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Stories by Doug Flanagan

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March 3, 2022
An overhead view of the building that houses Washougal's Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School and Canyon Creek Middle School shows the facility's aging roof. The Washougal School Board approved a request to contract with a Portland-based roofing company to restore and replace the roof during a school board meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

Washougal OKs school roof replacement

Washougal School District leaders had the right idea when they started saving money to replace the roof at Washougal High School four years ago. They just had the wrong school.

February 24, 2022
A group of local residents, organized by Washougal Mayor Rochelle Ramos -- then a Washougal Parks Board member -- clean Washougal's downtown Reflection Plaza in July 2021. The city of Washougal is implementing a program that allows individuals or groups to "adopt" a city park and help with tasks such as litter pick-up, graffiti removal and flower planting. (Contributed photo courtesy of Washougal Mayor Rochelle Ramos)

Washougal puts parks up for adoption

Last July, then-Washougal mayoral candidate Rochelle Ramos gathered a group of friends and co-workers to clean up Reflection Plaza in downtown Washougal.

February 17, 2022
A group protests school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic in front of the Washougal School District headquarters on Dec. 17, 2020. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

New Washougal group aims to address ‘homegrown extremism’

In 2021, a group of Camas and Washougal residents came together to discuss critical race theory — an academic movement that examines social, cultural and legal issues as they relate to race and racism — and to try to figure out why CRT had become a highlight of contentious school board meetings across the country.

February 17, 2022
Canyon Creek Middle School student Rylan Stalnaker shows his 3D design prototype is being piloted to help the Washougal School District's facilities and custodial departments with the hand sanitizer spillage. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

Classroom skills blend with on-the-job learning

A new Washougal High School program is helping students earn school credits while connecting the things they’ve learned in their career and technical education classes with real-world work skills.

February 10, 2022
Doug Flanagan/Post-Record Washougal resident Mike Amodeo lowers his boat into the Columbia River at Parker's Landing Marina on Jan. 25, 2022.

Port reverses controversial permit decision

In response to pleas from several marina users, Port of Camas-Washougal commissioners have voted to reinstate a popular permit program that offers an annual permit for people who regularly use the launch ramp at the Parker’s Landing Marina in Washougal.

February 3, 2022
Washougal students gather at Fishback Stadium on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, to protest a Washington state mandate requiring students to wear face coverings inside K-12 school buildings to help curb the spread of COVID-19. (Screenshot of video by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Washougal students protest state’s mask mandates

A group of Washougal students this week protested Washington state’s mask mandates for K-12 schools.  The students, who call themselves “Freedom Fighters of Washougal,” are being…