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May 27, 2021
Camas middle-schoolers Rafa Lavagnino, 13, (left) and Tenzin Kelsang, 13, test their mobile, algae-filtering "algaegator" invention at Camas' Lacamas Lake in the spring of 2021. The seventh-graders' work recently earned them a spot in a national STEM competition sponsored by the United States Army and the National Science Teaching Association, as well as a $5,000 grant to improve the toxic-algae filtration device. (Contributed photo courtesy of Ayn Lavagnino)

Camas teens tackle toxic algae

Intent on competing in a science competition that could win their team up to $9,000 in savings bonds, the two Camas middle school students were looking for a local problem in need of a solution.

May 27, 2021
A ballot box stands near the Camas Post Office on Northeast Fifth Avenue in downtown Camas in October 2020. Ballots for the August 2021 primary election go out to voters in mid-July. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Candidates throw hats in for Camas-Washougal elections

It may be a quiet primary election season in East Clark County despite mayoral races in both Camas and Washougal and 16 open positions on city councils, school boards, the Port of Camas-Washougal and other commissions.

May 27, 2021

Public meetings for week of May 27-June 2, 2021

East County Fire and Rescue Board of Commissioners: The Board will meet remotely at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 1. Members of the public may attend this meeting by calling in to 253-215-8782. To view the meeting identification number, password and agenda, visit ecfr.us.

May 20, 2021
The Washougal School District Administrative Offices are pictured Tuesday morning, April 14, 2020. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Chaos at Washougal School Board meeting ends in arrest

Washougal School Board members said they were forced to end their May 11 meeting early after several residents — who had been asked to leave the in-person meeting after they refused to wear face coverings in accordance with the school district’s COVID-19 safety protocols — began writing on district windows and board members’ cars parked outside the meeting room.