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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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March 11, 2021
Camas School District superintendent Jeff Snell greets new students during the first day of school at Discovery High School on Sept. 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of The Columbian files)

Camas schools superintendent: ‘It’s hard to say goodbye’

After leading the Camas School District through a decade worth of ups and downs, Camas schools superintendent Jeff Snell has announced he will step down at the end of the 2020-21 school year to take a new position as superintendent of the Vancouver Public Schools district.

March 4, 2021
Spectators watch from the Third Avenue Bridge as 5,500 rubber ducks drop into the Washougal River on Sunday, July 23, 2017, to begin the 2017 Ducky Derby. (Post-Record file photo)

After ‘hiccups’ Camas awards 3rd Avenue Bridge contract

Despite $2.5 million worth of federal grant funding and plenty of willing contractors, the city of Camas’ quest to make “significant seismic improvements” to the Third Avenue Bridge spanning the Washougal River has hit its fair share of speed bumps.

February 25, 2021

Citizens appointed to Camas boards, commissions

The Camas City Council on Feb. 16 approved Camas Mayor Barry McDonnell’s citizen appointments to several boards, committees and commissions, including the newly created Lacamas Lake Commission, which will evaluate…

February 25, 2021
Camas City Hall is pictured Tuesday morning, April 14, 2020. (Contributed photo by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Camas will soon fill more than 20 vacancies

Clark County’s recent move into the less-restrictive Phase 2 of the Washington Roadmap to Recovery COVID-19 reopening plan means city leaders in Camas can begin to fill more than 20 staff vacancies put on pause during the yearlong pandemic.

February 25, 2021
Camas School Board members (clockwise from upper left) Corey McEnry and Doug Quinn, board president Tracey Malone and board member Erika Cox discuss school reopenings at a Feb. 22, 2021, Camas school board meeting. The board members met in-person, with face coverings, at the school district offices, and the meeting was available via Zoom for members of the public. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas school board pauses reopenings, gives staff time to transition

On Monday, Feb. 22, just one week before Camas elementary students were scheduled to return to full classrooms, four days a week, and high-schoolers would have entered a hybrid schedule with twice-weekly in-person classes, the Camas School Board agreed to pause the district’s school reopening rollout to give teachers, staff and families more time to adjust to the swift transitions.