Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office

06/22/2026

Please do not call 911 for the alarm going off at the High School. We have been told that school staff will reset it this morning.

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

Update 1:40am: The highway is OPEN in both directions.

Original Post:
Highway 4 is closed in both directions at MP 41 due to a significant motor vehicle collision. 

06/08/2026

Update 4:21am. The roadway is back open in both lanes.

**Traffic Collision**

State Route 4 from Milepost 40-42 is blocked due to a collision. Please avoid the area and use alternate routes if possible.

05/27/2026

**Training Notice**

There will be Commercial Water and Safety Training at the Elochoman Slough Marina (500 2nd St) at 3:00pm today where they will be using emergency flares. This is ONLY a training and not an actual emergency. Please DO NOT call 911 if you see emergency flares at the Marina today after 3pm.

05/14/2026

Very proud of Deputy Will Lutz and the rest of his classmates from CJTC Basic Law Enforcement Academy class 934! Will is a longtime community member and brings shared experience as a volunteer fire and ems first responder. Will has answered the call to further serve his community when we need him most! Thank you Will, and I can’t wait to share your experiences on the road!
Sheriff Mason

05/11/2026

Someone has turned in a lanyard with keys that had been found in the Wright parking lot. If you have lost your keys, call 360-795-3242 ext 0 to identify.

05/01/2026

PRESS RELEASE
April 30, 2026
SKAMOKAWA, WA
April 29, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., The Wahkiakum County 911 center received numerous 911 calls regarding an incident in the 300 block of East Valley Rd, in Skamokawa, Washington.
The calls were first reported to be three people that had been assaulted with wounds to their heads. Those wounds were originally thought to be gunshot wounds but were discovered to be blunt force injuries from a weapon.
Emergency medical services responded to treat the three victims. One patient was life flighted, and two were transported by ambulance. Their condition is unknown currently.
Wahkiakum County deputies, Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office k9, pacific County k9, the Washington State Patrol and A Longview Police Department drone all searched throughout the night and was unable to locate the suspect, a 30-year-old, black male, approximately 6 foot tall, in the area.
The subject has been a resident on this property, and we do not believe him to be a threat to the public.
Early Thursday, we began receiving calls that the subject was back at the property. After assembling a team to respond to the area, units from Washington State Patrol, Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Lower Columbia SWAT team responded back to the scene on East Valley Rd to contact the suspect.
The subject had barricaded himself inside a residence.
At 7:00 the suspect had been located he was taken into custody. He will be booked into the Wahkiakum County Jail.

Raedyn Grasseth
Wahkiakum Co. Sheriff’s Office
Public Information Officer

05/01/2026

The subject that that assaulted the three people in Samokawa has been apprehended this evening. He was taken into custody at 6:00 p.m.
Due to this being an active and open case this is all that is being released for right now.

04/30/2026

Press Release
April 29, 2026
********Update***********
At this time the only suspect information we can release is that he is a black male, approximately 30 years old and approximately 6 feet tall.
We believe that there is no threat safety of residents of East Valley Road at this time. Due to the nature of this active and ongoing case, information is limited.

Last night, Wahkiakum 911 received multiple 911 calls regarding an assault in the 300 block of East Valley Road, in Skamokawa.
Responding Deputies found 3 patients with head wounds upon arrival. Those wounds were originally thought to be gunshot wounds but were discovered to be blunt force injuries from a weapon. Emergency medical services responded and treated the 3 victims. One was life flighted and two were transported by ambulance. Their condition is unknown.
We would like to thank the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office K9, Pacific County K9, Lewis County K9, the Washington State Patrol and the Longview Police Department drone. Searchers were unable to locate the suspect.
At this time, I will update this post as more information becomes available

Raedyn Grasseth
Public information Officer