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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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January 25, 2018
Aaron Smith, principal of Odyssey Middle School, stands inside the construction site at the future Discovery High in Camas on Jan. 22.

If they build it, will they come?

Construction is in full swing at Camas’ newest high school, with crews working through the cold January rains to prepare the Discovery High building for its fall of 2018 opening.

January 24, 2018

Camas teens arrested

Police have arrested three Camas teens in connection with an alleged prescription drug deal turned robbery.

January 18, 2018
Construction on Lacamas Lake Elementary School, shown here, is more than 40 percent complete. (photo courtesy of Camas School District)

Enrollment in Camas lower than expected

A newly revised enrollment forecast for the Camas School District shows enrollment in 2017 was lower than anticipated, but still predicts capacity challenges ahead for several Camas school buildings.

January 18, 2018
Sandra Gangle stands inside her new Camas home, near some of the artwork she's created to remember the many places she and her husband have visited over the years. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

New group takes fight out of foreign affairs

Tired of fighting about politics? Want to learn more about what’s really going on in the world — and maybe make some like-minded friends while you’re at it? You may want to check out the newly formed Camas chapter of the national Great Decisions foreign policy discussion group.

January 11, 2018
Kayakers enjoy a sunny spring day on Lacamas Lake in Camas. City leaders are working to secure properties along the lake's northern shores, to conserve natural spaces and start to build a trail that will someday encircle the lake. (Contributed photo courtesy of A. Paul Newman)

Making space for nature in Camas

Two months after the Board of County Councilors approved $7 million worth of land conservation projects, including a $4.8 million Camas effort to preserve 100 acres near the northern edges of Lacamas Lake, local leaders are working with landowners to secure natural space and forest land before it can be developed — and pave the way for a planned multi-use trail system that will someday encircle the lake.

January 11, 2018
Camas-Washougal Fire Department firefighters attack a commercial fire burning through a storage yard in Washougal in July of 2017. (Post-Record file photo)

Camas eyes partnership with ECFR

How does a growing city address the possibility of increased fire and emergency medical service (EMS) calls without taxing its current system or going overboard by spending millions on future stations that may or may not be needed?

January 4, 2018
Italian artist Maria Grazia Repetto (left) discusses her artwork, painted on round canvasses she found in the Southwestern United States, with Camas Gallery co-owner Marquita Call (right) on Friday, Dec. 29. The gallery is featuring Repetto's art throughout the month of January, and will host an art reception during First Friday, from 5 to 8 p.m., Jan. 5.

Italian inspiration

When Maria Grazia Repetto moved from her native Italy to the Pacific Northwest in 1995, she immediately fell in love with eastern Washington’s cowboy-country charm and Seattle’s moody, rain-soaked landscapes.

December 21, 2017
School bus drivers in the Washougal School District are among the hundreds of classified employees who will get a 5-percent salary bump.

School district, employees OK contract

More than one month after going into mediation over contract bargaining conflicts, the Washougal School District and its classified employees have come to an agreement.