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February 23, 2023

Public meetings, Feb. 23 through March 1, 2023

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, in the Dennison Board Room of the Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The workshop also will be livestreamed, with video available on the district’s website. To send a written comment, email gail.gast@camas.wednet.edu. For more information, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes

February 23, 2023
Ron Chant (left) and Outlaw Country Radio disc jockey Sam Morris stand outside the Washougal Times on Jan. 23, 2023. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal songwriter’s dream comes true

Ron Chant fell in love with country music as a boy growing up on a dairy farm in New Mexico, where he would sit in front of a small radio in his parents’ barn on Saturday nights to catch the latest songs from Johnny Horton, the Kershaw Brothers, a young Elvis Presley and many more on the famed Louisiana Hayride Show.

February 16, 2023
Stephanie "Sam" Westby, center, hugs her attorney Steve Thayer while her other attorney, Jacy Thayer, right, looks on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 9, 2023, in Clark County Superior Court. A judge acquitted her of second-degree murder and first-degree assault charges in the September 2019 fatal shooting of her husband. (Contributed photo by Becca Robbins, courtesy of The Columbian)

Camas woman acquitted in fatal shooting of husband

Stephanie “Sam” Westby sobbed as she embraced friends and family Thursday after a judge acquitted her of murder and assault charges in the September 2019 fatal shooting of her husband at their Camas home.

February 16, 2023
Bamini Pathmanathan, of Camas, answers questions during a Camas School Board workshop on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas School Board fills vacancy

The Camas School Board has found a replacement for former board member Doug Quinn, who resigned his school board position in December 2022, after being named the city of Camas’ new city administrator. On Monday, Feb. 13, the school board voted unanimously to appoint Bamini Pathmanathan to the vacant District 4 seat.

February 16, 2023
Camas Police Chief Mitch Lackey (right) serves customers at a Washougal Starbucks drive-thru as part of the 2022 Coffee with a Cop event Sept. 23, 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas continues search for new police chief

More than two months after a public meet-and-greet event introduced five Camas police chief finalists to the community, city officials say the search for Camas’ next top cop is still on.

February 16, 2023

Public meetings for week of Feb. 16-22, 2023

Camas City Council: The Council will a special meeting to conduct interviews with applicants hoping to fill former City Councilman Greg Anderson’s vacant Ward 3 seat, at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Camas City Hall, 616 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, and online via Zoom.

February 15, 2023
Washougal School District Administrative Assistant Kori Kelly (left), Washougal School Board member Angela Hancock (center) and WSD Assistant Superintendent Aaron Hansen (right) hold

Washougal School District levies failing

Preliminary results show Washougal School District voters are rejecting the school district’s two replacement levies placed on the Feb. 14 special election ballot. As of Tuesday, Feb. 14, with…