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October 10, 2024
John Svilarich (left) and his lawyer, Vancouver defense attorney Jon McMullen (right) appear in Judge John Fairgrieve’s Clark County Superior Court courtroom on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Svilarich makes first appearance in Superior Court

Camas City Councilman John Svilarich, 66, who is facing second-degree felony assault and reckless endangerment charges stemming from an Aug. 31 argument with a fisherman along the Washougal River Greenway trail in Camas, made his first appearance in Clark County Superior Court Wednesday, Oct. 2.

October 3, 2024
A sign welcomes visitors to Skyridge Middle School in Camas on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Washougal man arrested for unsafe gun storage

Camas police have referred an 11-year-old boy to Clark County’s juvenile prosecuting attorney following an incident involving “multiple firearms and a knife” outside Skyridge Middle School Tuesday, Sept. 24.

October 3, 2024
Camas residents Dawn (right) and John Hendricks, of Camas, play pickleball on a shared-use tennis-pickleball court at Crown Park in Camas,  Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Crown Park neighbors frustrated by ‘really loud’ pickleball courts

Following a flood of noise and livability complaints from residents who live near Crown Park’s shared-use tennis-pickleball courts, Camas city officials and parks commissioners are rethinking how they might accommodate pickleball, one of the nation’s fastest growing sports.

October 3, 2024
John Svilarich

Svilarich now facing felony assault charge

Camas City Councilman John Svilarich, who was initially charged with two misdemeanor crimes following an Aug. 31 incident involving a firearm along the Washougal River Greenway trail in Camas, is now facing felony charges of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.

October 3, 2024
Terri Niles (top), a Democratic candidate for Washington’s 17th Legislative District, Position 2, and Washougal Mayor David Stuebe, a Republican candidate for the 17th District, Position 2 seat, speak during a League of Women Voters of Clark County candidate forum held Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Screenshots by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Stuebe, Niles to speak at candidate forum in Camas

There are less than five weeks until the Nov. 5 general election, and the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Clark County have candidate forums planned to help voters learn more about candidates running for county and state elections.

September 26, 2024
A welcome sign greets visitors at the Camas School District's headquarters Aug. 24, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas School District facing ‘critically low’ reserves, budget cuts

Plagued by lower enrollment rates, state revenues that Camas school leaders say do not keep pace with the needs of modern school districts, the end of supplemental, federal COVID-relief dollars and increasing costs of doing business, the Camas School District is facing substantial cuts to its 2025-26 school year budget.