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December 8, 2022

WSD’s fee plan shocks Washougal city leaders

The Washougal City Council has approved a Washougal School District plan that will reduce residential impact fees, which help fund school facility needs related to the city’s growth, to $0 in 2023.

December 8, 2022

Public meetings for the week of Dec. 8-14, 2022

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, in the Dennison Board Room of the 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

December 1, 2022
Michelle Wolcott (left), Rick Jones (center) and Patty Buslach (right), all of Washougal, sign up to volunteer at a severe weather shelter in downtown Washougal, after attending a Nov. 29, 2018, informational meeting. (Post-Record files)

Volunteers needed for winter, severe-weather shelters

As winter approaches and overnight temperatures begin to drop, community members throughout Clark County are working to ensure that their neighbors experiencing homelessness will be safe from the elements.

December 1, 2022
Washougal Police Chief Wendi Steinbronn (right) talks with community members during the annual Coffee with a Cop event at the Washougal Starbucks on C Street on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Washougal OKs police pay bump

The city of Washougal has awarded its police officers with a salary increase and annual retention bonuses as part of its continuing efforts to recruit and retain quality employees.

December 1, 2022
Contributed photo courtesy Washougal School District
Washougal School District assistant superintendent Aaron Hansen (left) and Washougal High School principal Mark Castle (right) display a dose of Narcan, a medication used to assist people who have experienced an overdose of opioids. The Washougal School Board recently approved a policy that states that Narcan will be placed in every one of the district's schools.

Washougal to stock schools with opioid overdose-reversal medication

Alexander Cook’s older brother, Daniel, passed away earlier this year as a result of an opioid overdose. Cook was devastated, of course, but at the same time, he had long since come to terms with the fact that in some ways, the person that he knew and loved had already been gone for some time.