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May 23, 2024
The Washougal School District district office is pictured in 2021. (Post-Record file photo)

Washougal School Board promises transparency after criticism

Washougal School Board members will attempt to provide more transparency during their meetings after being criticized for not publicly asking more questions of Washougal School District staff before making critical decisions, according to Washougal School Board President Angela Hancock.

May 16, 2024
Karen Douglass and Allen Gonzales look at the recently installed “Pieces of History: An Artifacts Timeline” exhibit at the Two Rivers Heritage Museum in Washougal in 2024. (Contributed photo courtesy of Rene Carroll)

Washougal museum unveils ‘Pieces of History’ display

Two Rivers Heritage Museum’s newest exhibit portrays some of the most important and interesting moments and people in East Clark County history and highlights the museum’s authentic artifacts in a way they’ve never been highlighted before.

May 9, 2024
Adret Artist Collective members, from left to right, Regina Westmoreland, Judi Clark, Ellen Nordgren and Elizabeth Dye talk about their art at the Collective’s shared studio space in Washougal on May 2, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Local artist group mourns, regroups after unexpected loss

The Adret Collective, composed of several East Clark County artists who work in shared studio space in rural Washougal, reached a crossroads in August 2023, after one of the group’s founders, Angela Swanson, died unexpectedly at the age of 54, following heart surgery complications.

May 9, 2024
A sign greets visitors to the Port of Camas-Washougal’s Grove Field airport north of Camas in 2020. The Port will hold an open house on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, to discuss its request to annex Grove Field into Clark County’s urban growth boundary. (Post-Record file photo)

Port to discuss Grove Field annexation plans with public

The Port of Camas-Washougal will hold an open house from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, to provide community members with information about its request to annex Grove Field airport into Clark County’s urban growth boundary.

May 9, 2024
Washougal High School student Joselyn Guajardo (far right) talks about the school’s Breathe Easy group while fellow group members Angel Garibay-Villa (far left), Eduardo Gonzalez-Campos (second from left), and Gabriella McCormick (second from right) listen during a Washougal City Council meeting held April 22, 2024. (Screenshot by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal students launch campaign to educate about underage substance abuse

Washougal High School sophomore Angel Garibay-Villa asked Washougal City Council members during their April 22 Council meeting to guess how many Washougal High students use vaping products. After a few seconds of deliberating, Washougal Mayor David Stuebe ventured a guess: “30 percent? I hope not.”