Camas-Washougal Post-Record

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

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.

January 16, 2020

Meetings set for Camas cell tower proposal, traffic roundabout

A meeting to discuss plans to build a 120-foot cell tower within 300 feet of Camas’ Woodburn Elementary School will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the…

January 16, 2020

Donna Sinclair, a history professor, historian and member of the Washougal School Board, announces her campaign for state Representative Larry Hoff's 18th Legislative District Position 2 seat at the Clark County Democrats' meeting on Monday, Jan. 13. (Contributed photo by Patrick Treadway, courtesy of Donna Sinclair)

Donna Sinclair to run for state legislature

Washougal school board member Donna Sinclair announced this week that she will vie for Republican Rep. Larry Hoff 18th Legislative District seat.

January 16, 2020

Octavio Gutierrez, an associate with Mahlum Architects, shows an illustration of the future Joyce Garver Theater lobby to the Camas school board on Monday, Jan. 13. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Stage set for Camas’ Garver Theater revamp

One of the final pieces of the $119 million construction bond passed by Camas School District voters in February 2016 — the renovation of the historic Joyce Garver Theater — is set to begin this spring.

January 9, 2020

State Senator Ann Rivers (standing, right) a Republican representing Washington's 18th Legislative District, speaks to consituents at a town hall held Saturday, Jan. 4, at the Port of Camas-Washougal headquarters in Washougal. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

GOP legislators pack port building

A standing-room-only crowd greeted lawmakers from Washington’s 18th Legislative District at a Saturday morning town hall held inside the Port of Camas-Washougal’s headquarters.

January 9, 2020

Camas to hire spokesperson

Camas city leaders are preparing to move ahead with the hiring of a communications manager.

January 9, 2020

Camas starts search for city administrator

City leaders in Camas on Monday selected a firm to search for a new city administrator to replace outgoing City Administrator Pete Capell.

January 2, 2020

Sheryl Obegi, Tommy Kelly and Karen Gibson show off some of the Camas football shirts available at Obegi and Gibson's new business, Papermaker Pride. Kelly, a senior at Camas High School, is working at the new downtown Camas business as part of his senior project on marketing research. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

New business lets fans celebrate Camas

Fans of Camas hoping to wear their hometown pride on their sleeve won’t have to look too far, thanks to the opening of a new business, Papermaker Pride, in downtown Camas.

January 2, 2020

Signs for and against the city of Camas' $78 million community-aquatics center bond line a grassy strip near Crown Park a few days before the Nov. 5, 2019, general election. (Post-Record file photos)

Year in Review

From political upsets in the Camas mayor’s race to tragedies at local swimming holes to school districts grappling with funding shortfalls, there was no shortage of news stories coming out of Camas-Washougal in 2019. Following is a look back at the “top 10” news stories that caught Post-Record readers’ attention in 2019: