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August 30, 2018
Hiking to Table Mountain along the Pacific Crest Trail provides a new adventure on every journey.

Day hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

Most folks in Camas and Washougal know the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), our nation’s longest and most famous hiking trail, goes right through our backyard in the Columbia River Gorge, but many local hikers have never taken advantage of the legendary wilderness path.

August 23, 2018
Heidi Jo Curley does a live painting during the En Plein Air event in September 2017. Curley will do a live painting demonstration during the Vintage and Art Faire, Saturday, Aug. 25.

Hunting for treasure in downtown Camas

Treasures await the community at the 10th annual Camas Vintage and Art Faire, which will fill the city’s downtown streets from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25.

August 9, 2018
Shoppers flock to the 2017 Washougal Art Festival in downtown Washougal. This year's festival features regional, juried artists and will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 11, in Washougal's Reflection Plaza. For more information, visit washougalarts.org. (Contributed photo courtesy of Rene Carroll)

Washougal gears up for 2018 art festival

Interested in finding new, locally made art? Head out to the 2018 Washougal Art Festival in downtown Washougal Saturday to view work by 26 professional regional artists.

August 2, 2018
Maxine Ambrose, queen of the 2018 Camas Days festival, rides with family members in the Camas Days Grand Parade, Saturday, July 28. Ambrose, a 1948 Camas High School graduate, has volunteered with the Inter-Faith Treasure House, Soroptimist International of Camas-Washougal, the Camas-Washougal Historical Society, the Two Rivers Heritage Museum, the Lost and Found Cafe, Friends of the Cemetery, Boy Scouts and her children's school PTAs.

Camas Days delivers

Thousands gathered in downtown Camas for last weekend’s 2018 Camas Days festival. Some even donned paper outfits for the event, helping to celebrate Camas’ longtime traditions and mill town pride and honor this year’s Camas Days’ theme of “Celebrating Papermaker History.”

July 26, 2018
Washougal Mayor Molly Coston (center) talks about downtown Washougal from Reflection Plaza, July 13, during the Columbia River Economic Development Council's Main Street Day. Tour participants also visited downtown Camas, Vancouver, Ridgefield, La Center and Battle Ground.

Touring Main Street

Camas and Washougal were recently included in an all-day bus tour that transported representatives from the Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC), the Vancouver Downtown Association, the ports of Vancouver and Ridgefield and several cities around Clark County.

July 19, 2018
The Blair Building, located at 1801 Main St., in downtown Washougal, includes two restaurants and four future live/work studio apartments. The Clark County Historic Preservation Commission has added the building, constructed in 1925, to the county's Heritage Register.

Building to reflect Washougal history

A building in downtown Washougal that combines historic and whimsical touches is the newest addition to the Clark County Heritage Register.

July 5, 2018
Steve Chaney sits in his meticulously restored 1954 Chevrolet Corvette outside his home near the Camas-Vancouver border on June 28.

Classic Camas

If you’ve ever wandered around a classic car show and pondered how tough it might be to restore one of those gleaming beauties, Steve Chaney can assure you: It’s tough … like, “scouring for original parts for the better part of a year, spending more than $100,000 and throwing 1,100 hours toward restoration work” tough.

June 28, 2018
Jemtegaard Middle School eighth grader Annabella Arriola and Jemtegaard art teacher Dani Allen pose next to the birdhouses painted by Arriola and nine other classmates during Club 8, an afterschool program.

Little birdhouses for Washougal’s soul

Home to several community-created public art forms, Washougal City Hall stands out with its golden black heron sculpture, birdhouses decorated by community members and Capt. William Clark bronze bust.