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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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March 21, 2019
East County Fire and Rescue Fire Chief Mike Carnes sits in an engine at ECFR Fire Station 91 near Grove Field in northern Camas on March 7. Carnes, the district's former deputy fire chief, took over as chief on Feb. 1 after the fire district's board of commissioners voted to end a two-year fire chief sharing program with Camas-Washougal Fire Department.

Hail to the chief

If you’d asked a 30-year-old Mike Carnes what he’d be doing at age 59, he may have theorized “managing the Pendleton Woolen Mills” or “playing with my grandchildren” or maybe “taking camping trips with my wife.”

March 21, 2019
Tori Eastman, 12, a sixth-grader at the Washington State School for the Blind, holds her camera close to her eyes to see the photos she captured during a school field trip to downtown Camas on March 11.

Capturing Camas

With its picturesque downtown streets, beautiful Lacamas and Round lakes and proximity to the Columbia River National Gorge Scenic Area, Camas is often a ‘must visit’ for photographers and artists looking to capture the feeling of small town Pacific Northwest.

March 14, 2019
Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson tells Washougal City Council members, during their Feb. 25 meeting, he is concerned that veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder will have their guns taken away without due process. Gibson hopes to visit all of the city councils in Clark County and put pressure on Sheriff Chuck Atkins to not enforce I-1639, a November 2018 voter-approved ballot measure that strengthened the state's gun safety laws.

Gun-rights sanctuary pitch shot down

Washougal’s city attorney has shot holes in a request for the city council to form a “Second Amendment sanctuary city” and refuse to enforce the gun-safety measures passed by Washington state and Clark County voters in November 2018 through Initiative 1639 (I-1639).

March 14, 2019
Brenda Davis, who owns Ireland Greens Adult Family Home in Camas with her husband, Richard (not pictured), demonstrates a hydraulic Hoyer lift in a resident's room.

Adult home welcoming new residents

It’s a cold winter day and the hills north of Camas are still dusted with snow, but inside the Ireland Greens Adult Family Home in Camas Carol Passow sits in the warm dining room, looking out over the home’s sprawling 5-acre property.

March 7, 2019
Builders, Parade of Homes sponsors and Building Industry Association representatives gather for a groundbreaking at Dawson's Ridge, in Camas, on Feb. 28.

Parade of Homes returning to Camas

After showing off luxury homes at The Parklands at Camas Meadows in September 2018, the NW Natural Parade of Homes is coming back to Camas for a second consecutive year.

March 7, 2019
Coventry Gardens of London owner Rachel Bakker shows off one of her favorite flower combinations, orange roses with lavender stock, at her Camas-based floral studio, located at 602 N.E. Third Ave.

High time for tea and flowers

Coventry Gardens of London, a longtime Vancouver-area flower shop with a British twist, recently moved to Camas and owner Rachel Bakker says she couldn’t be happier.

March 7, 2019

Camas High sees police visits spike

In a three-week span between Jan. 12 and Feb. 1, Camas police officers responded to five different incidents involving Camas High School students.

March 7, 2019
Camas city staff and consultants discuss ideas for roundabouts and traffic signals at a February open house to discuss planned improvements to the Lake Road-Everett Street intersection in Northeast Camas. The open house drew 125 interested community members. The city is planning a second open house in early April. (Contributed photo courtesy of city of Camas)

Camas’ plans for intersection draw big crowd

After 125 people turned out for a Feb. 26 open house on planned improvements at the intersection of Northeast Lake Road and Northeast Everett Street, the city of Camas has planned a second community meeting to help give the public more information about the intersection project.

February 28, 2019
Above is "Flying into Portland" by watercolor artist Lee Baughman, a member of the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society (SWWS). This painting, contributed by the SWWS, will be shown during the society's April show at the Angst Gallery in Vancouver.

Watercolor by Numbers

Camas artist Barbara Hope remembers the days before she learned to master her artistic medium.

February 28, 2019
Amanda Brinkman (center) host of the show "Small Business Revolution -- Main Street" meets with MyCamas supporters, Brianna Gonser (left) and Maria Gonser (right) during the reality show crew's visit to Camas in early January. (Photos courtesy of Downtown Camas Association)

Camas’ reality show dreams dashed

Camas will not be featured in the fourth season of the “Small Business Revolution — Main Street” reality show, which airs on Hulu.