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November 19, 2020

Lacamas Creek Watershed Committee approved

The Camas City Council this week affirmed its commitment to improving the water quality within the Lacamas Creek Watershed, which feeds the city’s Lacamas, Round and Fallen Leaf lakes.

November 19, 2020
A fire engine stands outside the Camas-Washougal Fire Department's Station 41 in downtown Camas in October 2020. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas could go it alone for fire services

Two years after Camas City Council members discussed “unwinding” the interlocal agreement that merged the two cities’ fire departments in 2013, the call to re-evaluate the cities’ partnership and possibly dissolve the agreement is back on the table.

November 19, 2020

Camas passes 1% property tax bump

The Camas City Council voted this week to approve 1% property tax increases on its general fund levy and emergency medical services levy.

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.”