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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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John Ley, a Delta Airlines captain from Camas, has withdrawn his name from the District 18, Position 2 state representative race to replace retiring Republican Rep.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

April 20, 2018

Polish delegates to visit Camas

The public is invited to attend a free reception for visiting Polish delegates, at 5:30 p.m., Friday, April 27, at Lacamas Lake Lodge, 227 N.E. Lake Road, Camas. The…

April 19, 2018
John Ley (contributed photo)

Camas pilot drops 18th district bid

John Ley, a Delta Airlines captain from Camas, has withdrawn his name from District 18, Position 2 State Representative race to replace retiring Republican Rep. Liz Pike. “The people deserve…

April 19, 2018
Wearing their signature, red "Moms Demand Action" T-shirts, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America members Jane Miletich (left) and Shelia Pearce (center), along with several members of the Washougal City Council in the background, listen at a town hall hosted by Republican lawmakers Sen. Ann Rivers and Rep. Brandon Vick on Saturday, April 14, at Camas City Hall. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Gun debate comes to Camas

A spirited conversation about gun laws took center stage at a Saturday morning legislative town hall in Camas, after members of the grassroots gun-reform group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and others in the audience questioned lawmakers from Washington’s 18th district about their efforts to prevent gun violence in Washington State and enact gun-control legislation.

April 19, 2018
Members of the local International Association of Fire Fighters union stand in the hallway of Camas City Hall on Monday, March 19, at a Camas City Council meeting.

Camas fire chief talks costs

Having spent the past few city council meetings hearing from dozens of local firefighters upset over what they feel is a severely understaffed fire department, city leaders in Camas this week learned the costs of increasing staffing levels for the Camas-Washougal Fire Department.