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Nikayla Banks, vice president of the Washougal High School Interact Club, and member Nick Costa-Stange, planted marigolds and pansies Friday afternoon at the Washougal Memorial Cemetery. Several Interact members were involved in the volunteer planting effort, to prepare the site for Memorial Day weekend.
Nikayla Banks, vice president of the Washougal High School Interact Club, and member Nick Costa-Stange, planted marigolds and pansies Friday afternoon at the Washougal Memorial Cemetery. Several Interact members were involved in the volunteer planting effort, to prepare the site for Memorial Day weekend.

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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.

November 29, 2018
Trees line the streets of downtown Camas. City leaders recently passed Camas' Urban Tree Program to protect trees in new developments. Now, city councilors are looking at protections for Camas' unique "heritage" trees.

Camas may grow tree program

A little more than two months after implementing the city’s Urban Tree Program, designed to protect trees in new Camas developments and increase fines for harming trees in open spaces and park lands, city leaders in Camas are considering further protections for the city’s tree canopy.

May 24, 2018
The railroad tracks near George Schmid Memorial Park where a 15-year-old boy had his leg severed by a train moving about 3 mph on Wednesday, May 16.

Train severs teen’s leg in Washougal

Officials say the 15-year-old boy whose leg was severed after being hit by a train in Washougal on May 16 was attempting to crawl under the train when he was hit.

May 20, 2014
Nikayla Banks, vice president of the Washougal High School Interact Club, and member Nick Costa-Stange, planted marigolds and pansies Friday afternoon at the Washougal Memorial Cemetery. Several Interact members were involved in the volunteer planting effort, to prepare the site for Memorial Day weekend.

Local groups plan Memorial Day commemorations

Memorial Day weekend in Camas and Washougal will feature several remembrances and tributes. Originally called Decoration Day, it is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.