Camas-Washougal Post-Record

April 25, 2019

ECFR Fire Chief Mike Carnes says a levy lid lift is critical to helping the fire district maintain its services. The district responds to emergency calls in rural areas north of Camas and Washougal. (Post-Record file photo)

East County Fire & Rescue: Fire levy ‘lid lift’ to go back on ballot

Fire commissioners at East County Fire and Rescue (ECFR) will again ask voters to support the rural fire district by passing a fire levy lid lift in the August primary election.

April 18, 2019

A vacant site at 1625 Main St., in downtown Washougal will someday be home to a newer, much bigger Washougal library. Wes and Diane Hickey, of Washougal, recently donated an 18,000-square-foot section of the property to the library building efforts. Library advocates say the site is the best they could have hoped for, and that it will help maintain a civic core in downtown Washougal with its close proximity to the Washougal Post Office and the public "town square" at Reflection Plaza. (Post-Record file photos)

Future Washougal library lands site

A nearly decade-long search for a future Washougal community library site found its “best-case scenario” ending this week.

April 18, 2019

Changing hearts with a pitbull named Joey

Pam Maxey never expected to become an advocate for pitbulls. In fact, had you asked the Camas paramedic 20 years ago what kind of dog she envisioned living in her home, her last response probably would have been “pitbull.”

April 18, 2019

Post-Record is moving, not disappearing

As we prepare to move out of the Post-Record’s offices in downtown Camas, there is one thing that has become very apparent: we are moving, but we aren’t really going…

April 16, 2019

The Camas-Washougal Post-Record office building, located at 425 N.E. Fourth Ave., in downtown Camas, will be sold. Staff plan to relocate to the Columbian daily newspaper offices in Vancouver by the end of May.

Post-Record newspaper staff relocating

The Camas-Washougal Post-Record staff will soon relocate to offices at the Columbian daily newspaper, at 701 W. Eighth St., Vancouver. The Post-Record office building, located at 425 N.E. Fourth Ave., in…

April 11, 2019

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Camas, pictured here, is the site of a newly opened day center for homeless families, operated by Family Promise of Clark County, an interfaith organization. (Post-Record file photo)

Day center opens for homeless families

The interfaith Family Promise of Clark County organization has opened its Camas-based day center for families experiencing homelessness.

April 11, 2019

Treesong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center founder Michelle Baumann (second from left) and four children immerse themselves in a "community circle" of trees by the Washougal River in 2016. Treesong will host a variety of "Nature Adventures" day camps that include storytelling, art, movement, singing and nature awareness activities this summer. (Post-Record file photos)

Find your summer fun

Whether your youngster wants to build robots, perfect their tennis serve or learn how to cook a culinary masterpiece, local and regional summer camps have you covered.

April 4, 2019

Avery Colby, a naturopathic doctor, stands inside her new Petal and Thorn Naturopathic Wellness Center and Apothecary on March 28.

Naturopath opens Camas wellness center

Considering the cozy furniture, wall of colorful dried teas and sunbathed interior at naturopathic doctor Avery Colby’s new downtown Camas wellness center, it’s no surprise that a member of the Camas business community recently asked Colby — jokingly — if they could come work out of the apothecary.

April 4, 2019

Demolition crews work at the site of the former Crown Park swimming pool in Camas on March 29. With the city's only public swimming pool now demolished, Camas Mayor Shannon Turk said Monday this may be the best time for the city to ask voters if they support building a new community center with recreation pool.

Camas eyes bond for community center

Camas officials seem ready to go it alone, if necessary, to get the ball rolling on a future community center and pool.

March 28, 2019

Washougal sixth graders from Canyon Creek Middle School listen to four U.S. Forest Service rangers talk about the Columbia River Gorge's post-fire recovery, at their Explore the Gorge outdoor school, hosted by Friends of the Columbia Gorge, and funded in part by a $5,000 Camas-Washougal Community Chest grant, in June 2018. Forest Service rangers, pictured from left to right, are Angel Robinson, Sophie Steckler, Elisabeth Dare and Kat Schut. In the background, a view of the Oregon side of the gorge damaged by the September 2017 Eagle Creek Fire.

Community Chest logs ‘record year’

When the Georgia-Pacific paper and pulp mill drastically reduced its workforce in May 2018, leaders at the 73-year-old Camas-Washougal Community Chest worried they wouldn’t be able to give as many grants in 2019. Richard Reiter, campaign chair for the Community Chest, told The Post-Record in October 2018 the Georgia-Pacific employees had long been among the most generous contributors, giving monthly to the nonprofit, grant-funding organizations through long-established payroll deductions.