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December 9, 2021

Police investigating fake Washougal High Instagram account

The Washougal Police Department (WPD) is investigating the origins of a fake Washougal High School Instagram page that contained inappropriate material encouraging unsafe behavior and specific acts of vandalism before being deleted.

December 9, 2021
Washougal City Hall is pictured in November 2021. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal city officials set 2022 goals

City of Washougal leaders are optimistic that they can achieve most or all of their primary objectives in 2022 as they continue to embrace “the new normal” created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 9, 2021

Washougal students bring radio play back for holiday

The Washougal School District Soundstage performing arts club put on three three radio plays during the 2020-21 school year, performances that received praise from parents, district employees and other community members. The club’s production of “A Christmas Carol” was especially popular, garnering more than 1,000 clicks on the district website.

December 2, 2021
An illustration shows a future vision of the Port of Camas-Washougal's waterfront development. The first phase of construction on the Parker's Landing project is set to begin in the fall of 2022. (Contributed illustration courtesy of the Port of Camas-Washougal)

Port wants to ‘reintroduce’ public to waterfront plan

The Port of Camas-Washougal completed a lot of “behind-the-scenes” work on the Parkers Landing Waterfront Development in 2021. Now it’s ready to reintroduce the project to the public as it looks forward to the first construction phase starting in 2022.

December 2, 2021
Molly Coston (left) administers an oath-of-office speech to new Washougal mayor Rochelle Ramos at City Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 23. (Michele Loftus/City of Washougal)

Washougal mayor ready to work

In 2006, Rochelle Ramos packed up her two young children and all of her belongings that she could fit into her Volkswagen Jetta and drove more than 600 miles north to an unfamiliar small town in the Pacific Northwest to start a new life.