Emotions ran high at the Camas City Council meeting Monday night, as dozens of Camas residents turned out to decry the “clearcutting” of old-growth urban trees and insist Camas leaders work harder to protect the city’s tree canopy.
A Clark County hearings examiner will soon issue a final decision regarding alleged code violations at a Washougal rock mining operation, in a case Friends of the Columbia Gorge representatives have said is “perhaps the largest ongoing land-use violation ever in the Columbia River Gorge.”
The death of a 37-year-old woman, who fell nearly 40 feet from an unofficial trail inside Lacamas Park on July 18, highlights the ongoing safety hazards near the popular Camas “potholes” area.
The death of a 37-year-old woman, who fell nearly 40 feet from an unofficial trail inside Lacamas Park Wednesday evening, highlights the ongoing safety hazards near the popular Camas “potholes”…
Camas leaders are considering a variety of new revenue source options, including utility taxes and city-specific vehicle tab fees.
Efforts to preserve Camas’ urban trees in the midst of rapid residential and commercial development are moving forward.
A last-minute effort to save Camas’ historic, outdoor public swimming pool, currently closed and slated for demolition in the fall, is now underway.
If you’ve ever wandered around a classic car show and pondered how tough it might be to restore one of those gleaming beauties, Steve Chaney can assure you: It’s tough … like, “scouring for original parts for the better part of a year, spending more than $100,000 and throwing 1,100 hours toward restoration work” tough.
Dozens of Camas-Washougal families turned out Saturday for the Vancouver Families Belong Together march, showing their support for immigrants and protesting recent Trump administration decisions that have separated immigrant children — many of whom arrived in the United States seeking asylum from Central American nations in crisis — from their parents and relatives.
kelly.moyer@camaspostrecord.com
