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Paige McKnight, a barista at Michele's Coffee Corner, in Washougal, makes a white chocolate caramel mocha Monday. The "E" Street business, owned by McKnight's mother Michele, has experienced a decline in business due to the economy as well as recent roadwork. The "E" Street construction project, which involves conversion of the road width to two through-lanes and a center left turn lane, as well as bike lanes and sidewalks from Sixth to 32nd streets, is expected to be completed in September.
Paige McKnight, a barista at Michele's Coffee Corner, in Washougal, makes a white chocolate caramel mocha Monday. The "E" Street business, owned by McKnight's mother Michele, has experienced a decline in business due to the economy as well as recent roadwork. The "E" Street construction project, which involves conversion of the road width to two through-lanes and a center left turn lane, as well as bike lanes and sidewalks from Sixth to 32nd streets, is expected to be completed in September.

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June 17, 2021
Fire vehicles sit outside East County Fire and Rescue Station 91, just north of Camas' city limits, in 2020. The fire district, which serves rural areas north of Camas and Washougal, recently used proceeds from a property sale to repay a $770,000 bond and save taxpayers nearly $100,000 in interest payments. (Contributed photo courtesy of East County Fire and Rescue)

Fire district repays $770K bond

In the past two years, local residents have supported the East County Fire and Rescue district (ECFR) by approving a fire levy lid lift and a six-year emergency medical services renewal levy. Without that assistance, ECFR, a small district that generates its revenue almost exclusively through property taxes, would certainly be facing more severe economic hardships right now than it already is.

June 4, 2020

Public meeting notices for week of June 4-11, 2020

Camas School District: The Board will meet remotely at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 8. Citizen comments will be accepted in written form only and must be received no later than 3 p.m. June 8. To send a comment, email gail.gast@camas.wednet.edu. For more information about the meeting or about how to watch or listen to the meeting, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes/

June 4, 2020

OPINION: Silence is not an option

If one thing has become clear during this week of overwhelmingly peaceful protests decrying not only the shocking death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black father killed May 25 after Minneapolis police officers kneeled on his handcuffed body, but also decades of police brutality against black Americans, it is that the young people of this country — particularly the young people of color organizing the protests and putting their own lives on the line to speak out against horrific social injustices that have plagued this nation since its beginning — are a powerful force for good.

June 27, 2019
Washougal School District’s director of technology, Les Brown, talks about the district’s new strategic plan during the Washougal school board meeting on June 11.

Washougal school leaders establish 6-year plan

Washougal School District leaders will adhere to a new set of “pillars” under the district’s recently approved six-year strategic plan. The plan, approved by the Washougal school board on…

June 7, 2011
Paige McKnight, a barista at Michele's Coffee Corner, in Washougal, makes a white chocolate caramel mocha Monday. The "E" Street business, owned by McKnight's mother Michele, has experienced a decline in business due to the economy as well as recent roadwork. The "E" Street construction project, which involves conversion of the road width to two through-lanes and a center left turn lane, as well as bike lanes and sidewalks from Sixth to 32nd streets, is expected to be completed in September.

Small businesses survive impacts of the economy and construction

Michele McNight spends six days a week working for herself, and she wants to continue living the dream of having her own business. As the owner of Michele's Coffee Corner, in Washougal, she has experienced financial difficulties due to the economy -- and more recently -- due to construction on "E" Street. McKnight is not alone with her frustrations as other companies on the busy road have also reported a decline in business.