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July 7, 2022
Washougal School District facilities, maintenance and grounds manager Jessica Beehner took "before and after" photos outside Hathaway Elementary School's portable buildings to show what the area looked like "before," in 2021, (left) and after the district installed LED lights in 2022 (right). (Contributed photos courtesy of Jessica Beehner)

Washougal School District invests in brighter, ‘greener’ LEDs

During a Washougal School Board meeting earlier this year, Washougal School District facilities, maintenance and grounds supervisor Jessica Beehner clicked through a PowerPoint presentation that contained side-by-side photos of Hathaway and Gause elementary schools, Washougal High School and two other district locations, taken in 2021 and earlier this year.

July 7, 2022
Washougal High School Principal Sheree Gomez-Clark delivers a commencement address during the school's graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 11, 2022. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal High School on the hunt for a new principal

Sheree Gomez-Clark wasn’t planning on leaving her job as the principal at Washougal High School at the end of the 2021-22 school year. But, as she says, the universe sometimes works in weird and unexpected ways. It certainly did for her last month.

June 30, 2022

Summertime ‘movie nights’ return to Washougal

In the summer of 2021, the Washougal Business Association (WBA), with help from the city of Washougal, put on a “summer movie night” series, showing three family-friendly flicks at Reflection Plaza.

June 23, 2022

Washougal Police Department earns prestigious accreditation

The Washougal Police Department has earned accreditation from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC), completing a multi-year mission to become recognized as one of the state’s most professionally run law enforcement agencies.

June 16, 2022
The American Empress riverboat docks at Parker's Landing Marina in Washougal on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

American Empress arrives in Camas-Washougal

“Camas, Wash.” has been emblazoned on the stern of the American Empress paddlewheeler since 2014, but 2022 was the first time the Empress, the largest riverboat west of the Mississippi River, has attached itself to the Camas-Washougal dock originally slated to be the riverboat’s home port.