Wahkiakum County News

The Wahkiakum School District board of directors last Thursday accepted bids for two work projects and acted on a variety of other business.

Residents of small communities are often willing to make sacrifices for the solace and greenery that rural life has to offer.

The big Memorial weekend has come to an end and while it wasn't a total bust for weather, it could have been better.

Members of the Cathlamet Town Council handled a variety of business when they met Monday night.

Rain, rain, rain is back again with a vengeance. Just as we get used to the sun and dry weather, we are brought back to reality.

Wahkiakum County commissioners approved the hiring of a new public health nurse and a contract for a film company's use of the ferry Wahkiakum when they met Tuesday.

Wahkiakum County will have a busy election season this year. Candidates filed last week for positions on the 2012 election ballots, and three races will appear on the primary election ballot in August, with the top two advancing to the general election regardless of party.

It is a Tuesday morning and Lisa Frink is setting up video equipment in a JA Wendt Elementary school classroom.

Wahkiakum County has the highest per capita fine collection rate of any superior court in the state, according to a recent study by the Washington State Association of County Officials.

Filing for positions on the 2012 election ballots opened Monday, and many candidates showed interest in local offices.

Just in time for the opening of steelhead angling season on Wednesday, the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners adjusted on Tuesday the closure boundaries of Steamboat Slough Road.

Wahkiakum County commissioners Dan Cothren, Lisa Marsyla and Blair Brady handled a variety of business when they met Tuesday, including: --The board approved an updated Strategic Plan for Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services for 2012-2015. Interim department director Sherri McDonald said the plan will be helpful to staff in deciding "where we ... (more)

Cathlamet resident Dixie Kolditz has announced she will be a Republican candidate for state representative.

The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrived Saturday night and illuminated Wahkiakum County.

Regional workforce development leaders are encouraging Southwest Washington employers to take advantage of an incentive program aimed at putting long-term unemployed people back to work.

Unemployment in Wahkiakum County dropped from 12.3 percent in February to 11.9 percent in March, according to the latest statistics from the state Employment Security Department.

Last weekend promised to bring some sunshine to our area but after a brief amount on Saturday morning, the clouds took over and it was rather gloomy all day.