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April 21, 2022

Washougal students on bus that left road

An Educational Service District 112 (ESD) bus carrying four Washougal School District students left Washougal River Road and skidded into a ditch on Tuesday, April 12.

April 21, 2022
 (Contributed photo courtesy of the Oregon Department of Transportation)

Vehicle permits to be required in ‘waterfall corridor’ on Oregon side of Gorge

Officials are hoping a pilot program requiring timed-use vehicle permits will help reduce traffic and improve safety in the popular “waterfall corridor” on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. From May 24 through Sept. 5, the new program will require a timed-use permit for personal vehicles to access federal lands in the waterfall corridor — a 7-mile corridor located between Bridal Veil Falls and Ainsworth State Park — between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., seven days a week.

April 21, 2022

Public meetings for April 21-27, 2022

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 25, in the Dennison Board Room of the Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. To send a written comment, email gail.gast@camas.wednet.edu. For more information about the meeting or how to watch or listen to the meeting, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes.

April 14, 2022
Traffic flows past election signs placed near the northeast entrance of Camas' Northwest Sixth Avenue traffic roundabout on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas may ban election, other temporary signs at roundabouts

Anyone who drives through Camas regularly knows it’s tough to overlook an upcoming election. The city’s busiest roadways and intersections are hot real estate for political signs, but a new proposal being considered by the Camas City Council could limit those signs to areas outside Camas’ traffic circles.