years,” Wahkiakum County Deputy Lucas Getman said. “We are doing everything in our power to prevent any further issues like that. I think that starts with educating the youth. T...
Dust off your dancing shoes! The Area Agency for Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington and Wahkiakum Health and Human Services is inviting everyone 55 and over to the Senior Prom! “We won’t card you,” Kathy Briggs, who serves on the AAADSW Advisory Council, said, laughing. “We’re hoping to see as many faces as possible there. It is a chance for our seniors to have an evening of music, dancing, making new acquaintances, and seeing familiar faces.” There will be dancing in the former sanctuary of what is now the Hope Center in Cathlame...
Cannon Beach, Ore. (AP) A cougar that climbed onto a towering rock off the coast of northwest Oregon over the weekend -- probably in search of feathered prey -- has abandoned the craggy formation, allowing for the popular Cannon Beach to reopen to visitors Monday. Multiple agencies and organizations, from local and state police to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Parks and Recreation Department, responded to Sunday morning’s sighting of the big cat on the iconic Haystack Rock. The beach was closed to protect people and let i...
An Association of Washington Business survey of about 250 Washington manufacturers this spring found that while they aren’t quite as certain that a recession is coming soon (40% of manufacturers expect Washington to enter a recession in the next year compared to 47% of non-manufacturers), they are taking more concrete steps to prepare in case a downturn comes. Thirty percent of manufacturers have delayed hiring compared to 23% of other businesses and 46% have delayed capital expenditures (38% for non-manufacturers). Supply chain challenges l...
Fibre Federal Credit Union aims to improve the health and wellness of the communities it serves, beginning with its youngest residents. Fibre Federal’s largest passion project is fundraising for OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital through the Credit Unions for Kids program. Since 1996, credit unions in the Pacific Northwest have raised nearly $19 million for Doernbecher which has helped fund endowed professorships, an outpatient clinic, additional rooms in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and most recently a five-story guest house for pat...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: July 17 — 3:02 a.m. A person used the callbox outside the sheriff’s office to report that the FBI and President Trump were closing the borders of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and declaring those states independent. He said there was no river traffic on the Columbia River and no vehicle traffic on Highway 30. He asked the sheriff’s office to sound the national alarm. 8:30 a.m. Someone from a Rosedale busin...
Wahkiakum County residents Joshua Miller and Robert Schultz became fast friends while coaching soccer, bonding over their military experience, love of martial arts, family, and country. Now the pair, who have spent their lifetimes practicing one form of martial arts or another, are offering Brazilian jiu-jitsu, tae kwon do/kickboxing, and fitness classes at a gym they converted from a barn on Puget Island. They started a while back, patting down grass in Schultz's back yard under a hoop house,...
