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October 17, 2019

Child rapist released from jail early

A former Washougal School District employee and employees union president who was sentenced in November 2018 to serve 11 years in prison for raping and molesting a child was released from Clark County Jail on Sunday, Oct. 13.

October 10, 2019
Ray Kutch, a Washougal resident since 1990, is running for re-election to his Council No. 5 position. "We're going to help each other," he said. "That's my goal, to try to help bring people to this community and make it better."

Newcomer challenges Washougal incumbent

In the only contested Washougal City Council race, councilman Ray Kutch is vying against challenger Denise Korhonen in the Nov. 5 general election to retain the council position 5 seat he’s held for nearly three years.

October 10, 2019
Members and volunteers from a Villages NW group in Portland enjoy an outing. A newly formed Villages Clark County group seeks to help seniors age in place. (Contributed photo courtesy of Villages Clark County)

Nonprofit organizes volunteers to help seniors age in place

In Hillary Clinton’s book, “It Takes a Village,” the former Secretary of State is referring to an African proverb that says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” But the same could be said of helping seniors “age in place.”

October 10, 2019
Illustration by LSW Architects, courtesy of city of Camas 
 A design proposal shows what the Camas City Hall Annex building, located on Northeast Fourth Avenue, one block west of the main City Hall building in the former Bank of America space, will contain once renovations are complete. The Annex is expected to become a new permitting center for the city and also provide room for the Camas-Washougal Fire Marshal's office.

Camas OKs $1M to fix up City Hall

Camas city councilors on Monday approved a nearly $1 million contract for the renovation of the Camas City Hall lobby and the new City Hall Annex building.

October 9, 2019

Election season heats up

With a mayor’s race that now has two write-in candidates; a hotly debated $78 million community-aquatics center bond proposal; and several contested city council, school board and port commission seats headed to voters in the Nov. 5 general election, there is no shortage of political information flowing through Camas and Washougal this election season.

October 3, 2019

Washougal begins 2020 budget process

The city of Washougal’s general fund operating budget “is very tight heading into 2020,” according to Washougal City Manager David Scott.

October 3, 2019
Family Promise of Clark County Director Linda Winnett stands inside the day center at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Camas on Sept. 26. Families experiencing homelessness enrolled in the Family Promise program stay at local partner churches at night, then have access to the day center's computer, phones, laundry facilities, showers and more during the daytime.

Community Chest kicks off 2020 campaign

The Camas-Washougal Community Chest is edging closer to its 75th birthday, but the local grant-funding organization shows few signs of slowing down.