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June 19, 2025
A new report from an environmental watchdog group claims greenhouse gas emissions from paper mills using older boilers are significantly underreported. The Georgia-Pacific mill in Camas, seen here on June 10, 2025, was included in the report, although the company said it has replaced the mill’s boiler. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Researchers: paper mills generate more greenhouse gases than reported

A new report from Environmental Integrity Project — a national watchdog group founded by Eric Schaffer, former director of the Environmental Protection Agency — claims some paper mills could be generating up to three times more greenhouse gas emissions than reported.

June 19, 2025
Customers line up at Theony Farms'; berry booth at the Camas Farmer's Market on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The 18th annual market runs from 3-7 p.m. each Wednesday in downtown Camas through Oct. 1. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas Farmer’s Market kicks off 2025 season

Sun-ripened berries seemed to be the star of the June 11 Camas Farmer’s Market, with crowds of buyers lined up at every vendor booth showcasing freshly picked strawberries. But they weren’t the only thing enticing hundreds of marketgoers to downtown Camas that day.

June 19, 2025
The Interstate 5 Bridge as seen from downtown Vancouver on Sept. 20, 2024. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

I-5 Bridge tolls closer to reality

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill last week updating the state’s authorization to toll the Interstate 5 Bridge. The move follows a Washington bill Gov. Bob Ferguson signed last month that allows the state to issue $2.5 billion in state bonds to pay for part of the bridge replacement project before tolls make up that cost.

June 12, 2025
Shared-use pickleball-tennis courts at Camas’ Grass Valley Park sit empty on Friday evening, June 6, 2025 (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Parks chief seeks solution to pickleball-tennis conflict

As long as there have been shared tennis-pickleball courts in Camas, there have been clashes — among players vying for more court time, neighbors tired of hearing the recognizable “thwack” of a pickleball racket hitting the ball, and other park users frustrated by crowded parking lots and what they say are an influx of out-of-state pickleball players.