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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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May 17, 2018
Firefighters with  Camas-Washougal Fire Department gather at a March Camas City Council meeting to discuss staffing increases. (Post-Record file photo)

State: Camas violated firefighter safety laws

Officials from the Washington Department of Labor and Industry have delivered their initial findings regarding workplace safety within the Camas-Washougal Fire Department.

May 17, 2018
Congressional candidate Carolyn Long, who is vying for Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler's 3rd Congressional District seat, greets supporters at a fundraiser held May 9 at the 54?40' Brewing Company in Washougal.

Locals turn out for Long

Dozens of politically minded locals packed into Washougal’s 54°40’ Brewing Company last week to attend a fundraiser for congressional candidate Carolyn Long.

May 3, 2018
Ryan "Boomer" Boomhower, owner of 3rd Heart Tattoo in downtown Washougal, prepares his client, Tiffany Renteria, of Vancouver, for her new tattoo, on Thursday, April 26. Boomhower will show his original tattoo designs as well as oil paintings at the inaugural Washougal Studio Artists Tour on Mother's Day weekend, May 12-13 at 3rd Heart Tattoo, 1830 Main St., Washougal.

Getting to the art of the matter

Washougal tattoo artist Ryan “Boomer” Boomhower and his client, Tiffany Renteria, of Vancouver, are working out the final details of Renteria’s newest piece of body art.

May 3, 2018
Arthur Nichols lies in a bed at the Community Care Hospice Center in Vancouver with his two dogs, Sammy (bottom, in red) and Frankie (center, in blue) a few days after surviving a Feb. 14 fire at his Camas home. (Contributed photo courtesy of Cathy Nagode)

Valentine’s Day fire, death not black and white

A death certificate for Arthur Nichols, the 76-year-old Camas man who died eight days after being rescued from a Valentine’s Day house fire, disputes what several people have held up as a cautionary tale during recent Camas City Council meetings.

April 26, 2018
Steve Hofmaster, of Camas, looks through family photos of his mother, Marie Hofmaster, who died at the age of 94, on June 6, 2014.

Grieving together

They meet for 90 minutes, every third Monday of the month. Some share stories of love and loss. Others simply listen. But all have come to find a way through their grief.

April 26, 2018
Kraig Nichols (left) and his father, Jerry Nichols (right), stand in the employee parking lot overlooking the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in downtown Camas on Tuesday, April 24. Kraig and Jerry were part of the original start-up crew on the mill's No. 20 paper machine in 1984. Jerry has since retired, but Kraig is now part of the No. 20 shutdown crew.

End of an Era

Jerry and Kraig Nichols still remember when the 1984 start-up of the “Roaring 20” machine marked a new beginning for the Camas paper mill.

April 26, 2018
John Ley, of Camas, speaks during a Feb. 11, 2017, transportation town hall, hosted by 18th District Rep. Liz Pike and 17th District Rep. Vicki Kraft, on the Clark College East campus. Ley recently ended his campaign to succeed Pike, saying events in his personal life have changed. (Post-Record file photo)

Camas pilot drops 18th district bid

John Ley, a Delta Airlines captain from Camas, has withdrawn his name from the District 18, Position 2 state representative race to replace retiring Republican Rep. Liz Pike.