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Stories by Doug Flanagan

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December 7, 2023
Contributed photo courtesy Mary Ladd
The Long COVID reader, featuring essays and poems written by 45 COVID-19

Washougal author details long COVID impacts, daily struggles

Shortly after leaving his Washougal residence, Rowan MacDonald shuffles through his iPod, searching for the perfect track to propel him up the short hill in front of him. His playlist is filled with songs from the 1990s, reflecting the mindset of their listener, who yearns for the past.

December 7, 2023
Contributed photo courtesy Washougal School District 
 Columbia River Gorge Elementary School fifth-grader Joela Grundy collects a token as a reward for finishing a lap during a Boosters Mileage Club session at the Jemtegaard Middle School track earlier this year. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

‘Mileage Club’ proves popular with Washougal students

Every Tuesday, Columbia Gorge Elementary (CRG) School students spend 15 minutes of their time running or walking around the Jemtegaard Middle School track. They aren’t required to participate in the Boosters’ Mileage Club. They choose to do so because they enjoy competing with their friends, earning rewards, and getting — or staying — fit.

November 30, 2023

Cities get $125,000 for middle housing planning

The Washington State Department of Commerce has awarded the city of Camas with $75,000 and the city of Washougal with $50,000 to support the adoption of policies and codes and the implementation of other measures specific to a Washington state bill which encourages and requires local governments to adopt development regulations aimed at increasing housing capacity in response to the state’s housing crisis.

November 30, 2023
Jordan Fitch holds a copy of his debut novel,

Washougal author pens first novel

Jordan Fitch came to a potentially life-altering realization while reading a science fiction novel — “The Kaizu Preservation Society” by John Scalzi — during a flight in the fall of 2022.

November 23, 2023
Washougal residents gather in front of Washougal City Hall Oct. 27, 2020, to protest higher-than-normal utility bills. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record files)

Washougal officials mull utility rate adjustments

The city of Washougal should implement utility rate adjustments that would increase the average customer’s bi-monthly bill by $8 and maintain current rate structures for all classes of service in each utility from 2024 to 2028, according to a rate study compiled by a consulting firm with input from a group of local residents.

November 23, 2023
The Ninebark Apartments complex (pictured above) opened to residents in the summer of 2023. The Washougal waterfront-adjacent residential complex is now at 50-percent occupancy. (Contributed photoscourtesy Ninebark Apartments)

‘Luxury for a price I can afford’

Ninebark, a 246-unit residential community nestled along the Columbia River waterfront in Washougal, includes 24 apartments that have been designated as “affordable,” or available to households that earn 80% or less of area median family income.