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February 11, 2021
Representatives from a Vancouver-based consulting firm told Port of Camas-Washogal leaders in January that they should focus on developing a long-term plan for Grove Field Airport. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Consultants to Port: Update airport plan, hire staff

A consultant group says the Port of Camas-Washougal is a well-run organization that values community feedback, but should address its underdeveloped plan for the long-term future of Grove Field Airport and consider hiring more staff members.

February 11, 2021
Washougal High School student Briahna Ruth (right) delivers a report to the Washougal School District board of directors during an October 2019 meeting at Canyon Creek Middle School. Washougal High School principal Sheree Clark is planning to relaunch the school's student representative program for the 2021-22 school year. (Post-Record file photo)

Rethinking student-rep selection process

Washougal High School leaders were supposed to begin the process of selecting the school’s student representatives to the Washougal School District board of directors for the 2020-21 school year in March 2020.

February 11, 2021
Kindergarten teacher Marilyn Canfield (left) leads students at Helen Baller Elementary School in Camas on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (Contributed photo by Doreen McKercher, courtesy of Camas School District)

As COVID-19 cases drop, Camas ramps up in-person learning

With Clark County COVID-19 rates falling from “high” to “moderate” over the past two weeks, the Camas School District is continuing to ramp up its school reopenings and send more students back to the classroom.

February 11, 2021
Camas-Washougal Fire Department Deputy Fire Marshal Randy Miller exposes a home sprinkler unit in the kitchen of his house in April 2016. (Contributed photo courtesy of Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Fighting fire with prevention

Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Nick Swinhart recently recalled his first encounters with Deputy Fire Marshal Randy Miller.  Miller was one of the first people Swinhart met after…

February 11, 2021
The first phase of the Waterfront at Parker's Landing development will include the construction of several streets and four buildings that will house apartments, retail businesses and restaurants. (Contributed graphic courtesy of Port of Camas-Washougal)

Developer hopes Washougal waterfront becomes community hub

Roy Kim wants the Waterfront at Parker’s Landing mixed-use urban center to provide visitors with “a sense of place” when it opens in 2024, and believes that the first phase of construction will allow the development to deliver on that promise.

February 9, 2021
Drivers pass by signs calling for voters to cast

Camas school levies are passing

Camas School District voters are passing two replacement levies tonight, in an election local school boosters have called “critical” to the future of Camas schools.  With…

February 4, 2021
Signs posted outside a downtown Camas business on Northeast Third Avenue in November 2020 advertise required COVID-19 mitigation protocols. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

COVID compliance complaints roll in

“I observed an employee … having a conversation, inside the cafe, with a customer. Neither were wearing a face mask. They were approximately three feet (from) each other. The employee was handing the customer food. This conversation went on for about five minutes.”