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July 17, 2025
Camas Education Association members walk out of Camas High School on Sept. 7, 2023, after voting to approve a new contract with the Camas School District. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Camas schools, teachers reach tentative deal

Camas teachers seem likely to avoid a repeat of the summer of 2023, when stalled contract negotiations led to the Camas School District’s first-ever teachers’ strike and delayed the start of the 2023-24 school year by nearly two weeks.

July 17, 2025
City of Camas crews travel along Lacamas Lake while spraying aluminum sulfate to the water on Tuesday morning in hopes of eliminating harmful algae blooms. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Camas treats lake to fight algae blooms

Lacamas Lake is getting a new weapon in the fight against toxic algae blooms. Crews from the city of Camas spent the early part of this week on boats spraying aluminum sulfate on the lake.

July 17, 2025
Washougal High School rising senior Nethuka Hiddoga Gamage, center, flanked by rising sophomore Olivia Alvarez, left, and rising senior Joselyn Guajardo, speaks during a community town hall, presented by the Unite! Washougal Community Coalition, at Washougal High School on June 30. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Club examines substance misuse in city

Members of Unite! Washougal Community Coalition’s Washougal High School Ambassadors club love Washougal and believe in the city’s potential but hope that local leaders and community members can come together to reduce substance abuse and other activities that they feel are damaging their cherished hometown.

July 17, 2025
Washougal native Levi Kitchen rides during the 2024 Pro Motocross Championship Washougal National event. (MX Sports Pro Racing, Inc.)

Levi Kitchen focused as he returns for Washougal race

Levi Kitchen has learned that he can’t let the attention that comes from his annual homecoming for the Washougal National motocross event overwhelm him if his goal of winning a professional race on his hometown track is going to become a reality.