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May 12, 2021
Camas Mayor Barry McDonnell (right) speaks to Camas residents John Ley (center) and Ernie Geigenmiller (left) at his first city council meeting in December 2019. McDonnell, a last-minute, write-in mayoral candidate, beat incumbent Mayor Shannon Turk in the November 2019 general election. (Photo by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas mayor resigns unexpectedly

A little more than one year after winning a write-in campaign to lead the city of Camas, Mayor Barry McDonnell is stepping down and handing the reins to…

May 6, 2021
A voter drops off a ballot in the 24-hour ballot drop box next to the Camas Post Office on Oct. 29, 2018. (Post-Record file photo)

Local election season kicks off

Camas-Washougal area voters will decide the fate of 15 open positions on city councils, school boards and other commissions this year, beginning with the primary election on Aug. 3.

May 1, 2021
Fairgate Estate, a former bed and breakfast turned assisted living center in Camas' Prune Hill neighborhood, is seen from the road on March 16, 2021. Discover Recovery applied for a conditional-use permit in January 2021 that would convert the property into a 15-bed inpatient drug treatment and recovery center. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record file photo)

Hearings examiner OKs Discover Recovery permit

Camas Hearings Examiner Joe Turner has ruled in favor of granting a conditional-use permit to Discover Recovery, a substance-abuse treatment and recovery center hoping to operate in Camas’ mostly residential…

April 29, 2021
The view west from Northeast Fifth Avenue in downtown Camas shows Georgia-Pacific paper mill chimneys billowing white steam in 2017. (Post-Record file photo)

Camas residents, officials weigh in on paper mill cleanup plan

Dozens of Camas residents and public officials have urged the state’s Department of Ecology to look beyond the current heavy-industrial use at the Geogia-Pacific paper mill in downtown Camas and push for more restrictive cleanup standards.