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October 27, 2022
Cohen Lee, 4, (left) and Bodhi Lee, 4, won awards for their "Paw Patrol" costumes during the city of Camas' Pumpkin Party at Liberty Middle School on Oct. 22, 2022. (Contributed photos courtesy of the city of Camas)

Camas throws a ‘pumpkin party’

Camas Parks and Recreation brought its popular Pumpkin Party (formerly known as Family Halloween Night) back to the city this month after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

October 27, 2022
Lindsay Smith, of Vancouver (left), and Vicki Green run in WhyRacing's Scary Run on Oct. 31, 2020, in Washougal. (Photo courtesy of The Columbian files)

Scary Run returns to Washougal this weekend

Vancouver-based Why Racing’s annual Scary Run will be held Sunday, Oct. 30, in Washougal. The event’s half marathon will begin at 8:30 a.m., with 5- and…

October 13, 2022
Washougal Safeway pharmacist Delaney Santon (courtesy of the Moxie Communications Group)

Washougal pharmacy technician honored

One day earlier this year, a woman visited the pharmacy at the Safeway store in Washougal with a major problem. She had been trying to get a prescription filled for her daughter’s medication but was running into some issues with her insurance company, which initially denied her request to fully cover the cost.

October 13, 2022
A child holds a pumpkin during the 2019 Washougal Harvest Pumpkin Festival. (Contributed photo courtesy of Michele Loftus)

Pumpkin Festival returns to Washougal

The city of Washougal will hold its annual Pumpkin Harvest Festival from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Hathaway Park. “The festival is back…

October 6, 2022
Top: Ulrike Halverson's watercolors hang in the Second Story Gallery on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.
Above: Ulrike Halverson's watercolor, "City in the Heart of Silesia," is part of an October art exhibit, "Silesian Stories" at the Camas Public Library's Second Story Gallery. (Photos courtesy of Lloyd and Ulrike Halverson)

Sister City Stories: Camas library highlights art, stories inspired by Polish sister cities

When Lloyd Halverson, the longtime Camas city administrator who helped guide Camas through its transition from a sleepy mill town to desirable suburban hub in the 1990s and early 2000s, thinks back on the many trips he and his wife, Ulrike Halverson, have made to Camas’ three Polish “sister cities,” he recalls personal stories of strength, determination and resilience.

September 29, 2022
Washougal resident John Scukanec enjoys a game of catch in 2022.

Catching On: Washougal man invites strangers to play catch

On the evening of Wednesday, March 2, John Scukanec grabbed a baseball, picked up his mitt and dragged his son, JR, out to the back yard of their Washougal home to play catch. It was 9:30 p.m., cold and wet, but Scukanec didn’t care. He had determined that he was going to play catch with somebody not only that day, but every day for the next calendar year.