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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.

February 18, 2021
Camas native and Earth Day founder Denis Hayes is pictured in the Bullitt Board Room of the Bullitt Center in Seattle. The building, which Hayes developed, opened on Earth Day in 2013 and is considered the most sustainable commercial office building in the world. Hayes will discuss creating

Creating ‘super green’ cities

A native son of Camas — Earth Day founder and internationally renowned environmental advocate Denis Hayes — will lead a discussion about building more sustainable communities at the Clark College Foundation’s virtual “Creating Super Green Cities” event on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

February 18, 2021

Camas School District voters pass replacement levies

With only about 200 ballots left to count in the Feb. 9 Special Election, Camas School District voters have passed two replacement levies that make up nearly 20 percent of the district’s overall funding.

February 18, 2021
A sign posted to the front of A Beer at a Time in downtown Camas in October 2020 tells patrons they must wear a face covering inside the restaurant. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record file photo)

Clark County enters Phase 2

Camas-Washougal businesses, including restaurants, gyms and movie theaters, reopened to limited indoor services this week as Clark County moved into Phase 2 of the state’s Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan.

February 14, 2021
Drivers navigate a snow-covered Highway 14 near the Washougal roundabout at 27th Street at 10:39 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Photo courtesy of WSDOT)

Ice storm to hit area this afternoon

An ice storm warning is in effect for the greater Portland-Vancouver metro area, including Camas-Washougal, beginning at 1 p.m Sunday, Feb. 14 through 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15. …