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December 19, 2019
Jim Cooper (center) is sworn in to his Washougal School District No. 1 director position at a Dec. 9 meeting at Gause Elementary School. Later in the meeting, the board members voted for Cory Chase (left) to retain his board president position, and voted Angela Hancock (right) as board vice president.

Washougal school board greets newest member

As a former math and science professor and researcher, Jim Cooper is pretty good with numbers. But he wasn’t prepared for the onslaught of letters that he faced during his first meeting as a member of the Washougal School District (WSD) board of directors, held Dec. 10 at Gause Elementary School.

December 12, 2019
Karen and Peter Wood, of Camas, enjoy the seasonal Gingerbread Shake at the Camas Burgerville on Thursday, Dec. 5. 
(Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

New Burgerville shake has Camas tie

Local connoisseurs of Burgerville’s seasonal milkshakes may have noticed the Pacific Northwest-based fast food chain has a new flavor out this month: the Gingerbread Shake. What they may not…

December 12, 2019

Washougal to continue funding new firefighters

The city of Washougal will continue to fund the salary and benefit costs of two new Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) positions in 2020, but has not committed to the ongoing funding of the positions in 2021 and beyond.

December 5, 2019
Contributed photo courtesy of Camas-Washougal Fire Department 
 A Camas-Washougal Fire Department firefighter extinguishes an outbuilding fire in Washougal in September 2018.

Report lays out needs of Camas-Washougal Fire Department

The first time Zach Goodman addressed the Camas City Council about firefighter safety was in March 2018, just a few weeks after a two-person Camas-Washougal firefighter crew had pulled a man and his dogs from a burning house.