Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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The Wahkiakum County PUD held their State of the Utility on Tuesday, Dec. 19, with the commissioners and entire staff on hand to hear the report. “This is just a big thank you to the commissioners and the staff for all the hard work they’ve put in,” General Manager Dan Kay said. The hour-long presentation covered the utility’s finances, staff, infrastructure, system reliability statistics, a review of 2023, and plans for the coming year. Or, as Kay put it, “People, pipes, and poles.” ...
The future of the Cathlamet Town Hall is up in the air after an inspection uncovered leaks and mold. On Monday, Dec. 18, the town council agreed to a temporary fix; approving a five year lease for space in the Scarborough Building. Town employees expect to move into the new offices by the end of January, but efforts to solve the problem in the long term are just beginning. Four days earlier at the Wahkiakum County Port 1 meeting, Mayor David Olson spoke to port commissioners about what he...
Volunteers for the West End Food Pantry prepared holiday meals last Friday. Pictured here are Cheryl Tutka, Jamie VanBuhler, Paula Marx-Rush, Mark Erickson, and Pearl Blackburn. Photo courtesy of Jamie VanBuhler....
About 25% of all the remaining old-growth trees across all national forests and grasslands in the lower 48 states are in national forests in the Northwest that are managed by federal agencies. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) America's oldest trees, most of which are in the West, will get added protection from wildfire and climate change under updated forest plans from the U.S. Forest Service. In announcements over the past week, officials from the Forest Service said they would begin the...
From the Chinook Observer Responding to complaints that the Washington Legislature doesn’t care about public records issues, Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, has introduced a bill that aims to revitalize the state’s ‘Sunshine Committee.’ According to a statement from the senator last week, Senate Bill 5779 is the first element in his plan to make public records issues a higher priority for Olympia. Earlier this year, the Legislature’s advisory committee on public records considered a proposal that would have disbanded the panel, as frustrate...
The Cathlamet Public Library invites community members with small children to toddler and preschool storytime, Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. at the library. The library will be open for additional hours this winter, from 10 a.m. to noon throughout January and February. Storytime will take place in the children's picture book area and will last approximately 20 minutes. Contact the library at 360-795-3254 for more information. The library is located at 115 Columbia Street in Cathlamet....
Tyson Vogeler’s recent letter (“Readers deserve better, Dec. 21) was written in response to Karen Bertroch’s Dec. 7 article “School board swears in two new members” and not her Oct. 26 school board opinion piece. We regret any confusion....
Ramps, half pipes, and quarter pipes will finally be installed in a long hoped for skatepark at Erickson Park in early 2024. Mayor David Olson thanked Lee Tischer, now a Wahkiakum County Commissioner, and everyone else involved in fundraising and for laying the foundation for a skatepark in Cathlamet so many years ago. “We’re going to finish it and make it better,” Olson said. The Cathlamet Town Council unanimously approved a bid of $93,000 plus tax from American Ramp Company to build the skate...
On Dec. 19, the Wahkiakum School District Board of Directors learned how a Career Connect Washington grant, which was just renewed for a second cycle, is benefiting students at the district and at Naselle/Grays River Valley School District thanks to 4-H and the Wahkiakum WSU Extension office. “We applied for and received another year’s worth of funding from Career Connect Washington,” Extension Director Carrie Backman said. “It was pretty stiff competition. I think that’s just a testament...
MERRY CHRISTMAS! As I begin to write, it is actually Christmas Day, a very wet and blustery one, so I hope my power stays on long enough to finish it up and send it in. There is a high wind warning for this evening, so I'm planning on “batting down the hatches” and hunkering down inside. I hope you're all enjoying the holiday and I hope to hear more about it once everyone settles back into their routine when Christmas is over. Christmas morning is only the beginning of the festivities for most folks; I hope all the dinner plans went well, you...
December 18 8:18 a.m. A Deep River resident received a note from a postal carrier about dead animals being left around his mailbox. The caller believed it had been going on for nearly a year and suspected that a neighbor might be responsible. 3:05 p.m. Authorities in Cowlitz County requested a tender for a vehicle at Abernathy Creek that was on fire. The District 4 Fire Department responded. 4:05 p.m. A driver asked for assistance after getting locked out of a vehicle. 5:01 p.m. A caller reported a youth loitering at the intersection of Main St...
From the Chinook Observer The commercial crabbing season around the mouth of the Columbia River will begin either Jan. 15 or Feb. 1 after sampling found that local crab are slow to put on meat. A Dec. 20 meeting of Washington, Oregon and California Tri-State policy representatives did have some good news for local seafood processors and workers, in that “Vessels that participate in the Dungeness crab fishery south of Cape Falcon, Oregon may only deliver into the ports of Ilwaco and Chinook until further notice.” Cape Falcon is between Can...
School board news At the last Naselle/Grays River school board meeting, Bob Torppa was elected Chair, and Amy Hunt, Vice-Chair. Both have had years of experience serving on the School Board. Deep River Church History "Clear memory of childhood is rare they say, but I am fortunate to remember some of the old things better than later happenings. Within my four-score years and nine, much water has passed under the many bridges I have crossed, and within this life-time of mine things have often...
THURSDAY Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. West End Food Pantry, Johnson Park, 1- 5 p.m. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Hope Center, Noon. Senior Citizen Luncheon, Rosburg Hall, Noon. Cathlamet Fire Department, 7 p.m. Skamokawa Fire Department, 7 p.m. Grays River Fire Department, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p.m. Food Addicts Meeting, Hope Center, 3rd & Maple, Cathlamet, 6-7 p.m. FRIDAY River City Strippers, St. Catherine Catholic Church, 9 a.m.-3 p.m AA Meeting, Hope...
Ralph Franklin Kenner, of Puget Island, died peacefully on Dec. 21, 2023. Graveside services will be held at Greenwood Cemetary on Jan. 5, at noon. A gathering at the Norse Hall on Puget Island will follow....
Submitted by Bill Tawater On Dec. 20, at the J.C. Wendt Middle and Elementary School multi-purpose room, Wahkiakum Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5297 Commander Bill Tawater, Post Chaplain Dave Tutka, and Post member/School Superintendent Brent Freeman, presented certificates and cash awards to the winners of the 2023-2024 Youth Essays and Patriots Pen competition. Youth essay winners Third grade. First place: Jackson Carty ($100). Second place: Rachel McKay-Beach ($50). Third place: Shayne...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team is 5-2 over all, and 3-1 in their conference following another win on Thursday against Onalaska in front of a home crowd. The Mules beat the Loggers 73-31. "I thought it was a good game," Coach Rob Garrett said. "It took us a bit to get going as we were working on a new defense and had a poor shooting night, especially early. With that said the guys did a much better job about being patient and getting better looks on offense. I thought we had great ball...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team lost two more games on the road this week. On Wednesday in Winlock, the Mules lost to the Cardinals, 33-23, and on Friday, they traveled to Toutle Lake and lost to the Ducks, 55-21. The girls return to play after the Christmas break on Wednesday, January 3, with a game at Morton/White Pass. The Mules are 0-5 in league play and 1-6 overall....
