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December 19, 2024
An attendee looks at a handmade bowl during the Empty Bowls Camas event, held at the AWPPW Local 5 building in Camas, Sept. 17, 2024. (Contributed photos courtesy of Jamie St. Clair)

Empty Bowls Camas organizers aim for ‘bigger impact’ in 2025

Before the first Empty Bowls Camas event in September 2024, event organizer Jamie St. Clair told Nancy Wilson, the director of the Inter-Faith Treasure House in Washougal, that she hoped to raise $2,000 for the nonprofit organization, which provides food assistance to local residents in need.

December 19, 2024
Camas School District Superintendent John Anzalone addresses the Camas School Board during the Board's regular meeting, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Community weighs in on Camas School District’s looming budget cuts

Camas School District leaders say they will take the results of a community-wide survey that captured input from nearly 1,000 respondents into account as they begin to prepare budget cut recommendations expected to slash the district’s general fund budget by at least 10% before the 2025-26 school year.

December 19, 2024
An illustration shows the current configuration of Shepherd Road in Washougal (top) and plans to widen the road and allow for a shared-use pedestrian-bicyclist path (bottom). (Contributed graphic courtesy of the city of Washougal)

Washougal nabs $3.4M grant to widen Shepherd Road

The city of Washougal has received a $3.4 million grant for a project to widen a portion of Shepherd Road, allowing for on-street parking, a shared-use path, traffic calming and drainage improvements, and improved access to the Sandy Swimming Hole.

December 19, 2024
Camas residents Dawn Hendricks (left) and John Hendricks set up a pickleball net at the shared tennis-pickleball courts at Crown Park in Camas, Aug. 12, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas Parks Commission nixes pickleball fixes

The Camas Parks and Recreation Commission has rejected a series of possible remedies that could have helped soothe neighborhood complaints about loud noises coming from the shared-use tennis-pickleball courts at Crown Park.