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April 4, 2022
Camas police chief announces retirement plans
After 32 years with the Camas Police Department – and 14 years as its chief – Camas Police Chief Mitch Lackey has announced he will retire within the…
After 32 years with the Camas Police Department – and 14 years as its chief – Camas Police Chief Mitch Lackey has announced he will retire within the…
The cities of Camas and Washougal are set to receive a total of $11.3 million from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021.
A new report shows the city of Camas’ nearly 30-year-old public works operations building is facing growing pains as the city continues to expand.
In December 2019, less than three months before the COVID-19 pandemic forced shutdowns across Washington state, dozens of local residents gathered inside the Camas library’s Second Story Gallery to celebrate the start of a two-month art show by a local quilting group known as the Vagabonds.
Camas Mayor Steve Hogan recently announced the city’s “No Smoking in Parks” art design contest winners.
Community members who want to help shape the future of transportation in the city of Camas — including road improvements but also bicycle lanes, pedestrian walkways and safer intersections — have a second chance to weigh in on the city’s 20-year Transportation System Plan (TSP) through the city’s Engage Camas website.
When the city of Camas completed its Housing Action Plan in early 2021, a few things were very clear: the city’s housing inventory — dominated by large, pricey, single-family homes — was quickly edging out many would-be Camasonians, including lower- to middle-income families, seniors on fixed-incomes and young adults just starting their careers.
The Downtown Camas Association (DCA) will hold its annual public art fundraiser, Little Art Camas, from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 18, and from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19, in the lobby of the Fuel Medical building at 314 N.E. Birch St., Camas.
Maintain what we have. Fill in the gaps. Improve trail connections. And continue to develop and improve the city’s existing parks. Those were a few of the things Camas Parks and Recreation Director Trang Lam said she and city consultants “heard loudly” during their nearly yearlong outreach to the community in preparation for Camas’ updated, 6-year Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan.
Camas-Washougal’s fire chief, Nick Swinhart, who has lobbied over the past few years for funding to help shore up staffing shortages that have forced many firefighters to work 60 hours a week, resigned unexpectedly this week.
