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Stories by Doug Flanagan

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August 27, 2020
Colibri Gardens owner Lara Scanlon pets a calf at her Washougal farm. (Contributed photo courtesy of Lara Scanlon)

Washougal farmers find new possibilities during pandemic

It was springtime and COVID-19 had just shutdown weddings and other large, in-person gatherings for the foreseeable future. Derek and Lara Scanlon were terrified the dream they had worked so hard to achieve was on the verge of dying.

August 24, 2020
Families enjoy a 2017 Easter egg hunt at Washougal's Hathaway Park. After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of community events in Washougal this spring and summer, city leaders had to get creative. The city's first, virtual Washougal Summer Scavenger Hunt began Aug. 20 and wraps up later this week, with a drive-through prize giveaway from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at Hathaway Park. (Post-Record file photo)

The hunt is on in Washougal

When the COVID-19 pandemic canceled several springtime Washougal events, including the popular Washougal Easter Egg Hunt and Eggstravaganza, local officials started to get creative about how they could…

August 20, 2020
The Octopi Ink tattoo shop opened in downtown Washougal in July. (Contributed photos courtesy of Henry McCallum)

Tattoo artists open Octopi Ink in downtown Washougal

After working for tattoo shops in the Vancouver-Portland metro area for several years, Henry “Smallz” McCallum and Jennie Mastaler were ready and eager to own and operate a place of their own.