Camas-Washougal Post-Record

February 1, 2024

Washougal native Levi Kitchen (right) smiles during a break in the action at a Pro Motocross race in Pala, Calif., on Saturday, May 27, 2023. (Contributed photo courtesy Pro Motocross Championship/Align Media)

Kitchen wins motocross race, sits on top of points standings

Washougal resident Levi Kitchen earned a “triple crown” victory at the fourth Monster Energy Supercross race of the 2024 season on Saturday, Jan. 27, in Anaheim, California, taking…

February 1, 2024

Nominations sought for youth achievement awards

The Clark County Youth Commission is seeking nominations to recognize 300 local youth that demonstrate personal growth and community contribution in one of thirteen categories of achievement. Youth will be…

February 1, 2024

Commission on Aging to focus on emergency preparedness

The Clark County Commission on Aging is focusing on emergency preparedness in 2024, particularly for people over the age of 50. Emergency preparedness is crucial to maintaining quality of life…

February 1, 2024

Camas, Washougal students to perform in honor band

February 1, 2024

Public meetings: Feb. 2-8, 2024

Camas City Council: The Council will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, 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 Feb. 5, 2024, workshop and meeting.

January 25, 2024

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Trevor Evers (left), the city of Washougal's public works director, and Sergey Tarasov, a principal for the Redmond, Washington-based FCS Group, talk about the city of Washougal's new utility rates during a Washougal City Council workshop on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023.

Washougal OK’s utility rate hikes

Washougal utility customers will see increases in their water, sewer and stormwater bills over the next five years.

January 25, 2024

Construction on a mixed-use building that will feature 46 apartments, 49 off-street parking spots and 1,200 square feet of retail space takes place in downtown Washougal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Work on mixed-use building in downtown Washougal leaves some scratching heads

A construction project happening in the heart of downtown Washougal has raised many people’s hopes that the long-awaited, new Washougal library building is finally going up.

January 25, 2024

Camas school levy supporters get out the vote ahead of Feb. 13 election

Camas School District voters will soon decide the fate of two replacement levies that supplement state and federal funding and account for approximately 15% of the school district’s annual revenues.

January 25, 2024

Skyridge Middle School staff survey classrooms for water damage Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. A winter storm that hit the Camas-Washougal area over the three-day Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, Jan. 13-15, 2024, caused two pipes to freeze and burst inside the Camas middle school, impacting 22 classrooms and the library. Camas School District leaders said this week that the storm-related damage will cost at least $250,000 to repair.

Camas schools damaged during winter storms

Camas schools suffered at least $250,000 worth of damage during last week’s winter storms that blanketed the region in snow and ice over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, Jan. 13-15, and again on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

January 25, 2024

Contributed photo courtesy Angela Bunda
The Bitchins, a Portland-based rock-and-horn band, reunites once per yaer to put on a benefit concert to raise money for the Parkinson's Resources of Oregon nonprofit organization.

Local musicians prepare for annual ‘benefit bash’

Angela Bunda decided to step back from her music career in 2015 after the birth of her first child. But since then, the 1999 Washougal High School graduate has been able to maintain a connection to her passion for music thanks to her involvement with The Bitchins, a Portland-based rock/horn band that performs just once per year to raise funds for people affected by a disease that afflicts one of its members.

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