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July 11, 2019
Camas School District Superintendent Jeff Snell speaks to the Camas School Board at a June 24 board meeting. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas schools still $4 million short

The Camas School District Board of Directors will meet next week to discuss the budget, a looming deficit and local tax levy rates at a workshop scheduled for Monday, July 22.

July 11, 2019
The Camas Friends Church will host a "Lights for Liberty" candlelit vigil, co-sponsored by the Children's Home Society of Southwest Washington, at 8:30 p.m., Friday, July 12, to highlight abuses happening to asylum seekers and refugees on the southern United States border. The vigil will be held in the church parking lot, located in downtown Camas, at 1004 N.E. Fourth Ave. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Vigil to highlight abuses at border

A Camas church will host a “Lights for Liberty” vigil to highlight abuses faced by asylum seekers and refugees on the United States’ southern border and call for an end to human detention camps being run by the U.S. government.

July 11, 2019
(Contributed photo courtesy of Chuck and Barbara Carpenter) Chuck and Barbara Carpenter were named the 2019 Camas Days Senior Royal Court king and queen.

Washougal couple named king, queen

The Camas-Washougal area means different things to different people, but for the 2019 Camas Days Royal King and Queen, Chuck and Barbara Carpenter, it’s all about finding their perfect spot.

July 11, 2019
Ashlyn Anderson said that winning first place in Showmanship at the Pacific Northwest Invitational Championship was her biggest goal for her high school equestrian career, and she acheived it in her junior year.

Camas teen is Washington’s No. 1 high school equestrian

Camas equestrian Ashlyn Anderson went head-to-head with the top high school equestrians in the Pacific Northwest and finished No. 1 in the “showmanship” category at the Pacific Northwest Invitational Championships in Redmond, Oregon, this summer.

July 4, 2019
Washougal resident Diana Hooper (right) hikes the Beacon Rock trail with her friend, Teresa Casad (left), on June 30. Hooper has hiked the popular Columbia River Gorge trail more than 50 times.

In 2018, visitors flocked to Beacon Rock

In the year following the 2017 Eagle Creek wildfire, which closed a number of popular hiking trails on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, at…

July 4, 2019

Camas Days should be ‘sweet’ way to end July

Are you ready for Camas Days? The 45th annual celebration, which regularly attracts more than 12,000 people to downtown Camas the last weekend in July, returns July 26-27 for two…

July 4, 2019

News Briefs

Toxic algae advisories lifted at Camas lakes Clark County Public Health lifted its toxic algae advisories at Lacamas and Round lakes in Camas this week, but said an advisory…

July 4, 2019
Visitors to the 2019 Camas Car Show check out a blue 1966 Ford Mustang Fastback owned by Sam and Cherrie Melton on Saturday, June 29, in downtown Camas. The Mustang won this year’s “Best in Show” award and will be featured on the 2020 Camas Car Show promotional materials and posters.

Classic cars draw a crowd

Coordinators of the Camas Car Show couldn’t have planned a more perfect day for the 14th annual classic vehicle show, which took place from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturday, June…