A company located in the Port of Camas-Washougal Industrial Park is embarking on a pilot project to grow sapphire crystals for multiple uses. Sapphire Materials Company, LLC, is located in the Columbia Manufacturing & Technology Center, along with Silicon Chemical Corporation, SCC Solar Energy Group and Quantum Clean Corporation, at the former Saint-Gobain Crystals property, in Washougal.
Suspect is at large in Runyan's Jewelers robbery in downtown Camas. Citizens helped recover the stolen ring.
The Camas and Washougal City councils will soon discuss the possibility of extending the trial merger of the cities' fire departments for up to two years. Those discussions are expected to occur in February, according to Washougal Fire Department Chief Ron Schumacher. He and Camas Fire Department Chief Nick Swinhart spoke Saturday during the Washougal City Council's annual planning session.
Improving freight mobility and safety, as well as accessibility for trucks and automobiles, are among the goals of a project that could be completed in eight years.
Some of the customers of the Sears Hometown Store in downtown Camas have been asking the business' owners if the local location will be among the sites that will be closed.
A one-hour documentary about human trafficking in Portland will be shown in downtown Camas. "Pornland," by Dan Rather Reports and HDNet, is scheduled to be shown Monday, at 6 p.m., at the Liberty Theatre, 315 N.E. Fourth Ave.
After already traveling to tournaments in Yakima and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho this season, Camas High School boys wrestling coach Glenn Hartman said it is nice to compete closer to home every once in a while. Fourteen Papermakers participated in the Pacific Coast Championships Thursday, at Hudson's Bay. The tournament, which involved 35 teams from throughout Washington and Oregon, continued Friday and was co-sponsored by Evergreen High School. Team finishes included Union in first place, followed by Kelso. Evergreen placed sixth as a team. Camas finished in 26th place, ahead of Heritage and Columbia River. "It was a pretty tough tournament," Hartman said.
Washougal Mayor Sean Guard has pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of second-degree criminal impersonation of a police officer.
Henry and Carol Waring are keeping the Christmas magic alive for many local residents, as he dons a red Santa suit and she wears a red Mrs. Claus robe with white trim, outside their home in Washougal.
A store in downtown Camas that sells a variety of vintage clothing, glassware, jewelry, furniture and Christmas decor, as well as new products such as children's clothing and accessories, soaps, lotions, candles and greeting cards, is among the favorite antique malls in the country, as decided by readers of "Flea Market Style" magazine.
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