Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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By Jamie J Brown The Wahkiakum School District Board of Education held their monthly meeting Tuesday, August 20 which provided highlights from summer projects and a positive look into the new school year that begins next week. Ken Johnson, a representative from WS Communications, gave a quick public comment on the opportunity to partner with the district on providing fiber optic service and a public Wi-Fi system as they look to expand their service offerings. The expansion of the service comes at no cost to the district and will even compensate...
Marie Glusenkamp-Perez, incumbent 3rd Congressional District representative, visited the Wahkiakum County Fair last Saturday after a standing room only meet-and-greet at the Mile 38 Brewery earlier in the afternoon. She told a group of parents gathered for the 4-H Awards, "I’m grateful to everyone involved — kids, parents, teachers — for making mechanical know-how and working with their hands a priority.” Her year-end report is available on the US Congressional website at: https:/...
Arriving at Fort Vancouver, we were met by the Chief Factor Ogden, who kindly invited us all to accept his hospitality for such time as we desired, but as the officers all wished to go on, he offered to send them at once, so, after thanking him most heartily for his kindness all our party except my brother’s wife went to Oregon City in the same Batteaux. The baby having taken a severe cold, she thought she must remain and keep him from any more exposure until the arrival of the balance of our goods, which were expected to come by the next mail...
Kari Kandoll who is the volunteer curator and genealogist at the Wahkiakum County Historical Society sent us the image of the Hawthorne Club card and thought that our readers might have some information about the club and its purpose. Kandoll can find no other mention of the club in their archives, although we do know a little about Alfred Stone. Here is what Kandoll sent us: Alfred Leroy Stone was born Sept. 9, 1892 in Washington to Warren Corbet & Lucy Louis (Garretson) Stone with siblings Hel...
Someone in my community thought it appropriate to shoot a coyote from their car at 10 p.m. on a Saturday night. I had been having some "conversations" with that coyote. The coyote had become used to running through my yard when the house was vacant, and there were some animal bones in the yard when I first arrived last year, from California. I threw the bones into the brush and, shortly thereafter, got into an accident that broke my arm. It was a cold, cold winter last year, my first year in Washington State. During that time I did a lot of...
Since its launch in 2020, the Washington Department of Transportation and Oregon Department of Transportation have been collaborating with regional legislators on the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) Program. The goal of the project is to replace the I-5 bridge connecting southwest Washington to Portland over the Columbia River. The age of the bridge alone raises safety concerns; one section is 67 years old, while the other has been in use for over a century. Additionally, the current I-5 bridge rests upon a foundation made of timber piles...
WILD WEATHER. Well, we certainly had a mix of weather the past week, and I have to say, the most impressive part was the very loud and long periods of thunder that roared through the valley along with some wild streaks of lightning! While we had some wind and rain too, we also had sunshine and muggy conditions, so it was quite a mix of weather here. It also depended on where you were, because ten miles one way or the other, could find you in completely different conditions. I hope you were in one of the drier and nicer spots. Lightning is...
August 12 6:46 a.m. Cathlamet emergency services responded to an elderly person who had fallen. 9:09 a.m. A caller reported a commercial vehicle speeding on Puget Island. 12:35 p.m. A Skamokawa resident reported people driving four wheelers and dirt bikes on their road. Deputies responded and said they would increase patrols in the area. 3:59 p.m. A caller on Puget Island reported several vehicles not stopping at the stop signs on the Bernie Slough bridge. 7:06 p.m. a caller in Cathlamet reported a vehicle going up and down Columbia Street at...
Megan Blackburn is the latest individual to be featured in The Eagle's Community Member Spotlight. She has lived in Wahkiakum County for 11 years and is a very active community member. Growing up with parents in the military, Megan moved around regularly, never really putting down roots. As an adult, Megan lived in New York for a while, getting by as a musician and trying not to get lost in the hustle and bustle. When she became tired of the big city life, Megan sold almost everything she...
Wahkiakum County is an exceptional community and its long-standing history is cherished by those who call it home. From the expansive timber forests to the Columbia River, stories of times past course through the community's veins like the flowing river it sits on. Buried within the history of the long-standing families of Wahkiakum are not only captivating tales but also an expanse of knowledge, demonstrating how growing up in this community can shape some pretty remarkable people. As the stories of Wahkiakum’s past are told, knowledge and w...
(Valley Forge, PA) In mid-July the historical setting of Union Hill near Philadelphia provided an educational for fifty selected fellowship teachers from around the United States to learn about the how the founding fathers worked to forge a new nation. Sponsored by the Founding Forward Foundation, the program is designed for history and civic educators that have passion for teaching about the Constitution and the historical events that formed our nation. Fifty teachers were selected to attend...
