Camas-Washougal Post-Record

March 28, 2024

A sign warns visitors to Lacamas Lake that the lake is experiencing a toxic algal bloom, Sept. 23, 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Lacamas Lake treatments could begin by this summer

The Camas City Council is set to approve a plan to begin applying a chemical treatment to Lacamas Lake this summer that should help reduce the number of…

March 28, 2024

The Georgia-Pacific paper mill is pictured in downtown Camas in 2018. A mill employee, Dakota Cline, 32, died March 8, 2024, after becoming entangled in one of the mill’s packaging machines. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Police reports shed light on fatality at Camas paper mill

Police reports filed in the wake of a March 8 fatality inside the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Camas, shed light on what may have happened in the moments leading up to the death of 32-year-old mill employee Dakota Cline.

March 28, 2024

Discovery High students (left to right) Madison Dulong, Audrey Miller-Drapeau, Sophie Knight and Matayah Mach gather near a mural of their school’s mascot, the phoenix, Monday, March 25, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas students launch Project Phoenix to help domestic violence shelter

A group of Discovery High School students in Camas are working to raise awareness about domestic violence and collect donations to benefit the YWCA Clark County’s SafeChoice domestic violence shelter.

March 22, 2024

A fire engine sits outside the Camas-Washougal Fire Department's Fire Station 43 in Washougal Oct. 11, 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas-Washougal Fire Department battalion chief accused of murdering wife

A Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) fire battalion chief has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife. Clark County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Kevin…

March 21, 2024

A rendering shows a design concept for the future Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) headquarters station in downtown Camas. Camas officials hope to build the new $26 million CWFD Fire Station 41 on city-owned land along Northeast Fourth Avenue, on a site currently housing City Hall Annex offices and a city staff parking lot.. (Illustration courtesy of the city of Camas)

New Camas fire station headquarters will cost $26M

Camas officials this week reviewed a plan to replace the aging Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) headquarters, known as Fire Station 41, station in downtown Camas.

March 21, 2024

Crowds peruse artwork during the 2023 Little Art Camas event in downtown Camas,, in March 2023. (Photo courtesy of Downtown Camas Association)

Little Art Camas will showcase local artists, affordable art this week

The two-day Little Art Camas event has returned, and will celebrate local artists Friday and Saturday, March 22-23, in downtown Camas.

March 21, 2024

A home under construction at Dawson's Ridge in Camas is included in the 2019 NW Natural Parade of Homes, which featured new homes with sale prices starting at $1.5 million. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Our Camas 2045: City leaders mull new population, housing projections

As Camas staff and officials dive into a multi-year “Our Camas 2045” update of the City’s comprehensive plan and begin to formulate policies and goals that will shape the future of Camas over the next two decades, City officials are mulling the impacts of a 2021 state bill meant to increase affordable housing throughout Washington.

March 14, 2024