Camas-Washougal Post-Record

January 20, 2022

Clark County Public Health says COVID-19 numbers continue to rise; testing in high demand

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…

January 20, 2022

Stride ‘fun run’ returns to Washougal in May

Staffing shortages force Washougal City Hall closure

January 20, 2022

Public meetings for the week of Jan. 20-26, 2022

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 [email protected] 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.

January 13, 2022

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks about the surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations caused by the omicron variant -- and the state's plan to send millions of at-home COVID-19 tests to Washingtonians --during a remote press conference on Jan. 5, 2022. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Inslee responds to virus surge

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee responded last week to the recent COVID-19 surge caused by the highly contagious omicron variant.

January 13, 2022

An aerial view shows the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in downtown Camas. Washington's Department of Ecology is working with G-P on an environmental cleanup plan to remedy toxic contamination on the site. The mill downsized in 2018, and shuttered its pulp mill, but still operates one paper line. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Downtown Camas Association)

Camas mill cleanup: Community advisory group forms, plans public meeting

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.

January 13, 2022

A welcome sign greets visitors at the Camas School District's headquarters Aug. 24, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas School District: ‘In-person is our priority’

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.

January 13, 2022

Washougal resident Jeannine Mills sits near some of the items she has collected for foster children in need. Community members can donate needed supplies for foster children through donation bins located throughout the city of Washougal. (Contributed photo courtesy of Jeannine Mills)

Foster parent revives supply drive for foster children

As a child, Jeannine Mills was a part of the foster care system. As an adult, she’s not only a foster parent, but a regional representative for the Washington State Department of Children Youth and Families and a former court-appointed special advocate for foster children in Clark County.

January 13, 2022

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