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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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May 5, 2022
Notice of a proposed substance abuse treatment and recovery center development is posted outside Fairgate Estate in Camas' Prune Hill neighborhood in February 2021. (Post-Record files)

Camas officials ready to restrict rehab locations

Camas city officials have signaled unanimous support for a code amendment that will drastically limit the siting of future residential drug and alcohol treatment facilities within city limits.

April 21, 2022
The cover of the city of Camas' 2022 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan shows a bridge in Camas' Washougal River Greenway. (Photo courtesy of the city of Camas)

Camas OKs parks & rec ‘wish list’

After closing a two-week public hearing that included more than three hours’ worth of council debate, public testimony and repeated clarifications from city staff, the Camas City Council voted 6-1 this week to formally approve the city’s 2022 Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan and its prioritized list of short- and long-range capital facilities needs.

April 21, 2022
 (Contributed photo courtesy of the Oregon Department of Transportation)

Vehicle permits to be required in ‘waterfall corridor’ on Oregon side of Gorge

Officials are hoping a pilot program requiring timed-use vehicle permits will help reduce traffic and improve safety in the popular “waterfall corridor” on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. From May 24 through Sept. 5, the new program will require a timed-use permit for personal vehicles to access federal lands in the waterfall corridor — a 7-mile corridor located between Bridal Veil Falls and Ainsworth State Park — between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., seven days a week.