Camas-Washougal Post-Record

August 25, 2022

Camas resident Kadie Frazier sits next to a mural she painted on an East County Little League equipment shed at Lower Hathaway Park, in Washougal, during the summer of 2022. (Contributed photos courtesy of Kadie Frazier)

Camas-Washougal volunteers pitch in after Little League mural vandalized

On Thursday, May 17, East County Little League (ECLL) president Danielle Neumann received a text message from volunteer coach Micah Harpel that contained a photo and some distressing news about the league’s storage shed at Lower Hathaway Park. Harpel had discovered that at some point earlier that day or previous evening, vandalizers broke into the shed and tagged it with graffiti, ruining the baseball-themed mural on the side of the building.

August 18, 2022

Washougal residents Angi Waring (left) and Jennifer Birkenfeld examine a mobile speed display trailer near their homes on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. Waring is leading an effort to convince the city of Washougal to install speed bumps and reduce the speed limit on "G" Street, citing safety concerns. (Photos by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘Somebody is going to get killed’: Washougal residents urge city to tame speeding on ‘G’ Street

In 2017, Angi Waring moved into a house on “G” and 20th streets in Washougal, about four blocks west of where she grew up. Waring said she still loves her “tight-knit” neighborhood and friendly neighbors, but has grown increasingly frustrated by the “dangerous” drivers on “G” Street.

August 18, 2022

Washougal awards first Civilian Award for Heroism after rescue

The city of Washougal has awarded its first Civilian Award for Heroism to local resident Brad Goostree.

August 18, 2022

The Vancouver Housing Authority's Camas Ridge complex includes 51 units, half of which are restricted for households earning less than 80% of the area's median income. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Vancouver Housing Authority)

VHA to develop affordable housing in Washougal

The Vancouver Housing Authority (VHA) will soon help Washougal grow its inventory of affordable housing.

August 18, 2022

Children participate in the TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center's Circle Keepers Nature Immersion Program in 2022. TreeSong plans to launch a new Forest School, an outdoor nature education program with a focus on academics, on Sept. 6, 2022. (Contributed photos courtesy of Michelle Fox)

TreeSong to launch ‘forest school’ for children

Michelle Fox had been wanting to expand the children’s programming at the TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center for the past several years, but couldn’t come to a final decision until earlier this year, when a series of events lined up perfectly to create an opportunity for the Washougal nonprofit orgnization’s next evolution.

August 18, 2022

Cathy Lehmann
is Mount Pleasant School's new superintendent and principal

Mt. Pleasant welcomes new superintendent

Cathy Lehmann hopes to bring stability to the Mount Pleasant School District, which has undergone a series of leadership changes since the end of the 2019-20 school year.

August 11, 2022

Renderings updated in 2022 show the exterior of a performing arts center supporters hope will someday be sited on the Washougal waterfront. (Contributed graphics courtesy of Martha Martin)

‘You have to keep going’: Group continues to push for performing arts center on Washougal waterfront

Columbia River Arts and Culture Foundation (CRACF) board vice president Clare Hovland doesn’t think he should take a vacation until the nonprofit’s organization’s proposed performing arts and cultural center is built on the Washougal waterfront, no matter how long it takes.

August 11, 2022