Dozens of Camas-Washougal community members turned out Sunday night to learn more about the pervasive but often-hidden issue of human trafficking. Lesa Sims, a former youth pastor at the Camas…
The Washington Department of Ecology has thrown a wrench into Millennium Bulk Terminals’ hopes of building the largest coal export terminal in North America, possibly killing a plan that would add 16 slow-moving, 1.3-mile-long coal trains to Camas-Washougal rail lines each day.
Towns like Camas and Washougal — and the children who live here — are probably not the first thing people think about when they hear the startling statistics related to human trafficking in the United States. But make no mistake, says Lesa Sims, a retired youth pastor from the Camas Church of the Nazarene, small-town Clark County is not immune from the realities of modern-day slavery.
Nearly one month into the 2017-18 school year, Washougal teachers are finally working under a newly ratified contract.
A popular “Made in Oregon” treat — handmade McTavish shortbread — is now a part of the greater Camas community.
The Washington Department of Ecology has thrown a wrench into Millennium Bulk Terminals’ hopes of building the largest coal export terminal in North America, possibly killing a plan that would…
It has been almost one year since Camas leaders commissioned an independent review of city employee salaries and city councilors are expected to come to a resolution regarding retroactive salary increases for non-represented employees in early October.
In the days following the disclosure that the massive Eagle Creek fire burning more than 35,000 acres in the Columbia River Gorge may have been sparked by a Vancouver teen’s inexplicable throwing of fireworks off a trail during one of the hottest, driest days of the summer, Camas City Administrator Pete Capell said his staff received a number of phone calls and email messages from citizens concerned about the city’s stance on fireworks.
The massive Eagle Creek Fire burning on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge since Saturday, Sept. 2, jumped the Columbia River Monday, sparking a separate fire in Skamania County on the Washington side of the Gorge.
The Southwest Washington Clean Air Agency’s air pollution advisory is still in effect throughout Southwest Washington, including Clark and Skamania counties. The agency reports: “Continued intrusions of wildfire smoke, stagnant…
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