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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.

June 16, 2022
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 A group of graduates poses for a selfie at the conclusion of their commencement ceremony at Fishback Stadium on Saturday, June 11. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘We are the class that never lost hope’

While driving into work one morning several weeks ago, Washougal High School principal Sheree Gomez-Clark began to think about the speech she’d be delivering at the school’s upcoming graduation ceremony. She wondered how she could possibly sum up the character and grit of the class of 2022 and its accomplishments in a few sentences, and how she could say something to inspire a group of people that had inspired her for the past four years.

June 2, 2022
Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School teacher Darcy Hickey (left) and principal Brian Amundson attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the debut of the school's new "little free library" on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

‘Little free library’ an instant hit

Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School teacher Darcy Hickey said she has been thinking about bringing a “little free library” to the rural Washougal school for the better part of a decade.