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August 4, 2022
Washougal resident Jon Lee participates in his first bodybuilding competiton in Federal Way, Wash., in June 2022. (Contributed photo courtesy Jon Lee)

Washougal bodybuilder finds focus

Sitting on a plateau in Wyoming, immersed in a series of deeply emotional meditative thoughts, Jon Lee realized that he was dying. Not literally, of course. But he believed that he was killing himself, in a way. He felt as though something was missing from his life. Shaken by the recent death-by-sucide of a friend, he began to ask himself difficult questions.

August 4, 2022

Public meetings in Camas-Washougal, Aug. 5-11, 2022

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, 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

July 28, 2022
Event-goers look at pieces of art during the 2021 Washougal Art Festival. (Contributed photo courtesy of Rene Carroll)

Washougal Art Festival returns Aug. 13

The Washougal Arts and Culture Alliance (WACA) will hold its seventh annual Washougal Art Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at Reflection Plaza, 1703 Main Street, Washougal.

July 28, 2022
Top: The Camas Community Center, pictured on June 5, 2022, is one of 17 of Camas' city-owned building included in a recent consultant's report on the state of the city's facilities. Above: The Lacamas Lake Lodge in Camas, pictured on June 5, 2022, is one of the city's newer facilities, but it is still one of 17 city-owned buildings in need of updates and improvements, according to a consultant's report presented to the Camas City Council at the Council's July 18, 2022 workshop. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Report shows state of Camas’ public facilities

A consultant’s report on some of Camas’ best-known public facilities — including Camas City Hall, the Camas library and three Camas-Washougal fire stations — shows the city is facing building deficiencies worth $35 million, including $17 million for issues city leaders should address in the next five years.

July 28, 2022
Contributed photo courtesy of AXON An officer models the type of AXON body-worn camera and taser Camas police officers began wearing in April 2022. The city of Washougal is hoping to launch a body-worn camera program of its own in early 2023.

Washougal set to get $1M in federal funds

The city of Washougal is set to receive more than $1 million in federal funds to help pay for body-worn police cameras and upgrade the city’s wastewater treatment facility.

July 28, 2022

Camas ‘Movies in the Park’ begins Aug. 5

Camas Parks and Recreation’s popular, Friday night “Movies in the Park” series will kick off the 2022 season on Friday, Aug. 5, with a showing of “Guardians of…