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COVID-19 coverage

August 27, 2020
Colibri Gardens owner Lara Scanlon pets a calf at her Washougal farm. (Contributed photo courtesy of Lara Scanlon)

Washougal farmers find new possibilities during pandemic

It was springtime and COVID-19 had just shutdown weddings and other large, in-person gatherings for the foreseeable future. Derek and Lara Scanlon were terrified the dream they had worked so hard to achieve was on the verge of dying.

August 27, 2020
Camas School District Superintendent Jeff Snell speaks to the school board and community members in June 2019. . (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

‘We want students on campus’

Local students will start the 2020-21 school year online due to the still-present dangers of COVID-19, but Camas School District leaders remain focused on bringing students back to the classroom as soon as it’s safe to do so.

August 24, 2020
Families enjoy a 2017 Easter egg hunt at Washougal's Hathaway Park. After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of community events in Washougal this spring and summer, city leaders had to get creative. The city's first, virtual Washougal Summer Scavenger Hunt began Aug. 20 and wraps up later this week, with a drive-through prize giveaway from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at Hathaway Park. (Post-Record file photo)

The hunt is on in Washougal

When the COVID-19 pandemic canceled several springtime Washougal events, including the popular Washougal Easter Egg Hunt and Eggstravaganza, local officials started to get creative about how they could…

August 20, 2020

Camas ties budget to state’s reopening phases

How do you build a two-year budget during a pandemic that seems to shift course every few weeks? That’s what city officials in Camas are grappling with this month, as they head into the city’s 2021-22 biennial budget process.