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June 6, 2024

Public meetings: June 6-12, 2024

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. Monday, June 10, at Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The workshop 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

May 30, 2024

Public meetings: May 30-June 5, 2024

Camas City Council: The Council will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 3, at Camas City Hall, 616 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, and online via Zoom. For more information, including remote log-in details, visit cityofcamas.us/yourgovernment/minuteagendavideo and click on the agendas for the June 3 workshop and meeting.

May 23, 2024
The setback levees constructed during the Steigerwald Reconnection Project between 2020 and 2021, kept water from flooding Port of Camas-Washougal property in 2022. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership)

Port, federal agency mull land swap near Steigerwald

The Port of Camas-Washougal is negotiating a land-swap transaction with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) that would expand the Port’s inventory of usable, and possibly developable, land near the Steigerwald refuge.

May 23, 2024

Public meetings: May 23-29, 2024

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, at 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

May 16, 2024
Vehicles park at Heritage Park in Camas, Sept. 14, 2023. The park, which offers access to Lacamas Lake, is set for a parking lot makeover in the summer of 2024, to help manage overcrowding.

Changes ahead for crowded Heritage Park parking lot

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.

May 16, 2024
A ballot box stands near the Camas Post Office on Oct. 16, 2020. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Candidates file ahead of Aug. 6 primary election

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.

May 16, 2024

Public meetings: May 16-22, 2024

Camas City Council: The Council will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, May 20, at Camas City Hall, 616 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, and online via Zoom. For more information, visit cityofcamas.us/yourgov ernment/minuteagen davideo and click on the agendas for the May 20 workshop and meeting.