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November 26, 2025
Black Drongo Brewery co-founders Devin Nail, left, and Tim Smith pose for a photo at their Yilan City, Taiwan, brewery. (Contributed by Black Drongo Brewery)

Camas graduates brew up success in Taiwan

Tim Smith and Devin Nail have known each other since the late 1990s when they became tomodachi (friends) in a Camas High School Japanese class. As adults, they both got into the Portland beer scene and started homebrewing in 2004. They eventually reunited in Taiwan. Nail moved to the Asian island in 2008, followed by Smith in 2010. There, they began brewing once again, motivated by their new country’s relative lack of quality craft brews.

November 26, 2025

Fire contained at industrial park building

A fire caused minor damage to a Port of Camas-Washougal industrial park building on Nov. 18. The fire, which occurred at 4035 Grant St. in Washougal, was fully contained to…