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January 14, 2021
Washougal resident Brandon Higgins holds a worm in his hand. Higgins started a "worm farm" in 2020 that he hopes to turn into a business. (Contributed photos courtesy of Brandon Higgins)

A wiggly business

Brandon Higgins, of Washougal, spent almost 15 years as a production worker for steel and plastic companies, but after undergoing two back surgeries in 2019, he began to seriously ponder a career change.

January 7, 2021
Washougal resident Jackie Gollbach builds a wooden sign during the filming of the first video for her new YouTube channel, "Nail Polish and Power Tools." (Contributed photo courtesy of Jackie Gollbach)

‘Nail Polish & Power Tools’

Several years ago, Jackie Gollbach discovered a series of videos on YouTube produced by Texas residents Whitney Gainer and Ashley Turner, two self-taught carpenters who created the successful “Shanty2Chic” do-it-yourself furniture brand.

January 7, 2021
A previously unused room on the second floor of the Washougal Times building has been renovated into a studio for Outlaw Country Radio, which broadcasts live every Thursday afternoon from the Washougal restaurant. (Contributed photo courtesy of Ben Jackson)

Outlaw Country Radio branches out

The founders of the Camas-based Outlaw Country Radio have been searching for a couple years to find a way to help the nonprofit, low-power frequency modulation station solidify its presence in East Clark County.

December 31, 2020
Washougal resident Sam Rickenbach started his new business, Gorge Family Therapeutics, to provide consumers with more affordable options for cannabidiol (CBD) products. (Contributed photo courtesy of Kara Cooper)

Washougal man opens Gorge Family Therapeutics

During the past three years, Sam Rickenbach worked for several Portland-area companies as a cannabidiol (CBD) extraction laboratory director. He generally enjoyed his work, but over time came to believe that most of the businesses in his industry — including his own — were severely overcharging for their products.

December 17, 2020
The outdoor, covered patio at A Beer at a Time has helped the Camas pub stay open during the most recent round of COVID shutdowns, which went into effect in mid-November 2020, and have banned indoor dining through at least Jan. 4, 2021. (Contributed photo courtesy of Shelby Piersol)

Camas restaurants, bars cope with new round of COVID-19 restrictions

Three days after Gov. Jay Inslee announced he was extending a three-week ban on indoor dining to help get explosive COVID-19 case rates under control, the owners of Salud! Wine Bar in downtown Camas found themselves rushing to prepare takeout orders for their drive-up “Santa Delivery” event.

December 17, 2020
Jess Moore, owner of Champ Camp Training and Fitness in Washougal, will hold a "holiday ball giveaway" event at his facility on from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20. (Contributed photo courtesy of Jess Moore)

Champ Camp hosts ball giveway this weekend

When Jess Moore opened Champ Camp Fitness and Training in Washougal in July, he hoped that the facility would become a “community development project,” providing opportunities to low-income youth through scholarship programs, holding fundraisers, sponsoring community events and establishing close working relationships with Washougal High School athletes.

December 10, 2020
The Washougal Motocross Park's "Holidays in the Hills" lights tour is being offered five days per week through Jan. 1. (Contributed photo courtesy Ryan Huffman)

Washougal MX Park hosts ‘Holidays in the Hills’

Even though Ryan Huffman describes himself as more of a “dirt guy” who’d rather move things around with equipment than create them, he’s relished the opportunity to use his imagination while putting together a holiday lights tour at Washougal Motocross Park. He will, for example, point out the fact that he was the one who came up with the idea for one of the tour’s signature displays, a “Grinch” knocking over a tree with a bulldozer.

December 10, 2020
Georgia-Pacific has proposed tearing down several buildings near downtown Camas that the company is no longer using in its paper mill operations, including the Camas Business Center, a development lab and nonwovens manufacturing buildings located off Northwest Ash Street. The city of Camas has determined the proposal poses no serious adverse environmental impacts. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Georgia-Pacific plans to demolish several buildings near downtown Camas

The city of Camas has determined that a Georgia-Pacific plan to demolish several buildings the company is no longer using in its Camas paper mill operations, including the company’s Camas Business Center and nonwovens fabric manufacturing plant, has met the state’s Environmental Policy Act rules and will not have any significant adverse environmental impacts.