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January 30, 2020

North Shore ‘visioning workshop’ set for Feb. 4

Community members interested in contributing to the vision of what Camas’ North Shore area might someday look like are invited to a visioning workshop from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Camas High School, 26900 S.E. 15th St., Camas.

January 30, 2020
Screenshots show negative comments targeting Navidi's Olive Oils and Vinegar, a downtown Camas business. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas business hit with online negative reviews

A downtown Camas business became the target of an online “negative review” campaign this week after a small group of local residents decided to get personal with their efforts to move a proposed cell tower away from a local elementary school.

January 30, 2020
Camas officials meet for the Camas City Council's annual planning retreat on Friday, Jan. 24, at Lacamas Lake Lodge. Pictured from left to right (around the table) are Camas School District Superintendent and planning retreat mediator Jeff Snell, Camas Mayor Barry McDonnell and Council members Ellen Burton, Bonnie Carter, Shannon Roberts, Steve Hogan, Melissa Smith and Greg Anderson. Audience members seated to the left of city officials included Camas Police Chief Mitch Lackey (back row, far left). (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Officials reflect on failed $78 million community-aquatics center bond

Camas City Council members and Camas Mayor Barry McDonnell reflected this week on lessons they learned from the November 2019 general election, when a clear majority (90 percent) of voters shut down the city’s proposed $78 million community-aquatics center construction bond.

January 23, 2020
Former Camas mayors Dean Dossett (left), Nan Henriksen (center) and Paul Dennis (right) attend a dedication ceremony for the Washougal River Greenway Trail in 2010. Dossett, who served as Camas' mayor from 1992 to 2002, died at the age of 77 on Jan. 18. (Post-Record file photo)

Former Camas mayor Dossett dies

A former Camas mayor and city councilman is being remembered this week for his dedication to the community he led during most of the 1990s.

January 23, 2020
Sen. Ann Rivers

Rivers opposes three environmental protection bills

Less than two weeks into the Washington State Legislature’s 60-day 2020 session, which runs from Jan. 13 to March 12. Senator Ann Rivers, the Republican representing Camas-Washougal voters in the state’s 18th Legislative District, has voted “no” on three environmental protection bills.