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August 8, 2019
Gary Schafte (left) attends a Bruce Springsteen concert in 2016 with his daughter, Lacey Bieker (center), and son, Ryan Schafte. (Contributed photos courtesy of Ryan Schafte)

Remembering Gary Schafte

Gary Schafte’s son, Ryan, says his dad loved working. And work was exactly where Schafte, of Washougal, was headed at 6:15 a.m., July 15, when his truck veered off Whitney Street in Washougal and collided with a BNSF freight train.

August 8, 2019
Fort Vancouver Regional Library employees participate in a rally at Vancouver Community Library on July 29. (Contributed photos courtesy of Dana Hoffman)

Negotiation over library wages stalls

Fort Vancouver Regional Library (FVRL) and the Washington Public Employees Association (WPEA) bargaining unit that represents 163 FVRL non-management staff members are at an impasse in their wage negotiations, which began 15 months ago.

August 8, 2019
(Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)
A Clark County Sheriff’s Office vehicle is parked outside Discovery High School in Camas on Monday, Aug. 5, where hundreds of Southwest Washington school leaders gathered for the 2019 School Administrators’ Emergency Training Summit.

Camas hosts day of school safety training

More than 400 Clark County school administrators gathered at Camas’ Discovery High School Monday, Aug. 5, for the 2019 School Administrators’ Emergency Training Summit. With two dozen courses to…

August 1, 2019

Woman killed in Wednesday night collision identified

Police have identified a woman was killed in a Camas-area collision Wednesday night as 22-year-old Kaylene Christensen of Washougal. According to a press release sent early Thursday morning, Clark County Sheriff’s…

August 1, 2019
Yoga instructors KC Johnson (third from left) and Jacquie Michelle (right) help their group of "Little Warriors" begin yoga practice at Body Bliss yoga studio in downtown Camas on Friday, July 26. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Building community one breath at a time

It’s a warm Friday afternoon in late July and the Camas Days Kids Parade has just finished winding its way down the town’s main drag. On the other end of Camas’ downtown core, children are starting to pour into the recently opened Body Bliss yoga studio.

August 1, 2019
A drone photo taken in mid-July shows equipment connected to what Gorge advocates say is an illegal rock-crushing operation at a Washougal mine in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. (Courtesy of Friends of the Columbia Gorge)

Washougal rock crushing raises alarm

Friends of the Columbia Gorge and neighbors of a Washougal rock-mining operation are again appealing to Clark County officials to help stop what they say is illegal rock crushing happening inside the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.