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October 19, 2017
An illustration of the proposed senior living facility shows public access to trails within the nearby Lacamas Creek area (pictured to the right of the proposed development) in Camas. Former Camas City Council member Tim Hazen hopes to buy a piece of parks open space for his senior living facility development. (Contributed illustration by Ankrom Moisan Architects, Inc., courtesy of city of Camas)

Developer eyes open space

Camas City Council members this week approved the first step in an unorthodox land-use zoning process that could turn a 5-acre parcel of public parks open space near Round Lake into a privately owned, 125,365-square-foot, 81-unit senior living center with an underground parking garage and an attached, 48-bed memory care center.

October 19, 2017

Who’s funding whom?

It may be a drop in the bucket compared to the money flowing through national politicians’ coffers, but campaign finance is still a critical piece of local elections and can tell voters a lot about who might influence a particular candidate’s decision-making in the future.

October 19, 2017
Camas City Councilman Tim Hazen sits behind the council table for the last time on Monday, Oct. 16. Hazen, who was in the middle of his second term on the council, announced his surprise resignation at Monday night's city council meeting.

Camas councilor quits abruptly

Halfway through his second term on the Camas City Council, Tim Hazen unexpectedly resigned his council seat Monday, saying he wanted to devote more time to work.

October 19, 2017

District, classified workers head to mediation

Washougal School District and its classified employees have hit a stumbling block in their contract negotiations and will soon enter into mediation. “We’ve met 12 times and can’t come to…

October 12, 2017
Brandon Pasa (left) and his 10-year-old daughter, Savannah (right), promote Hidden River Roasters, the company Pasa co-founded with Aaron Baldwin (not pictured), outside Pasa’s Columbia Chiropractic & Massage business during the Oct. 6 Camas First Friday event. The coffee roastery will soon have its own downtown Camas location when it moves into the former B&B Fish Market at 536 N.E. Fifth Ave.

Craft coffee comes to Camas

It started innocently enough: just two guys talking about their shared love of really, really good coffee. But then one thing led to another. There were trips to Mr. Green…

October 12, 2017

Educators vie for school board seat

Of the three Washougal School Board positions voters will see on the Nov. 7, 2017 General Election ballot, only one, the district three seat, is contested. Board member Cory Chase…

October 12, 2017
Families gather at the Washougal Harvest Festival in 2016. Contributed photo

A hauntingly good harvest time

We’ve had a few rainy days this fall but, so far, October is shaping up to be one of those wonderfully crisp, sunny months that are perfect for harvest festivals…

October 5, 2017
Vancouver novelist and artist Gary Watson at his home studio in late September, prepares for his upcoming art show at the Second Story Gallery, above the Camas Library at 625 N.E. Fourth Ave. The show runs Oct. 6-28. Here, Watson shows his painting of "Mara," an African elephant featured in his last novel, Mercy in Masquerade. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Art meets advocacy

An upcoming October show at Camas’ Second Story Gallery, which kicks off tomorrow with a Camas First Friday reception, will focus on more than just beautiful artwork.

October 5, 2017
The Camas City Council listens to city staff during an Oct. 2 meeting at Camas City Hall. The councilors voted 5-2 in favor of accepting a new salary schedule for non-represented city employees at the Monday night meeting.

Camas OKs new salary scales

Camas City Council members on Monday voted 5-2 to adopt a somewhat contentious set of salary scales for the city’s “non-represented” employees — those who are not part of a union or represented by a collective bargaining agreement.