Camas-Washougal Post-Record

February 2, 2023

Drivers pass by a sign outlining information about the city of Camas' Everett Street Corridor Analysis at the intersection of Northeast Everett Street and Northeast 43rd Street in Camas on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Community chimes in on Camas’ Everett Street Corridor

A recent community survey shows that when it comes to improving Camas’ Everett Street Corridor, a 1.5-mile stretch of state Route 500 that runs from the Lake Road-Everett Street roundabout to the city limits near Northeast Third Street, the majority of survey-takers want city leaders to focus on improving the corridor’s safety and mobility – for drivers as well as pedestrians – and connection to nearby parks, schools and roads leading into the city’s historic downtown.

February 2, 2023

Tami and Nick Calais celebrate their public wedding in downtown Camas during a love-themed First Friday event on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Downtown Camas Association)

Love is in the air at February First Friday in downtown Camas

Love will be in the air in downtown Camas this week, as the Downtown Camas Association (DCA) hosts its annual “A Chocolate Affair to Remember” First Friday event from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, throughout the city’s historic downtown business district.

January 26, 2023

Water pours from a faucet on Jan. 24, 2023. (Photo by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

‘Forever chemicals’ found in Camas water system

The city of Camas has detected levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in the city’s drinking water system.

January 26, 2023

A welcome sign greets visitors at the Camas School District's headquarters Aug. 24, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

CSD kicks off 2023-24 budget process

The Camas School District (CSD) kicked off its 2023-24 budget process this month, but CSD Director of Business Services Jasen McEathron told Camas School Board members on Monday, Jan. 23, that a plan to hold cost growth to 2% may be tough amid historic inflation,

January 19, 2023

Enspire Arts' 2022-23 arts ambassadors and scholarship recipients (from left to right) Jacob Crabtree, Bianca Flores and Keilene Brown gather for rehearsal on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Lightfoot, Enspire Arts)

Camas nonprofit to celebrate student arts ambassadors at Feb. 4 benefit concert

“The arts can have a tremendous impact on the world around us,” said Camas piano teacher Sarah Lightfoot.

January 19, 2023

The front of Camas City Hall is pictured in August 2018. (Post-Record files)

Camas to revisit utility tax

Less than two months after passing a 2% utility tax on the city’s water, stormwater, sewer and garbage utilities, the Camas City Council has voted to revisit the issue in the near future.

January 12, 2023

Ken Shold, of Washougal, who will turn 100 on Jan. 23, 2023, is pictured throughout his life (clockwise from upper left): in basic training for the United States Army in 1942; at his home in Washougal in January 2023; as an infant with his mother, father, three brothers, sister and the family dog in Port Townsend, Wash., in 1923; during his first trip to Alaska at the age of 18, in 1941; and at the Camas pulp and paper mill, where he worked as a superintendent for more than three decades, in the 1960s. (Photos courtesy of Gayle Ann Jarvie)

‘Good genes and good luck’: Washougal’s Ken Shold shares secrets to long, happy life ahead of 100th birthday

Good genes and good luck. If there’s a secret to living a long, happy life, says Washougal resident Ken Shold, those two things are definitely involved.

January 12, 2023

Washougal City Manager David Scott (right screen) tells Camas Mayor Steve Hogan (center, left screen), Camas City Council members and Camas' interim city administrator, Jeff Swanson (right, left screen) during a Jan. 3, 2023, Camas City Council workshop that city of Washougal officials are in favor of signing a contract with a public relations firm to help the Camas-Washougal Fire Department before sending a fire facilities bond and emergency medical services levy renewals to voters later this year. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas mulls hiring PR firm ahead of Camas-Washougal Fire Department bond, levy renewals

The Camas City Council is considering hiring a public relations firm to help the Camas-Washougal Fire Department work on messaging and public education ahead of a fire facilities bond and emergency medical services (EMS) levy renewals that could come before Camas-Washougal voters later this year.

January 5, 2023

Top: An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Camas Public Library on April 19, 2018. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)
Bottom: The Camas library is pictured in 1940. (Contributed photo courtesy of Camas Public Library)

A Century in the Books: Camas library to celebrate centennial

The Camas Public Library will kick off a yearlong celebration this week, with the first of many 2023 events honoring the library’s 100th birthday.

January 5, 2023

Photos show the impacts of the October 2022 Nakia Creek wildfire on trees located in the city of Camas' Boulder Creek and Jones Creek watershed on the south side of Larch Mountain. (Contributed photo courtesy of the city of Camas)

Camas OKs harvesting fire-damaged trees, replanting area

Camas city officials learned this week that the city is still feeling the impacts of the Nakia Creek wildfire, which burned more than 1,900 acres near Larch Mountain northeast of Camas-Washougal in October 2022, and forced “go now” evacuations for thousands of Camas-Washougal area residents.