January 25, 2024
Washougal OK’s utility rate hikes
Washougal utility customers will see increases in their water, sewer and stormwater bills over the next five years.
Washougal utility customers will see increases in their water, sewer and stormwater bills over the next five years.
A construction project happening in the heart of downtown Washougal has raised many people’s hopes that the long-awaited, new Washougal library building is finally going up.
Camas School District voters will soon decide the fate of two replacement levies that supplement state and federal funding and account for approximately 15% of the school district’s annual revenues.
Camas schools suffered at least $250,000 worth of damage during last week’s winter storms that blanketed the region in snow and ice over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, Jan. 13-15, and again on Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Angela Bunda decided to step back from her music career in 2015 after the birth of her first child. But since then, the 1999 Washougal High School graduate has been able to maintain a connection to her passion for music thanks to her involvement with The Bitchins, a Portland-based rock/horn band that performs just once per year to raise funds for people affected by a disease that afflicts one of its members.
A local business is planning to expand its stable of privately owned airplane hangars at Grove Field near Camas later this year.
Washougal historian Donna Sinclair opens museum’s 2024 Speaker Series with Feb. 1 presentation
Camas City Council: The Council will meet at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, and at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, for the Council’s annual two-day planning conference. For more information, including location and remote log-in details, visit cityofcamas.us/meetings
Faced with a $3 million budget shortfall, Washougal School District officials are reaching out to the community to provide feedback on possible budget reductions during the 2024-25 school year.
Back-to-back winter storms, fueled by cold arctic air and wind speeds that reached over 50 miles per hour (mph) in the Columbia River Gorge, blanketed the Vancouver metro area in snow and ice this week, causing power outages, downed tree limbs and a wind-driven residential fire that damaged a home on Southeast Blair Road, north of Camas-Washougal.
