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August 20, 2020

Downtown Camas infrastructure analysis complete

Camas City Council members this week discussed the recent results of a downtown Camas infrastructure analysis recently completed by the consulting group, MacKay Sposito. Camas Public Works Director Steve Wall…

August 20, 2020

Camas ties budget to state’s reopening phases

How do you build a two-year budget during a pandemic that seems to shift course every few weeks? That’s what city officials in Camas are grappling with this month, as they head into the city’s 2021-22 biennial budget process.

August 20, 2020
Community members create public art outside the Camas Public Library in July. (Contributed photos courtesy of Camas Public Library)

Public art in Camas becomes ‘chalk war’

Camas city leaders are trying to find the best way to encourage public expressions of art after two incidents — one that erased several Black Lives Matter chalk drawings near the Camas Public Library and another involving an unsanctioned BLM sign at Crown Park — caught the public’s attention this summer.

August 20, 2020
The Octopi Ink tattoo shop opened in downtown Washougal in July. (Contributed photos courtesy of Henry McCallum)

Tattoo artists open Octopi Ink in downtown Washougal

After working for tattoo shops in the Vancouver-Portland metro area for several years, Henry “Smallz” McCallum and Jennie Mastaler were ready and eager to own and operate a place of their own.

August 13, 2020
Washougal resident Jess Moore, a former professional fighter, opened Champ Camp Training & Fitness in Washougal last month. (Contributed photo courtesy Jess Moore) (Contributed photos courtesy of Jess Moore)

Former pro fighter opens Champ Camp Training in Washougal

Several years ago, John Watkins struggled with depression after his young son was diagnosed with cancer. But one day, Jess Moore, a Washougal resident, strength and conditioning coach and former professional fighter, invited Watkins, a kickboxing and Jiu Jitsu enthusiast, to train with him — not, he said, because he wanted Watkins’ money, but because he genuinely cared about his friend’s well-being.