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February 24, 2022
A group of local residents, organized by Washougal Mayor Rochelle Ramos -- then a Washougal Parks Board member -- clean Washougal's downtown Reflection Plaza in July 2021. The city of Washougal is implementing a program that allows individuals or groups to "adopt" a city park and help with tasks such as litter pick-up, graffiti removal and flower planting. (Contributed photo courtesy of Washougal Mayor Rochelle Ramos)

Washougal puts parks up for adoption

Last July, then-Washougal mayoral candidate Rochelle Ramos gathered a group of friends and co-workers to clean up Reflection Plaza in downtown Washougal.

February 24, 2022
Camas Lions Club President Brian Scott (left) presents Washougal Community Library Branch Manager Rachael Ries (right) with a $1,001 check to help fund the new Washougal library building. Lone Wolf Development has donated land for a new library on Durgan Street between Main and

Camas Lions donate to Washougal library fund

The Camas Lions recently donated $1,001 to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation to contribute to the Washougal Community Library Building Fund.  The donation makes the…

February 3, 2022

City of Camas opens poster contest for parks signage

Camas Parks and Recreation is now accepting entries for poster designs to help promote the city’s policy prohibiting smoking and tobacco use within Camas parks. The city is currently developing…

January 27, 2022
Chuck and Janessa Stoltz stand on the back patio of their Camas business, Acorn & the Oak, on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Upping al fresco: Lakeside Camas restaurant could take outdoor dining to new level

Chuck and Janessa Stoltz, the owners of Camas’ unique, Lacamas Lake-adjacent Acorn & the Oak restaurant, had already weathered more than their fair share of hurdles when the city’s planning manager emailed another piece of bad news earlier this month: the city could not approve the couple’s plans to build a permanent cover over their back patio.

January 27, 2022
Two Rivers Heritage Museum volunteer Walt Eby leads a group of students on a tour of the museum in 2015. (Contributed photos courtesy of Rene Carroll)

Two Rivers Heritage Museum offering group tours

Though the Two Rivers Heritage Museum in Washougal is closed to the public for the winter season, visitors hoping to learn more about Washougal and local history can still book group tours of the local museum, located at 1 Durgan St., Washougal.