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.
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.
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.
The Mt. Pleasant School in east Washougal is closed today and undergoing emergency repairs for what Principal Cathy Lehman described in a letter to Mt. Pleasant families sent…
As we prepare to welcome 2023, it’s time to remember some of the top news events that helped shape life in the Camas-Washougal area this year. Following are the top 10 news headlines and issues that captured Post-Record readers’ attention in 2022:
Camas city and school district leaders are in the process of nailing down their list of legislative priorities they hope state legislators from the newly redrawn 17th District will fight for during the 2023 Washington State Legislative session.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter storm warning and wind chill advisory for the greater Portland-Vancouver metro area beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22,…
The Washington Medical Commission has issued its final order regarding a Washougal physician assistant (PA) accused of promoting unfounded COVID-19 treatments and verbally harassing medical professionals treating hospitalized COVID patients.
Two months after Camas officials “hit pause” on a long-awaited effort to revamp the city’s 20-year-old skatepark, Camas City Council officials have approved a $350,403 bid from Lee Contractors of Battle Ground to replace the park’s aging equipment with concrete elements that will cater to skateboarders of all levels and better withstand the natural elements.
Following months of back-and-forth conversations about the city’s most pressing priorities and ways to fund them — including the passage of a new 2% utility tax on Camas’ water, sewer, garbage and wastewater utilities — the Camas City Council has unanimously approved Mayor Steve Hogan’s proposed $250,397,285 biennial budget for 2023-24.
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