Camas-Washougal Post-Record

October 3, 2019

Safety planning ahead of LGBTQ events is a tragic necessity

Community news journalists are well-versed in the issue of safety planning. We talk about it in relation to natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes and floods. We write about it when covering issues related to domestic violence and the hardships people face when confronted with statistics that they are more likely to be murdered by an enraged and unstable romantic partner after they decide to leave. And we talk about it every time there is a mass shooting at a school, movie theater or nightclub.

September 26, 2019

September Cheers & Jeers: More collaboration, fewer childish outbursts

There’s a lot to celebrate this month, so we’re going to get the bad news out of the way first and then do a deep dive into the good stuff.

September 19, 2019

Washougal residents should weigh in on police chief decision

Washougal seems to have attracted four very strong candidates in its hunt for the city’s next chief of police.

September 12, 2019

Is lack of interest in Arts Commission example of volunteerism decline?

When we first reported the creation of the Washougal Arts Commission in May 2018, the idea seemed like a no-brainer: the group had $5,000 in seed money, a thriving network of local artists and Joyce Lindsay, a strong arts advocate and member of the Washougal City Council and the Washougal Arts and Culture Alliance, had thrown her weight behind the new commission.

September 5, 2019

Worried about homeless family trends? Blame income inequality

We know numbers have a way of dulling the message, but when it comes to the number 80, Camas folks should take note.

August 29, 2019

August Cheers & Jeers

If you know any newspaper reporters, you probably know our minds are usually thinking one to two weeks ahead of the calendar date and our short-term memory can be iffy. That’s why writing the monthly Cheers & Jeers editorial requires us to flip through every story we’ve published that month to find the issues that deserve a thumbs up — and those that deserve to be called out in a “jeers.”

August 22, 2019

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