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March 21, 2024
A home under construction at Dawson's Ridge in Camas is included in the 2019 NW Natural Parade of Homes, which featured new homes with sale prices starting at $1.5 million. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Our Camas 2045: City leaders mull new population, housing projections

As Camas staff and officials dive into a multi-year “Our Camas 2045” update of the City’s comprehensive plan and begin to formulate policies and goals that will shape the future of Camas over the next two decades, City officials are mulling the impacts of a 2021 state bill meant to increase affordable housing throughout Washington.

March 21, 2024

Worries about Skamania Co. ‘adventure park’ persist

A group of West End residents in Skamania County say they fear the county’s moratorium on recreational applications will not be enough to halt a 150-acre adventure park from being constructed near their rural homes.

March 21, 2024

Public meetings: March 21-27, 2024

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, at the Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The meeting also will be livestreamed, with video available on the district’s website. To send a written comment, email gail.gast@camas.wednet.edu. For more information, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes.

March 7, 2024
Washougal City Council member David Fritz (left) talks to Washougal Coffee Company employee Kevin Credelle in an undated photo. Fritz would like to see more bicycle friendly infrastructure built in Washougal to help bicyclists have safe options for riding to local businesses, parks, the Port of Camas-Washougal and the nearby city of Camas. (Contributed photo courtesy David Fritz)

Washougal, Port leaders call for bike-friendly infrastructure

When Recluse Brew Works opened at the Port of Camas-Washougal’s industrial park in November 2023, the brewery’s owner, August Everson, and manager, Richard LaRue, hoped to attract recreational enthusiasts who would be eager to take advantage of the brewery-pub’s location near Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge and other natural areas.

February 29, 2024
Monty Hill (left) and Adam Goldberg, architects for the Portland-based MacKenzie Architecture firm, talk about design options for the city of Washougal’s new fire station project during an open house held Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department Station 43 in Washougal. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal unveils options for new fire station

Washougal Mayor David Stuebe envisions the city of Washougal’s new fire station/police station annex facility as a “command and operations” center that will allow police officers and firefighters to provide for the residents’ public safety needs from a central location.