Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891
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THURSDAY Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Eastside play and learn group, St James family center 1:30-3 p.m. West End Food Pantry, Johnson Park, 1- 5 p.m. Johnson Park Community Center Library & Computer Center noon—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, fire/ambulance, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. District No. 4 Fire Department, 7 p...
It seems that, if you're a hearing person, you possess at least a passing familiarity with Christmas music. It's everywhere this time of year. The music of Christmas is so familiar that for many it fades into a background soundtrack; after decades of listening, how fresh can Jingle Bells really sound? One way to find out might be to travel a little closer to the source. Phil and Gayle Neuman do just this each time they pick up one of their fiddles, flutes or flageolets. In addition to being...
Local organizers are combining two popular events this Christmas season in Cathlamet, with a tree lighting joining the lighted parade and vendor market. Santa Claus will make a special appearance at the Hotel Cathlamet from 3-4:30 p.m., and kids young and old are invited to stop in to say hello and get a picture. Shoppers can head down to River Mile 38 Brewery from 3-7 p.m. to visit their annual Holiday Market. From 4:30-5 p.m., there will be a few rounds of Christmas Carols and a tree...
Washington’s controversial carbon pricing scheme drew fire and praise Tuesday as critics turned in signatures for an initiative to repeal the program, while its architects, including the governor, vowed to fight the measure should it reach the ballot. Shortly before 1 p.m., opponents, led by a hedge fund manager and the leader of the state Republican Party, delivered 24 boxes of signed petitions to the Secretary of State’s Office in Tumwater. Standing on the building’s steps, Brian Heywood, founder of Let’s Go Washington and chief financi...
Council members for the Town of Cathlamet passed a resolution last Monday that supports local volunteers for the Cathlamet Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department in the form of a stipend. Though they are still considered volunteers, drivers and firefighters may now expect to receive $5 for each call they respond to, Emergency Medical Responders (EMR) will get $10 per call, Emergency Medical Technicians can expect $20 per call and Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians (AEMT) will...
A vessel that strayed from its course while traveling upriver collided with the Beaver Dock near Clatskanie, nearly resulting in the spill of thousands of gallons of oil into the Columbia River. The Port of Columbia County released a statement in response to the event: "The morning of Nov. 12, a vessel...was underway, traveling upriver. The vessel navigated off course and collided with the Beaver Dock causing damage to the downriver approach and infrastructure. At this time there are no known...
The Wahkiakum County Commissioners met before the Thanksgiving holiday in a brief session. Work continues on the Hope Center as Health and Human Services settles into the building. Duncan Cruickshank asked the commissioners to authorize a request for bids to make the front entrance ADA compliant. Two offices will also be created at the center and the HVAC for the great room will be updated. Wahkiakum Health and Human and Human Services will renew their contract with RYC Analytics for data analysis services. Their fee for analyzing health data...
There was a lot to unpack at the nearly four hour Town of Cathlamet meeting on Monday including a preliminary discussion about a possible remediation of the existing town hall after an inspection found mold and a variety of problems in their current home. “My own view is that it would be an improvident use of town funds to try and rehabilitate that existing sick, toxic building,” Mayor David Olson said. “I think a better choice is to look at a new structure and not put good money after bad o...
Sunrise on the Cathlamet Channel. Photo by Ian Brandon...
Flu shots are now available at Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, but their regular vaccine clinic is still on hiatus. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 360-795-6207 or 360- 795-8630. The Cathlamet Pharmacy is offering flu shots, RSV shots, and the Moderna covid-19 vaccine. Please call to make an appointment. 360-795 3691. Appointments are usually between 2-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, though additional slots may be available in the morning....
Wahkiakum School District is improving their bus fleet one at a time thanks to a depreciation program, and it is paying off in surprising ways. “Our maintenance costs are down significantly,” Superintendent Brent Freeman said. “My first year here, we had 14 or 15 buses on hand. The lowest mileage bus we had was about 57,000- 58,000 miles and [mileage for] half of the fleet was over 200,000 miles. The first time I met Calvin he was under a bus repairing a transmission.” “We’re talking ten...
Steady rates at Wahkiakum County Public Utilites District was good news for the Board of Commissioners as they approved a nearly $8.5 million dollar budget for 2024 this week. Commissioner Dennis Reid said that like Wahkiakum, a few utilities around the state were not increasing rates, but others were raising their rates anywhere between three and 17 percent. “Anything double figures you want to avoid,” Reid said. “I just feel we are so fortunate that we’ve been able to present another budget...
Tis the season for the annual lighted Christmas Parade! The event is set to begin at 5 p.m. at the Elochoman Slough Marina on Saturday, Dec. 2. The parade planning committee is still looking for participants. Any and all are welcome. They suggest entering most anything, so long as lights are added, including “tractors, lawn mowers, cars, trucks, trailers, boats, floats, horses, dogs, people…you name it. How about a wagon of carolers or a lighted hayride?” They also hope boat owners will light...
