Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Sorted by date Results 26 - 35 of 35
Once upon a time the Anderson-Amundsen family would fill the Skamokawa Grange with their reunions, but with the event in its 60th year, family members have largely passed on or moved away and their numbers have dwindled. Still, what the Anderson-Amundsens lack in numbers, they make up for with energy and enthusiasm and laughter. Lois Bighill, this year's emcee, has been to all 60 reunions but one. She enjoyed the first from her mother's knee. She guesses that four generations are represented thi...
August 10, 2015 Altoona resident Sam Valdez, who is being held on a $10 million bail and has been charged with solicitation to commit murder in the first degree, delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture or deliver, waived his right to a speedy trial on Monday. His attorney, Bruce Finlay, recently hired a private investigator and asked for more time to go over discovery. Valdez’s trial date, initially scheduled for September 14, was moved to October 5 at 9 a.m. Pretrial is on the c...
Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including: August 3 — 10:07 a.m. A Rosedale resident reported that someone had broken all the lights behind their home. 10:35 a.m. A caller reported being bitten by a dog in the Elochoman Valley. 1:45 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance aided an elderly Skamokawa resident who had fallen off an ATV. Life Flight was activated. 1:53 p.m. A caller complained about kids playing in a Skamokawa roadway. 3:25 p.m. A lost dog was f...
The Washington Service Corps and Washington Reading Corps will dispatch about 700 members around the state this fall to help meet educational, environmental, health and public safety needs. More than 150 of them will serve in distressed counties. The agency includes Wahkiakum as one of the distressed counties, noting that its 11.9 percent unemployment rate average in 2012-14 was second highest in the state, behind Ferry County's 13.6 percent. The two programs, part of the federal AmeriCorps program and administered by the state Employment...
The biodiversity of two Northern Pacific salmon species may be at risk due to changes in ocean conditions at the equator, reports a study by the University of California, Davis. In the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences http://www.pnas.org/ Aug. 3, researchers tracked the survival of chinook and coho salmon from hatcheries in North America between 1980 and 2006. Before the 1990s, ocean survival rates of chinook and coho salmon varied separately from each other. However, the researchers were surprised...
The Employment Security Department’s Annual 2015 employment projections report provides job seekers, policy-makers and training providers an idea of how many jobs exist within industries and occupations, how the number of jobs are expected to change over time and what the future demand for workers will be. ESD’s Labor Market and Performance Analysis (LMPA) Division produces industry and occupational projections for two, five and 10 years from a specific base period. The department projects the 10-year average annual growth rate for total non...
WSU Master Composter\Recycler training is available free to the general public. Topics include Composting, Healthy soils, Worm Composting, Recycling, and Healthy Landscapes (Alternatives to Chemicals). The seven week training will be offered on Monday nights held at the Cowlitz Training Center (Longview) from 6:00 - 8:15 p.m. Classes sponsored by Cowlitz County's WSU Extension will be held on Monday nights from September 14 until October 19. Application deadline is September 10. For those interested in joining the program, contact Jessica...
Thanks to a matching grant through the Wollenberg Foundation, all new and stretch gifts to the Friends of the Theatre will be matched dollar for dollar. They are within $395 of their goal. The deadline is August 31. They are asking citizens to consider becoming a Friend of the Theatre with a gift to the Columbia Theatre. Gifts to the Columbia Theatre ensure: · Longview's historic landmark is preserved. · Arts education and outreach programs are possible. · The continued enrichment of the cultural lives of the communities of the Lower Co...
The Skyline Golf Clinic started the week after school ended and lasted until August 4th, running Mondays through Thursdays from 9-12. The clinic had eight participants this year and culminated with four players competing at the Mint Valley Jr. Golf Championship. Three of the four boys placed by winning on the last day. First year player Tyler St. Onge, an eighth grader, won a first place trophy by closing out his match 7 up with 6 holes to play in the 13-17 year old 4th flight. Kaleo Silva, a se...
Wahkiakum Youth Football starts Monday August 17, 3:30 p.m., at the Middle School. Practice will be held every weekday from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Registration information will be available on Monday. For more information contact Coach Moon at 360-795-0076....
