Camas-Washougal Post-Record

May 2, 2019

Supporting local artists helps ‘creative economy’ thrive, puts Washougal on the map

During the course of reporting on events like the upcoming Washougal Studio Artists Tour and the annual Clark County Open Studios Tour, both of which allow the public to visit artists working in their own studio spaces, two things have become clear: first, people are hungry to make real-life, in-person connections with makers in their community; and second, city leaders would be wise to promote and encourage this type of “creative tourism” in the Camas-Washougal area.

April 25, 2019

April Cheers & Jeers

We have several “cheers” to give out this month, so let’s jump right into it:

April 18, 2019

Post-Record is moving, not disappearing

As we prepare to move out of the Post-Record’s offices in downtown Camas, there is one thing that has become very apparent: we are moving, but we aren’t really going…

April 11, 2019

Youth, health winners in ‘Tobacco 21’ passage

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law this month that will raise the legal age for buying tobacco products, including vaping products and cigarettes, from 18 to 21.

April 4, 2019

We can’t ‘bootstrap’ our way out of an affordable housing crisis

As we get closer to the 2020 presidential election year, the issue of affordable housing — or, rather, the lack of it — is likely going to resonate with voters across the political spectrum.

March 21, 2019

Police in schools article a jumping-off point

One of the first things you learn in any decent journalism degree program is that journalists, whether they work for a national television outlet or a tiny community newspaper, must operate according to the Journalists Code of Ethics.

March 14, 2019

Get over your fear, Clark Griswold: roundabouts are safer, faster option

Having covered towns and cities all over the country as a newspaper reporter, I’m always fascinated by what gets people riled up enough to attend public meetings and open houses.

March 7, 2019

With women coaches we all win

Having been a shy bookworm who grew up in a football-obsessed town just 30 minutes away from Penn State University during its “JoePa” heyday — when legendary coach Joe Paterno led the team to two national championships in 1982 and 1986 — I’ve always had an urge to run in the other direction (preferably straight to the closest library) when confronted by people’s in-your-face enthusiasm for sports.

February 28, 2019

February Cheers & Jeers

Considering the fact that we’re writing this on a morning when the cold wind whipping in from the Columbia River Gorge forced our editor’s Siberian huskies inside almost immediately after they’d been freed to the snowy backyard, it is appropriate to give our first February Cheers to those who help this area’s most vulnerable find shelter from the storm.

February 21, 2019

We didn’t start the ‘far right’ fire

In the week since we published a news article detailing an upcoming “Enforce the Second Amendment” rally at a Washougal gun shop, dozens of people — some local, some writing from places as remote as Kodiak, Alaska — have emailed, called, written letters to the editor and stopped by our office to voice everything from confusion to “disgust” to outright anger over the phrase “far right,” which was used to describe the Patriot Prayer and “Three Percenters” groups heading to Washougal to rally against the state’s new, voter-approved gun-control measures.

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