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August 27, 2020
An illustration shows publicly and privately owned land, as well as landmarks, in the city of Camas' North Shore area. (Contributed illustration courtesy of the city of Camas)

North Shore vision heads to Camas City Council

Planning for Camas’ North Shore area took a giant leap forward last week after the Camas Planning Commission agreed to forward eight community-developed “vision statements,” intended to guide development in the 800-acre swath of mixed-use land extending from Lacamas Lake to the northern city limits known as North Shore, to the Camas City Council.

August 27, 2020
Camas School District Superintendent Jeff Snell speaks to the school board and community members in June 2019. . (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

‘We want students on campus’

Local students will start the 2020-21 school year online due to the still-present dangers of COVID-19, but Camas School District leaders remain focused on bringing students back to the classroom as soon as it’s safe to do so.

August 20, 2020

Downtown Camas infrastructure analysis complete

Camas City Council members this week discussed the recent results of a downtown Camas infrastructure analysis recently completed by the consulting group, MacKay Sposito. Camas Public Works Director Steve Wall…

August 20, 2020

Camas ties budget to state’s reopening phases

How do you build a two-year budget during a pandemic that seems to shift course every few weeks? That’s what city officials in Camas are grappling with this month, as they head into the city’s 2021-22 biennial budget process.

August 20, 2020
Community members create public art outside the Camas Public Library in July. (Contributed photos courtesy of Camas Public Library)

Public art in Camas becomes ‘chalk war’

Camas city leaders are trying to find the best way to encourage public expressions of art after two incidents — one that erased several Black Lives Matter chalk drawings near the Camas Public Library and another involving an unsanctioned BLM sign at Crown Park — caught the public’s attention this summer.