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May 23, 2024
The setback levees constructed during the Steigerwald Reconnection Project between 2020 and 2021, kept water from flooding Port of Camas-Washougal property in 2022. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership)

Port, federal agency mull land swap near Steigerwald

The Port of Camas-Washougal is negotiating a land-swap transaction with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) that would expand the Port’s inventory of usable, and possibly developable, land near the Steigerwald refuge.

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.