Camas-Washougal Post-Record

December 9, 2021

Public meetings for week of Dec. 9-15, 2021

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13, in the Dennison Board Room at the Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The Board requires in-person meeting participants to adhere to COVID-19 mitigations, including wearing a face covering. The meeting will be livestreamed and available for later viewing on the school board’s YouTube channel. Written comments should be sent to Gail Gast at [email protected] by 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13. For more information, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes.

December 8, 2021

A police sketch of a suspect the Skamania County Sheriff's Office says tried to lure an 11-year-old Canyon Creek Middle School student into his vehicle while she was waiting for her bus in the 2000 block of Canyon Creek Road in Washougal around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Skamania County Sheriff's Office)

Sheriff’s Office: Man tried to lure child into vehicle at Washougal bus stop

Police say they are looking for a man who reportedly tried to lure an 11-year-old girl into his vehicle at a Washougal bus stop Wednesday morning. …

December 7, 2021

Alex Yost (left) takes notes while Blaine Peterson talks during the the March 23, 2018, meeting of the Washougal Citizens Advisory Committee, at Washougal City Hall. (Post-Record file photo)

Alex Yost resigns from Washougal City Council, citing ‘personal and professional reasons’

Washougal City Council member Alexandra “Alex” Yost has resigned from her position, effective immediately. Yost, who told The Post-Record she stepped down for “personal and professional…

December 2, 2021

A group gathers for a photo inside Camas Antique's front window during the 2018 Camas Hometown Holidays celebration on Dec. 7, 2018. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Hometown Holidays comes to downtown Camas this week

Camas’ Hometown Holidays celebration set for Friday, Dec. 3

December 2, 2021

The historic Joyce Garver Theater in Camas is pictured from the outside, midway through its remodel, in July 2021.

Historic Joyce Garver Theater remodel nearing completion

The Camas School District’s remodel of the historic Joyce Garver Theater has had its fair share of bumps in the road — including initial construction bids that came in more than $2 million over budget and unexpected construction requirements to bring the building up to modern seismic codes — but the project is finally nearing the finishing line.

December 2, 2021

A fire engine is pictured at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department Station 42 in Camas on Dec. 6, 2019. (Courtesy of The Columbian files)

Consultants: Camas-Washougal fire merger ‘not sustainable’

A nearly decade-long partnership between Camas and Washougal that formed the Camas-Washougal Fire Department in 2013, “has too many gaps to represent a sustainable model moving forward,” consultants told Camas and Washougal city officials during a Nov. 18 Zoom meeting.

December 2, 2021

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