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November 12, 2020
An East County Fire and Rescue firefighter speaks to children during an ECFR open house on July 29, 2018. (Post-Record file photo)

Firefighters: reject ‘browning out’ stations

During pre-COVID-19 times, the East County Fire & Rescue board of commissioners’ special meeting to discuss staffing issues would likely have been standing-room only. Instead, when callers joined the virtual board meeting on Monday, Nov. 9, a voice simply announced: “There are more than 20 participants in the meeting.”

November 12, 2020
Kindergarten teacher Marilyn Canfield leads students at Helen Baller Elementary School in Camas on Monday, Nov. 9, the first day of in-person kindergarten classes at the school district since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered classrooms throughout Clark County in March 2020. (Contributed photo by Doreen McKercher, courtesy of the Camas School District)

Local kindergarteners head back to school

Hundreds of Camas-Washougal kindergarten students experienced their classrooms for the first time this week, after leaders in both school districts OK’d the reopening of school buildings for their youngest learners.

November 5, 2020
Get your fill of pie during downtown Camas' "Pie, Oh My" event, Nov. 6-13. (Photo courtesy of The Columbian files)

Pies take top billing at First Friday

This month’s First Friday event in downtown Camas, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6, will cap a week of virtual “thankful for you (and pie)” themed events.

November 5, 2020
A fire engine sits outside Station 41 in downtown Camas in October 2020. City of Camas leaders are discussing adding four new firefighter positions to the city's 2021-22 budget to help shore up staffing shortages and eliminate cross-staffing issues at Station 42 in west Camas. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

More firefighters needed? Camas renews debate

A debate is brewing for the second time in as many years over increasing staffing levels at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department and determining who will pay for what — and how.