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June 6, 2024
Crown Park work set to begin
Long-awaited improvements to the “crown jewel” of Camas’ parks system — the City’s historic Crown Park – are slated to begin this summer.
Long-awaited improvements to the “crown jewel” of Camas’ parks system — the City’s historic Crown Park – are slated to begin this summer.
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, fireworks have again reared their divisive heads during recent Camas City Council meetings.
The stories shared during the Camas Police Department’s inaugural awards ceremony on Thursday, May 25, showed a wide range of brave and heroic acts — running toward a burning vehicle to help save its occupants; rushing alone into a middle school to confront an armed student trying to access a locked classroom; talking suicidal people off roofs and bridges; performing life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); chasing down sexual assault suspects; and cracking open a decade-long elder-abuse case.
Camas students experienced a rare opportunity last week, when they were able to connect to a NASA astronaut living on the International Space Station (ISS).
Anyone who has ever taken shelter under the leafy canopy on a hot summer day understands the value of trees, but did you know that trees add nearly $35 million…
Camas School Board Vice President Erika Cox has announced her early departure from the elected position she’s held since 2018.
Last summer, after mountain climber Andrew Okerlund, a 2021 Camas High School graduate, became the youngest person to complete the challenging Bulger List by summiting Washington state’s 100 highest peaks in a single season, the work of promoting Okerlund’s climbing feats was just beginning for another Camas High alumnus.
Heritage Park is one of Camas’ most popular summertime recreation spots, but overcrowding and double-parking in the park’s public parking lot has caused several headaches for recreationists as well as city of Camas staff over the past few years.
The candidate filing period for the Aug. 6, 2024 Primary and Special Election came to a close May 10, and the final list includes several Camas-Washougal residents hoping to be elected to federal, state and county seats.
25th annual Camas Plant & Garden Fair
