Camas-Washougal Post-Record

March 30, 2023

Screenshot by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record
Washougal School District facilities, maintenance and grounds supervisor Jessica Beehner (left) talks with Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton in Washougal High School's boiler room earlier this year.

‘Important’ building repairs hinge on WSD levy approval

Washougal School District Facilities Director Jessica Beehner and her staff received an unwelcome Christmas gift this year.

March 23, 2023

Washougal High School runner Elle Thomas competes in a cross country race at William Clark Park in September 2022. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘Unfathomable’ Washougal coaches, parents address possibility of no sports in 2023-24

The Washougal School District will likely have to eliminate all of its sports programs for the 2023-24 school year if voters knock down the district’s replacement levies in the April 23 special election.

March 23, 2023

Washougal's 54-40 Brewing Company is "currently looking at every reasonable opportunity out there for distribution, including self-distribution and start-up (companies)," according to co-owner Bolt Minister (pictured above). 54-40 Brewing lost its current supplier after the Ridgefield-based Corwin Beverage Company dissolved its craft beverage distributors. (Contributed photo courtesy of 54-40 Brewing Company)

Distribution company’s sale to PepsiCo causes dismay

A Ridgefield-based beverage distribution company’s decision to dissolve its craft beer distributors will “injure” many local and regional breweries, including Washougal’s 54-40 Brewing Company and Camas’ Grains of Wrath Brewing, “for years to come,” according to a nonprofit organization that represents Southwest Washington beer makers.

March 23, 2023

Contributed image courtesy city of Camas
Images show designs for remodeling the Camas-Washougal Skate Park, to be renamed Riverside Bowl Skatepark. City leaders have said the new park elements should be completed by summer of 2023.

Port plans commercial hub next to skatepark

The Port of Camas-Washougal has launched an effort to develop a small commercial hub on the site of the city of Camas’ revamped Riverside Bowl Skatepark.

March 23, 2023

Volunteers for the Washougal Society for Advancement and Family Enrichment pose for a photo after a meeting at The Outpost in Washougal in January. Front row, left to right:
Margaret McCarthy, Karress LaFrance, Pat Suggs and Pam Clark. Back row, left to right: Irene Sam, Heidi Kramer, Penny Porche, Nancy Nass-Boon, Sandie Renner and Ann Stevens. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

New Washougal nonprofit focuses on helping students in need

For the past several years, Nancy Nass-Boon and Penny Porche have worked as coordinators for the Washougal School District’s family resource center, which provides students and families with referrals to community resources, parenting information, food, clothing, healthcare, computer and internet access, school supplies and more.

March 23, 2023

Contributed photo courtesy city of Washougal
Washougal Mayor David Stuebe (left) watches a local resident attempt to "dunk" Washougal Police Captain Zane Freschette in a "dunk tank" during the city's National Night Out event at Hathaway Park in August 2022. Stuebe told the Post-Record that he wants to see "people outside, engaged, contributing to their community, enjoying we have, but respecting it and taking pride in it."

Washougal Council mulls 5-year strategic plan recommendations

The city of Washougal “will be a safe, vibrant and friendly community that successfully balances growth and expanding economic opportunity while preserving the community’s natural beauty and the unique amenities of small-town living,” according to an updated vision statement included in the City’s new five-year strategic plan.

March 16, 2023

Kat Nichols (left) leads a line-dancing class at Ashwood Taps and Trucks on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Line dancing takes off at Washougal food carts

Megan Davis, the co-owner of Ashwood Taps and Trucks, has always envisioned hosting line dancing at her Washougal-based taphouse/food cart pod.

March 16, 2023

Clockwise right to left, Cindy Eisenman, Dion Gutkind and Melanie Wilson of the East County Citizens Alliance tend to a small "demonstration" garden on state Route 14 close to the Washougal River Road roundabout in January 2023. ECCA members planted the garden to prepare for the 4,000-square-foot wildflower bed they will be planting on the highway later in 2023. (Contributed photo courtesy of Barb Seaman)

Group aims to beautify stretch of Highway 14

First, East County Citizens Alliance (ECCA) volunteers launched an ongoing effort to pick up litter from state Route 14 (Highway 14) between Camas and Washougal. Then, they formally “adopted” the stretch of road through the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program.

March 16, 2023

ReFuel Washougal volunteers prepare meals for their Friday night guests. (Contributed photo courtesy of Fran Whitmeyer)

ReFuel Washougal adjusting to ‘new normal’

The new leaders of ReFuel Washougal, a nonprofit organization that provides people in need with free weekly meals and access to shelter in the event of severe weather, say they feel optimistic about the organization’s future.

March 16, 2023

Professional chef Kara Hendrie stands outside the building in downtown Washougal that will soon house her catering business, Miere Catering, on Monday, March 13, 2023. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Miere Catering moving to Washougal

Kara Hendrie decided to start a small catering business to complement her full-time job as a chef for a cafe in downtown Portland, in 2019. The side-gig started small but quickly grew into something that demanded more and more of her attention.