A nearly decade-long partnership between Camas and Washougal that formed the Camas-Washougal Fire Department in 2013, “has too many gaps to represent a sustainable model moving forward,” consultants told Camas and Washougal city officials during a Nov. 18 Zoom meeting.
With results of the Nov. 2 general and special election now certified, newly elected officials in Camas and Washougal are being sworn in to their new positions and hitting the ground running this week.
Camasonians have one more chance to weigh in on the Camas School District’s hunt for a new schools superintendent.
Seven months after at least 50 Camas residents and public officials urged the state’s Department of Ecology during an April 20 public hearing to push for more restrictive environmental cleanup standards at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in downtown Camas, the public will soon be able to weigh in on the mill’s future environmental cleanup efforts.
A feeling of lighthearted joy infuses downtown Camas’ latest business, Periwinkle’s Toy Shoppe, sending visitors down a memory lane filled with favorite stuffed animals, coveted figurines and treasured picture books.
Camas-Washougal firefighters are “at a breaking point” due to mandatory overtime caused by staffing shortages, and there are no immediate solutions, Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Nick Swinhart told Camas City Council members this week.
Camas officials have reached out to the public to help decide how city leaders will spend nearly $7 million in federal funds.
Camas officials this week approved 1-percent property tax increases to help fund the city’s general fund and emergency medical services (EMS).
The Camas Salary Commission has recommended a “stipend reset” that would boost monthly stipends going to the city’s mayor and city councilmembers by as much as 17 percent.
Clark County Public Health this week lifted its blue-green algae advisories at Round Lake and Lacamas Lake in Camas, and said the blooms of cyanobacteria, also known as…
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