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December 24, 2020
Contributed photo courtesy Chris Collins 
 Construction crews revamped the parking lot at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year as part of the Steigerwald Connection Project. (Contributed photo courtesy of Chris Collins)

Steigerwald project had ‘productive year’

2020 has been a big year for the massive Steigerwald Reconnection Project happening at the national Steigerwald Lake wildlife refuge located on the edge of Washougal.

December 17, 2020
Jess Moore, owner of Champ Camp Training and Fitness in Washougal, will hold a "holiday ball giveaway" event at his facility on from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20. (Contributed photo courtesy of Jess Moore)

Champ Camp hosts ball giveway this weekend

When Jess Moore opened Champ Camp Fitness and Training in Washougal in July, he hoped that the facility would become a “community development project,” providing opportunities to low-income youth through scholarship programs, holding fundraisers, sponsoring community events and establishing close working relationships with Washougal High School athletes.

December 17, 2020
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 Les and Wanda Sonneson pose for a photograph on Dec. 20, 1945, one day before their wedding in Seattle.

‘Love at first sight’

Les Sonneson believes the key to his long-lasting marriage with his wife, Wanda, is their ability to “cut off the arguments as soon as possible.”

December 10, 2020
A lighted holiday tree stands in front of the Liberty Theatre in downtown Camas on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas, Washougal swing into holiday mode

The holiday season may look a little different this year during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the cancellation of events like Camas’ traditional Hometown Holidays and Washougal’s Lighted Christmas Parade, but there are still plenty of season’s greetings to be found in the cities’ downtown shopping districts.

December 10, 2020
Former Washougal resident Angela Ridgway stands with "Millie," one of two metal herons that she created for display at the roundabout on Highway 14 and Washougal River Road. (Contributed photo courtesy of Angela Ridgway)

Angela Ridgway remembers push to grow Washougal art scene

After moving from California to Washougal in 2014, metal artist Angela Ridgway quickly settled into the Clark County arts community, opening a studio in downtown Vancouver and joining the Washougal Arts and Culture Alliance (WACA), helping the nonprofit organization to put on its annual Washougal Art Festival.

December 10, 2020
The Washougal Motocross Park's "Holidays in the Hills" lights tour is being offered five days per week through Jan. 1. (Contributed photo courtesy Ryan Huffman)

Washougal MX Park hosts ‘Holidays in the Hills’

Even though Ryan Huffman describes himself as more of a “dirt guy” who’d rather move things around with equipment than create them, he’s relished the opportunity to use his imagination while putting together a holiday lights tour at Washougal Motocross Park. He will, for example, point out the fact that he was the one who came up with the idea for one of the tour’s signature displays, a “Grinch” knocking over a tree with a bulldozer.