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October 3, 2019
Jemtegaard Middle School counselor Kirstin Albaugh (left) talks with seventh-grader Laura Perez and eighth-graders Arianna Reyes-Piedra and Efrain Garcia on Sept. 30 about the College Bound Scholarship program, which will be a topic of conversation at the Washougal School District's next "Spanish Speaking Family Night" later this month. (Contributed photo courtesy of Rene Carroll)

WSD reaches out to Latino families

Last spring, Washougal resident Sandy Renner approached Jemtegaard Middle School principal David Cooke to express her frustration with the Washougal School District’s inability to effectively communicate with its Spanish-speaking families.

September 26, 2019

Camas schools, classified workers reach deal

The Camas School Board this week approved a three-year bargaining contract with the SEIU 1948 Public School Employees of Camas union that represents the district’s hundreds of classified workers.

September 26, 2019
Option A has a roadway that follows a trail along the Columbia River; a cove, left in its natural state; and buildings across from the trail designed to create offsets for seating areas in restaurants and shops and provide protection from the elements.

Waterfront plan coming into focus

For the past several months the Port of Camas-Washougal has been soliciting feedback from local residents about their preferences for the Port’s waterfront development.

September 19, 2019
Camas-Washougal fire firefighters battle an outbuilding fire on G Street on Wednesday afternoon. (Contributed photo courtesy Camas-Washougal Fire Department)

Washougal garage damaged by fire

A garage in Washougal was damaged by fire on Sept. 18. At 11 a.m., members of the Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) were dispatched to a report of a structure fire…

September 19, 2019
A volunteer holds a juvenile western pond turtle at Turtle Haven in Skamania County on Tuesday, Sept. 10. (Contributed photos by Jason Wettstein, courtesy of WDFW)

Turtle release gives threatened species a head start in Skamania County

An important part of the Columbia River Gorge ecosystem, the threatened western pond turtle, got a boost last week after Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staffers released young pond turtles at “Turtle Haven,” a protected Skamania County site owned by the Friends of the Columbia Gorge.