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February 2, 2023
Tami and Nick Calais celebrate their public wedding in downtown Camas during a love-themed First Friday event on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Downtown Camas Association)

Love is in the air at February First Friday in downtown Camas

Love will be in the air in downtown Camas this week, as the Downtown Camas Association (DCA) hosts its annual “A Chocolate Affair to Remember” First Friday event from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, throughout the city’s historic downtown business district.

January 26, 2023
A welcome sign greets visitors at the Camas School District's headquarters Aug. 24, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

CSD kicks off 2023-24 budget process

The Camas School District (CSD) kicked off its 2023-24 budget process this month, but CSD Director of Business Services Jasen McEathron told Camas School Board members on Monday, Jan. 23, that a plan to hold cost growth to 2% may be tough amid historic inflation,

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 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.