Camas-Washougal Post-Record

October 30, 2020

Clark County Sheriff Chuck Atkins delivers an update on the Oct. 29 deputy-involved shooting death of Kevin Peterson Jr., 21, of Camas, at a press conference held Friday, Oct. 30. Camas Police are heading the independent investigation into Peterson's death. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Clark County sheriff gives update on shooting death of Kevin Peterson Jr.

Clark County Sheriff Chuck Atkins says there is a lot he does not know about the deputy-involved shooting death of Camas resident Kevin Peterson Jr., which occurred around…

October 29, 2020

Charter review commission candidates sound off

Voters will soon decide who will sit on the first Clark County Home Rule Charter Review Commission.

October 29, 2020

Preschool teacher Brittni Nester (left) talks with Gause Elementary Principal Tami Culp on Sept. 29. The Washougal School District began to offer in-person classes to preschoolers in mid-September and will bring kindergarteners back in November.

Kindergarteners heading back to classrooms

The area’s youngest K-12 students are headed back to the classroom in early November.

October 28, 2020

Police found the body of a missing Vancouver woman in Camas' Lacamas Lake, pictured, on Tuesday, Oct. 27. (Post-Record file photo)

Body of missing Vancouver woman found in Lacamas Lake

Police say they have recovered the body of a missing Vancouver woman in Lacamas Lake. The family of 56-year-old Terri Kehrli reported her missing to police…

October 26, 2020

Grass Valley Elementary School music teacher Natalie Wilson (right) teaches a group of kindergarten students on Dec. 19, 2019. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Clark County school districts, including Camas and Washougal, to bring kindergarteners back to classrooms

Kindergarten students in Camas and Washougal — as well as in the Battle Ground, Evergreen, Green Mountain, Hockinson, La Center, Ridgefield and Vancouver school districts — will return…

October 22, 2020

A family reads books outside the Camas Public Library on Oct. 9, 2020. Pictured are Cheryl Markwood, of Michigan (left), Janice Cole, of Camas (right), and Cole’s children, 5-year-old Zoe (on Markwood’s lap) and 2-year-old Henry (on Cole’s lap). (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas library reopening pushed back due to flood damage

When Governor Jay Inslee announced earlier this month that he was loosening several Safe Start reopening guidelines, including those impacting libraries, the news caught Camas Public Library staff…

October 22, 2020

Camas police are seeking information about the person and vehicle shown in this image, related to a mid-October mail theft case in Camas' Prune Hill neighborhood. (Contributed photo courtesy of Camas Police Department)

Camas police seeking mail theft suspect

Camas police are seeking a mail theft suspect accused of breaking into four community mailboxes in the Prune Hill neighborhood.

October 22, 2020

Fisher Investments recently opened this five-story office building at its Fisher Creek campus in Camas. The new office building will allow Fisher Investments -- the city's largest private employer -- to add 1,100 workers to the 1,700 employees working in Camas. (Contributed photo courtesy of Fisher Investments)

Fisher opens new building, could nearly double Camas workforce

Fisher Investments, Camas’ largest private employer, has completed construction on a new, five-story building at its Fisher Creek campus in Camas.

October 21, 2020

Sandra Ladd, (second from left), is pictured with her grandchildren (left to right): Emma Sasse, Hunter Sasse and Ben Sasse in an undated photo. Ladd, 61, was found murdered in her Washougal home in June. Police and Crime Stoppers of Oregon are asking for the public's help to solve Ladd's murder. (Contributed photo courtesy of Mikaela Sasse)

Police ask for public’s help to find Washougal woman’s killer

The Washougal Police Department, in partnership with Crime Stoppers of Oregon, are asking the public to help them solve the homicide of Sandra Ladd and offering a reward for tips…

October 15, 2020

Republican Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (right) and her Democratic challenger, Carolyn Long (left), who are running in the Nov. 3 election to represent Washington's 3rd Congressional District, faced off over the environment, health care, far-right violence and more during a virtual debate on Oct. 9. (Contributed photos)

3rd District candidates face off in debate

Congressional candidates vying to represent Southwest Washington’s 3rd District faced off last week in an Oct. 9 online forum that proved to be anything but dull.