Camas-Washougal Post-Record

January 19, 2023

The front of Camas City Hall is pictured in August 2018. (Post-Record files)

Camas to revisit utility tax

Less than two months after passing a 2% utility tax on the city’s water, stormwater, sewer and garbage utilities, the Camas City Council has voted to revisit the issue in the near future.

January 12, 2023

Ken Shold, of Washougal, who will turn 100 on Jan. 23, 2023, is pictured throughout his life (clockwise from upper left): in basic training for the United States Army in 1942; at his home in Washougal in January 2023; as an infant with his mother, father, three brothers, sister and the family dog in Port Townsend, Wash., in 1923; during his first trip to Alaska at the age of 18, in 1941; and at the Camas pulp and paper mill, where he worked as a superintendent for more than three decades, in the 1960s. (Photos courtesy of Gayle Ann Jarvie)

‘Good genes and good luck’: Washougal’s Ken Shold shares secrets to long, happy life ahead of 100th birthday

Good genes and good luck. If there’s a secret to living a long, happy life, says Washougal resident Ken Shold, those two things are definitely involved.

January 12, 2023

Washougal City Manager David Scott (right screen) tells Camas Mayor Steve Hogan (center, left screen), Camas City Council members and Camas' interim city administrator, Jeff Swanson (right, left screen) during a Jan. 3, 2023, Camas City Council workshop that city of Washougal officials are in favor of signing a contract with a public relations firm to help the Camas-Washougal Fire Department before sending a fire facilities bond and emergency medical services levy renewals to voters later this year. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas mulls hiring PR firm ahead of Camas-Washougal Fire Department bond, levy renewals

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.

January 5, 2023

Top: An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Camas Public Library on April 19, 2018. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)
Bottom: The Camas library is pictured in 1940. (Contributed photo courtesy of Camas Public Library)

A Century in the Books: Camas library to celebrate centennial

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.

January 5, 2023

Photos show the impacts of the October 2022 Nakia Creek wildfire on trees located in the city of Camas' Boulder Creek and Jones Creek watershed on the south side of Larch Mountain. (Contributed photo courtesy of the city of Camas)

Camas OKs harvesting fire-damaged trees, replanting area

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.

January 5, 2023