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January 5, 2023
Photos show the impacts of the October 2022 Nakia Creek wildfire on trees located in the city of Camas' Boulder Creek and Jones Creek watershed on the south side of Larch Mountain. (Contributed photo courtesy of the city of Camas)

Camas OKs harvesting fire-damaged trees, replanting area

Camas city officials learned this week that the city is still feeling the impacts of the Nakia Creek wildfire, which burned more than 1,900 acres near Larch Mountain northeast of Camas-Washougal in October 2022, and forced “go now” evacuations for thousands of Camas-Washougal area residents.

January 5, 2023

Public meetings for the week of Jan. 5-11, 2023

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at the Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The workshop also will be livestreamed, with video available on CSD’s website. To send a written comment, email [email protected]. For more information, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes

December 29, 2022
Construction continues at Ninebark Apartments on the Washougal waterfront on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Ninebark Apartments set to begin pre-leasing

Developers anticipate that Ninebark Apartments, a three-story, 246-unit residential complex currently being constructed on the Washougal waterfront, will open in the spring of 2023.

December 29, 2022
Clockwise from upper right: The American Empress riverboat docks at Parker’s Landing Marina in Washougal for the first time June 8, 2022. (Post-Record files); YBA Architects’ new renderings of the Hyas Point waterfront development project show the first phase of construction, which will include four mixed-use buildings and several streets and get under way in 2023. (Contributed graphic courtesy of the Port of Camas-Washougal); Vehicles carrying Camas School District students and staff line up at the school district’s COVID-testing site at Doc Harris Stadium Jan. 18, 2022. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Camas School District); Camas Police Chief Mitch Lackey (right) and the city’s finance director, Cathy Huber Nickerson, attend the 2022 Camas State of the Community on Sept. 15, 2022. (Post-Record files); and Democratic candidate for Washington's 3rd Congressional District Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, right, looks skyward while Republican candidate Joe Kent gives his closing remarks on Saturday during a debate at the Vancouver Community Library. (Contributed photo by Taylor Balkom, courtesy of The Columbian files)

Top 10 Camas-Washougal news stories of 2022

As we prepare to welcome 2023, it’s time to remember some of the top news events that helped shape life in the Camas-Washougal area this year. Following are the top 10 news headlines and issues that captured Post-Record readers’ attention in 2022: