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June 10, 2021
The front of Camas City Hall is pictured in 2018. (Post-Record files)

Camas to reopen city facilities on July 1

More than 15 months after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered government buildings, businesses and other establishments throughout Clark County, the city of Camas is set to reopen its city facilities on July 1.

June 3, 2021
Ice-cold water spills from a bathtub in the 2017 Camas Days' bathtub races. (Post-Record file photo)

Camas Days canceled again

Organizers have had to cancel Camas Days for a second year in a row due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

June 3, 2021

3rd District residents can weigh in on redistricting

Camas-Washougal residents interested in the boundaries of Washington’s 3rd Congressional District will soon have an opportunity to testify before the Washington State Redistricting Commission.

June 3, 2021

Camas-Washougal students, community members honored

A Washougal high school senior, the chair of the Camas School District’s Citizens Advisory Committee and a group that dedicated itself to passing school levies for Camas students are among those the Washington Association of School Administrators recently honored with its 2021 awards recognizing educational administrators and community members who have made extraordinary contributions to K-12 education in their communities.

June 2, 2021
Flower vendor Xia Chang prepares a bouquet of flowers grown in Camas at the Camas Farmers Market on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas Farmers Market kicks off 2021 season

The Camas Farmers Market is back and its bigger than ever. The market kicked off its 2021 season on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, with vendors spread out along Northeast Fourth…

May 27, 2021
Kindergarten teacher Marilyn Canfield leads students at Helen Baller Elementary School in Camas on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. COVID-19 protocols required students and staff to wear masks and physically distance throughout the 2020-21 school year. (Contributed photo by Doreen McKercher, courtesy of Camas School District)

Camas school board OKs recovery strategy

The Camas School Board unanimously approved the school district’s proposed Academic and Student Well-Being Plan, meant to address student needs that resulted from the closure of school buildings and the move to remote-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 27, 2021
Camas middle-schoolers Rafa Lavagnino, 13, (left) and Tenzin Kelsang, 13, test their mobile, algae-filtering "algaegator" invention at Camas' Lacamas Lake in the spring of 2021. The seventh-graders' work recently earned them a spot in a national STEM competition sponsored by the United States Army and the National Science Teaching Association, as well as a $5,000 grant to improve the toxic-algae filtration device. (Contributed photo courtesy of Ayn Lavagnino)

Camas teens tackle toxic algae

Intent on competing in a science competition that could win their team up to $9,000 in savings bonds, the two Camas middle school students were looking for a local problem in need of a solution.

May 27, 2021
A ballot box stands near the Camas Post Office on Northeast Fifth Avenue in downtown Camas in October 2020. Ballots for the August 2021 primary election go out to voters in mid-July. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Candidates throw hats in for Camas-Washougal elections

It may be a quiet primary election season in East Clark County despite mayoral races in both Camas and Washougal and 16 open positions on city councils, school boards, the Port of Camas-Washougal and other commissions.