Camas High School football coach Adam Mathieson was selected as the 2024 Seattle Seahawks’ High School Football Coach of the Year in early December. A few days later, on Dec. 7, Mathieson’s Papermakers saw their hopes of a perfect season dashed in a loss to Sumner High Spartans in the Class 4A state championship game at Husky Stadium in Seattle.
East County Fire and Rescue (ECFR)’s new chief has held firefighting jobs for almost 20 years, but he views himself as a teacher as much as anything else.
Before the first Empty Bowls Camas event in September 2024, event organizer Jamie St. Clair told Nancy Wilson, the director of the Inter-Faith Treasure House in Washougal, that she hoped to raise $2,000 for the nonprofit organization, which provides food assistance to local residents in need.
Camas School District leaders say they will take the results of a community-wide survey that captured input from nearly 1,000 respondents into account as they begin to prepare budget cut recommendations expected to slash the district’s general fund budget by at least 10% before the 2025-26 school year.
The Camas Parks and Recreation Commission has rejected a series of possible remedies that could have helped soothe neighborhood complaints about loud noises coming from the shared-use tennis-pickleball courts at Crown Park.
Hundreds of visitors filled the streets of historic downtown Camas last week for the annual Hometown Holidays celebration, held Friday, Dec. 6.
The Camas City Council has approved Camas Mayor Steve Hogan’s 2025-26 biennial budget, which includes new revenue sources and reserves to fund business as usual in the city of Camas over the next two years.
When it comes to water issues, the city of Camas has had its fill. Over the past few years, city officials have tackled everything from improving the water quality in its toxic-algae-prone lakes to finding solutions for elevated levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in the City’s drinking water.
Camas City Council: The Council will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, at Camas City Hall, 616 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, and online via Zoom. The Council’s workshop, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, has been canceled. For more information, visit cityofcamas.us/yourgovernment/minuteagendavideo.
SEATTLE — As first-year Camas head football coach Adam Mathieson filed out of the locker room — the last of any Papermaker player or coach to do so…
