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Opinion

April 13, 2017

Friends enhances community

Twenty-one years ago my wife Teresa and I bought a log home on the Washougal River in western Skamania County, Washington — a place where salmon and steelhead move up the river; deer, coyote and otters play along the banks; and heron and eagles use the river flyway to hunt and the trees to nest in. With the breathtaking beauty of the West End of the Columbia River Gorge only a few short miles from our doorstep, we truly feel we live in a rural paradise — a wild, special and sacred place.

April 6, 2017

Lessons learned from demise of aluminum Industry

Driving east along SR 14 these days, you see water pouring out of Columbia River dams. It is already a high water year with much of the runoff from our heavy mountain snowpack yet to come.

March 24, 2017

Make saving farmland a priority in county

The role that agriculture has played in the heritage of Camas and Washougal is easily assessed by the existence of Prune Hill as one of the area’s landmarks.

March 24, 2017
Rep. Liz Pike, R-18

On transportation issues, we need visionary, forward-thinking solutions

Recently, I held a town hall meeting to discuss future transportation solutions. More than 150 citizens attended to hear about creative ideas presented by the private sector. From that outreach and dozens of meetings with business leaders and citizens, several important points have become apparent as we look to solve our local transportation crisis.

March 16, 2017

Port of C-W vital to future of region

An opening on the Port of Camas-Washougal Commission — and vast interest in the position — serves as a reminder of the port’s importance to the local economy.

March 9, 2017

Local teams have many reasons to celebrate

There is a reason that sports receive so much attention in our society. Actually, they are several reasons, but one of them is that sports often reflect the best of human nature, with athletes challenging themselves and trying to be a little bit better than they were the day before.

March 2, 2017

Washougal gets ahead of the curve on growth

As Clark County’s long-running wrangling over the Growth Management Act has demonstrated, preparing for future expansion can be a difficult task for governments at the local level. But Washougal appears to be taking a well-reasoned approach in plotting for the city’s growth.