January 20, 2022
Washougal family speaks out against proposed quarry
A Washougal family is speaking out against a Kelso company’s plan to construct a quarry near their home in rural Skamania County.
A Washougal family is speaking out against a Kelso company’s plan to construct a quarry near their home in rural Skamania County.
Community members interested in the future of Camas’ public parks, trails and open spaces can still weigh in on the city’s soon-to-be-update Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan. The city recently launched its second virtual PROS Plan open house on the city’s Engage Camas website (engagecamas.com/parks-recreation-open-space-comprehensive-plan), and is asking the public to weigh in with comments on the draft PROS Plan through Feb. 4.
Jess Guthmiller was confident Ricky Simón could beat Raphael Assuncao, one of the best bantamweight fighters in the world, during an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Fight Night 199 event, held Saturday, Dec. 18, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Washougal’s City Hall is closed this week due to staffing shortages. The city announced on Tuesday, Feb. 20, that City Hall would be closed from Tuesday,…
COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise in Clark County with more than 6,000 new cases reported in the last week. COVID-19 testing is in high demand and wait…
Staffing shortages force Washougal City Hall closure
Camas School District: The Camas School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24 in the Dennison Board Room of the Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The meeting also will be streamed and available for later viewing on the school board’s YouTube channel. To send a written comment, email gail.gast@camas.wednet.edu by 3 p.m., Jan. 24. 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.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee responded last week to the recent COVID-19 surge caused by the highly contagious omicron variant.
Members of Camas’ newly formed community advisory group will meet this week to kick off their work guiding public participation during the state’s environmental cleanup of the historic Camas paper.
Camas School District officials said this week they are committed to maintaining in-person learning amid surging COVID-19 infections — fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant — that have led to staffing shortages and student absences throughout the region and prompted a return to remote learning in several Vancouver-Portland area schools.
