Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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Wahkiakum County officials hope to wind up soon their negotiations with NorthernStar Natural Gas, LLC, to provide security for tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) up the Columbia River. Commissioners held a workshop Tuesday morning with other county officials to discuss their understanding of issues in the negotiations. NorthernStar is proposing to build an LNG terminal in Oregon at Bradwood, across a half-mile-wide channel of the Columbia River from Puget Island. Called Bradwood Landing, the proposed operation has drawn opposition...
The Wahkiakum Mule football team traveled to Corbett, Ore., last Friday and came home with a 27-7 non-league victory. The Mules opened the scoring in the second quarter with a 30-yard touchdown pass play from Joel Fudge to Jordan Fritsch. In the third quarter, Bryce McClain scored on an 18-yard run. Joel Nicolazzi ran for touchdowns of 55 and eight yards in the fourth quarter to give the Mules a 27-0 lead. The hosts got their score against the Mule reserves. Overall, the Mule defense held Corbett to negative rushing yardage and 68 passing...
I’m delighted to confirm that all 2009 fair premium checks have been mailed. If for some strange reason you’ve not received your check please contact the fair office so I can confirm your details. We had an amazing turnout this year with more entries than ever before. Both the T-Building and Youth superintendents reported a sharp increase from last year, with lots of new participants. Congratulations to all of our exhibitors. Enjoy your hard earned cash! I hope to complete the state commissioner’s report next week and will confirm our 2009...
What would happen if you got lost or injured in the woods? The Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office is responsible for search and rescue activities in Wahkiakum County. Search and Rescue (SAR) means the acts of searching for, rescuing, or recovering by means of ground, marine or air activity any person who becomes lost, injured or killed while outdoors or as a result of natural, technological, or human caused disaster, including instances involving searches for downed aircraft when ground personnel are used. SAR personnel are also used in urban s...
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) announced September 7 it would raise the average cost of power to its more than 140 wholesalers by 7 percent. The rate hikes take effect October 1, and Wahkiakum PUD residential customers will see their bills go up by about 5 percent. The question: Why is Bonneville raising its rates in a recession? “That is the question everyone is asking,” said Wahkiakum PUD Commissioner Bob Jungers. The BPA said the rate increase is to help pay its share of cost to the Columbia Nuclear Generating Station in Ric...
The Sons of Norway celebrated their 75th Anniversary at the Puget Island Norse Hall on Sunday. About 150 people came from as far as Virginia to help usher in a new era of Scandinavian pride. The celebration included music, dance, food, and the installation and dedication of a new art glass window installed above Norse Hall’s front door. “Allyce and Charlie Miller had the art glass window designed and made in Astoria,” said Sons of Norway President Jan Silvestri. “That window space above the door was just being wasted,” Miller said. “It was fill...
The Town of Cathlamet Public Library Summer Reading Program, held for six-weeks during July and August, was a huge success. Approximately 50 youngsters, ages 3-12, attended. Together they read over 800 books. Activities at each session included story time, crafts, singing, costumes, reading aloud and treats. At the final session kids dressed as their favorite book character. A bespectacled, dress-wearing, green and purple dragon named Miss Lotta Scales, also showed up. She read aloud “The Library Dragon,” the tale of a fire-breathing lib...
Local Wahkiakum High School senior Madeline Rooklidge is organizing an online gadget drive through Gazelle to raise money for Family House Academy, located in Longview. A gadget drive is a new way to fundraise that turns used electronics such as laptops, cell phones, mP3 players and digital cameras into cash to support a cause. Those wishing to contribute to the drive may go to Rooklidge's website at http://educationinspiration.gazelle.com, find the value of the gadgets to be donated and send them to Gazelle. Shipping is free. The value will...
With fall and the start of the rainy season on the way, a solution to the flooding problems at Kandoll Road in western Wahkiakum County seems as elusive as ever. Wahkiakum County commissioners hosted a second meeting of persons and agencies involved in the issue on Tuesday. The group agreed on a plan to evaluate erosion in Seal Slough, but they were unable to identify a solution to the Kandoll Road flooding. Columbia Land Trust, a private, non-profit foundation, purchased the Kandoll Farm several years ago and has worked with Ducks Unlimited to...
Workers pour concrete into a cast that supports the new Winter Slough tide gate in the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the White-tail Deer. The US Army Corps of Engineers is replacing three gates in the refuge. Photo by Stevan Morgain. Steamboat Slough Road is still closed and work continues on the Julia Butler Hansen refuge tide-gates this week. The US Army Corps of Engineers have two more weeks of work left on the second of the three tide gates being replaced in the refuge. Last Friday the Corps poured the first of several layers of concrete...
