Camas pauses parks director search amid budget woes
Faced with a $1.5 million budget deficit in 2025, city of Camas leaders say they have paused their search to replace former Camas Parks and Recreation Director Trang Lam.
Faced with a $1.5 million budget deficit in 2025, city of Camas leaders say they have paused their search to replace former Camas Parks and Recreation Director Trang Lam.
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.
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.
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.
Camas police records are shedding more light on the events preceding the Sept. 13 arrest of a Camas City Council member.
The Camas Salary Commission will hold a public hearing at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, to take public testimony, discuss and vote on recommended stipend increases for the mayor of Camas and members of the Camas City Council.
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 evening. …
The Camas School District has unveiled its vision for the former Underwriters Laboratories (UL) site near Skyridge Middle School, which it purchased for $11.5 million in 2019.
Camas city staff will host two public open houses to help community members better understand the City’s biennial budget process as well as revenue constraints that could negatively impact City programs in 2025-26.
September is library card sign-up month and the Camas Public Library’s new library card design is celebrating all things Camas.