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May 6, 2021

Public meetings for week of May 6-12, 2021

Washougal City Council: The Council will hold a remote workshop session at 5 p.m. and a remote regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, May 10. For more information, visit cityofwashougal.us/129/Agendas-Minutes.

May 6, 2021
A voter drops off a ballot in the 24-hour ballot drop box next to the Camas Post Office on Oct. 29, 2018. (Post-Record file photo)

Local election season kicks off

Camas-Washougal area voters will decide the fate of 15 open positions on city councils, school boards and other commissions this year, beginning with the primary election on Aug. 3.

May 6, 2021

Washougal man wins ‘Rising Star’ award

Corey Dobbs left his parents’ Washougal home for good when he was 14. By 16, he had dropped out of high school. He had worked three part-time jobs, but after losing them all, Dobbs worried he would become homeless.

May 6, 2021
Washougal students work on a painting at Washougal High School in April 2021. The project is part of the Unite! Washougal community coalition's latest beautification project. (Contributed photo courtesy of Dani Allen)

Washougal students on mission to beautify their hometown

The metal post that holds the marquee sign in the parking lot of the Washougal Food Center, at 1736 “E” St., has seen better days. Some of the black paint used to spell out the word “liquor” has peeled away, revealing chunks of the original surface and turning the letter “I” into a silver splotch.

May 1, 2021
Fairgate Estate, a former bed and breakfast turned assisted living center in Camas' Prune Hill neighborhood, is seen from the road on March 16, 2021. Discover Recovery applied for a conditional-use permit in January 2021 that would convert the property into a 15-bed inpatient drug treatment and recovery center. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record file photo)

Hearings examiner OKs Discover Recovery permit

Camas Hearings Examiner Joe Turner has ruled in favor of granting a conditional-use permit to Discover Recovery, a substance-abuse treatment and recovery center hoping to operate in Camas’ mostly residential…

April 29, 2021

Kindergarten enrollment for 2021-22 begins

School districts across Southwest Washington are now enrolling kindergarten students for the 2021-22 school year. While school may continue to look different in some respects because of the…