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August 10, 2023
Emergency vehicles sit outside the Camas-Washougal Fire Department Fire Station 41 in downtown Camas in 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record file photos)

Camas City Council OKs fire station replacement contract

The Camas City Council has approved a $148,000 contract with Battle Ground-based Johansson Wing Architects that will kickstart the replacement — and possible re-siting — of the Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s Station 41 headquarters.

August 10, 2023
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 A Camas Police Department vehicle sits outside Camas High School March 30, 2023.

Camas officials mull 50-50 split to keep officers in schools

Camas Police Chief Tina Jones approached Camas City Council members this week with a request for city officials to increase the city’s share of a 23-year-old funding agreement between the city and the Camas School District that pays for two school resource officers (SROs).

August 10, 2023
Visitors to a city of Camas open house peruse illustrations showing zoning proposals for Camas' North Shore area Aug. 17, 2022, inside Lacamas Lake Lodge in Camas. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas North Shore subarea plan gets final approval

It’s official: after six years of subarea planning, Camas’ nearly 900-acre North Shore is poised to become a unique area featuring hundreds of acres of green space, mixed-use developments, stronger protections for trees, a focus on walkability and sustainability, a more diverse mix of housing types that should lead to more affordable housing options and a blend of zoning and design standards that will set North Shore apart from other Camas neighborhoods.

August 3, 2023
Siblings Bryce Caldwell (left) and Shelley Caldwell, owners of Bridge Island Arts and Vintage shop, stand inside their newly opened shop at 1902 S.E. Sixth Ave., in Camas, Monday, July 31, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Bridge Island Arts and Vintage opens in Camas

Bryce and Shelley Caldwell are no strangers to the art of retailing. The siblings, who recently opened their Bridge Island Arts and Vintage shop in southeast Camas, grew up in Indiana watching their mother, Linda Caldwell, run the country gift shop she operated for two decades.