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Wahkiakum County commissioners meet Oct. 6: cannabis license objection, fair board and Rural Health grant on the agenda
The Board of Wahkiakum County Commissioners holds its regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 9:30 a.m., in person and on Zoom. The county’s Noxious Weed Control Board met in a special session Oct. 5. Notice Nearby brief — not Legal Publication.
The Board of Wahkiakum County Commissioners in Cathlamet, Washington, holds a regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time. You can attend in person or join on Zoom or by phone; the Zoom and call-in details are on the agenda.
Public comment is at about 9:35 a.m. Comments on agenda topics, county programs and other concerns are welcome in person or on Zoom, three minutes per person.
New business (about 9:40 a.m.): a resignation from the Fair Board; an appointment to the Noxious Weed Control Board; a letter supporting the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments’ PROTECT grant application; and an objection letter on a cannabis license renewal.
Other items: WSU Extension on the Wild Bird Fest event hosted by the Marine Resources Committee, the Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce and the Willapa Hills Audubon Society; a data backup and disaster recovery quote from the IT Committee; Health & Human Services contracts, including a project-based housing voucher (HAP) contract; the Board of Health on the Rural Health Transformation Grant (about 10 a.m.); and fairground issues, including the Fair Manager vacancy, horse arena footing and damage from a fallen tree. The consent agenda includes $172,502.57 in vouchers and Resolutions 110-26, 111-26 and 112-26 on reserve-fund spending.
Weed board: The county’s Noxious Weed Control Board held a special meeting Monday, Oct. 5, at 11 a.m. in Cathlamet. Its agenda listed a follow-up on aquatic treatment at the marina and Welcome Slough, the meeting schedule, budget preparation and the cost-share program.
Agendas: Commissioners’ Oct. 6 agenda and partial packet (PDF): https://www.co.wahkiakum.wa.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10062026-1096 . Weed board special meeting notice: https://www.co.wahkiakum.wa.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10052026-1095 . Agenda times are estimates. Questions or accommodation requests: Commissioners’ Office, (360) 795-8048.
This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk brief based on a Wahkiakum County agenda email sent to publisher@noticenearby.com on Oct. 5, 2026, and the posted agendas. It is not a legal notice and not Legal Publication. Photo: the Wahkiakum County Courthouse in Cathlamet, by Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).
Source: the public notice on this register NN-PUBDESK-BF-20261005-08 · Wahkiakum County, Washington · Board of County Commissioners regular meeting agenda · Oct. 6, 2026.
This is a Notice Nearby local brief — an in-house explainer written from a government-posted notice on this register. It is not official minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication.