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May 6, 2021

Washougal man wins ‘Rising Star’ award

Corey Dobbs left his parents’ Washougal home for good when he was 14. By 16, he had dropped out of high school. He had worked three part-time jobs, but after losing them all, Dobbs worried he would become homeless.

May 6, 2021
Washougal students work on a painting at Washougal High School in April 2021. The project is part of the Unite! Washougal community coalition's latest beautification project. (Contributed photo courtesy of Dani Allen)

Washougal students on mission to beautify their hometown

The metal post that holds the marquee sign in the parking lot of the Washougal Food Center, at 1736 “E” St., has seen better days. Some of the black paint used to spell out the word “liquor” has peeled away, revealing chunks of the original surface and turning the letter “I” into a silver splotch.

May 1, 2021
Fairgate Estate, a former bed and breakfast turned assisted living center in Camas' Prune Hill neighborhood, is seen from the road on March 16, 2021. Discover Recovery applied for a conditional-use permit in January 2021 that would convert the property into a 15-bed inpatient drug treatment and recovery center. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record file photo)

Hearings examiner OKs Discover Recovery permit

Camas Hearings Examiner Joe Turner has ruled in favor of granting a conditional-use permit to Discover Recovery, a substance-abuse treatment and recovery center hoping to operate in Camas’ mostly residential…

April 29, 2021

Kindergarten enrollment for 2021-22 begins

School districts across Southwest Washington are now enrolling kindergarten students for the 2021-22 school year. While school may continue to look different in some respects because of the…

April 29, 2021
Team members attend a ribbon cutting for a new boiler system at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in downtown Camas. Pictured from left to right are: Monty Akin, Erik Mattson, Pat Terry, Jim Ingenthron, Jon Busby, Shawn Wood and Lawrence Sylvester. (Contributed photo courtesy of Georgia-Pacific)

Camas paper mill installs new boiler

The Georgia-Pacific paper mill in downtown Camas announced April 22 that it has completed the checkout and startup phase of the mill’s new package boiler, part of a recent $15…