Wahkiakum County Port 2 staff are gearing up for their annual Christmas light show, which will open Dec. 1 at Vista Park and continue through the end of the month. The theme this year is penguins, Port 2 Assistant Manager Terina Davis said at their Board ofCommissioners’ meeting Tuesday. “Staff has worked really hard on it,” she added. “We take a lot of pride in it.” Port 1 Manager Sam Shogren said he has been on the road a lot in the last month, continuing to seek funding for improveme...
Washington drivers could one day be carrying Smokey Bear's image and message on their license plates to help reduce the number of wildfires started by people. An effort launched Monday would create a specialty license plate featuring the iconic bear and its hallmark slogan: "Only you can prevent wildfires." Proceeds from sales of the plates would go to public education programs focused on wildfire prevention, administered through the state Department of Natural Resources. Commissioner of Public...
Wahkiakum firefighters, all volunteer and representing every department, showed up for some live fire training on Saturday, thanks to the donation of a mobile home on Puget Island. Photo by Ian Brandon....
The Wahkiakum County Auditor’s office has received 1,646 ballots so far from 3,490 voters registered in the county, and are waiting for any remaining ballots posted on or before Nov. 7 to trickle in. That’s an “impressive 47 percent turnout,” Election Coordinator Amanda Boehler said, “much higher than many of the larger counties in the state.” “[It] really goes to show that our community cares a lot about who they choose to put into local offices to make the choices that affect our day-to-da...
Some residents in east Cathlamet woke up to water issues Sunday morning. According to the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s report, at 4:25 a.m., a resident on Irving Street was the first to call, reporting low water pressure and a massive leak from a neighbor’s house that was flooding their own carport. Later, a person on E Street would report they were without water. “Over the next couple hours several calls came in from nearby residents that either experienced problems or were concerned about poten...
Flooding has always been part of the landscape for Gary Burkhalter, who grew up dairy farming with his parents in Grays River. It’s work he continues to do with his wife Susan, along with their children, and includes their grown son, Austin. “Flooding has been here and always will be here,” Burkhalter said. While this natural occurrence really only causes problems once or twice a year, it can be disruptive to all who live and in the Burkhalters’ case, work, in the area. Burkhalter Dairy is locat...
The U.S. House took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to fund the government into the new year, though the measure must pass the Senate by the end of the week if Congress is going to avoid a partial government shutdown. The 336-95 House vote was the first major legislative test for Speaker Mike Johnson, the Louisiana Republican who took on the role after the former speaker was ousted after passing a similar bipartisan short-term funding bill in late September. A total of 93 House Republicans...
The Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments (CWCOG) recently finalized a three-year contract with the Washington Transportation Safety Commission to operate the Target Zero program for Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, and Lewis Counties. The federal government requires each state to have a Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP); Target Zero is Washington’s plan. The Washington State Target Zero vision is “zero deaths and serious injuries by 2030 from traffic involved accidents.” Target Zero was created to “guide the community toward the vision of zero de...
THURSDAY Westside Play & Learn Group, Valley Bible Church, 9:30-11 a.m. Eastside play and learn group, St James family center 1:30-3 p.m. Johnson Park Board 10 a.m. West End Food Pantry, Johnson Park, 1- 5 p.m. Johnson Park Community Center Library & Computer Center noon—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, fire/ambulance, 7:30 p.m. Puget Island Fire Department, drill night, 7 p.m. D...
Following three days of outages, many of the Washington State Department of Transportation public web services are restored, the agency reported Friday. A cyberattack hit the department starting Tuesday, cutting online access to statewide traffic cameras, ferry trackers and oversized freight permitting. As of Friday morning, ferry schedules, some ferry tracking on the mobile app, mountain pass conditions, the agency’s real-time travel map, traffic cameras, and online commercial vehicle permits had been restored, according to the department. M...
A Longview man died last Friday while hunting with his son in the woods above Skamokawa. The Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Department received a call at 4:48 p.m. from the son who became concerned when his father did not return to their vehicle. His father was last seen around 7 a.m.; he was 81 and had a heart condition. A search began at 8 p.m. on state land at the end of Middle Valley Road and the man was found less than two hours later, about a quarter mile from the truck, according to U...
Rosburg resident Darrel Trotter was honored by the Marine Corps League Daniel E Crockett Detachment 1228 at their annual ball in Astoria this weekend when he was named Gene Bolstad Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. The award is named for a Washington State Patrol Trooper who died on duty in 1957 while trying to rescue a teenager caught in a strong rip current at Long Beach. Each year it is awarded to an outstanding law enforcement officer in Pacific or Wahkiakum County. "The local veterans...
