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The 2012 Washougal High School football season kicked off in stunning fashion Friday night. The Panthers thumped the Hudson's Bay Eagles 50-0.
The 2012 Washougal High School football season kicked off in stunning fashion Friday night. The Panthers thumped the Hudson's Bay Eagles 50-0.

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August 10, 2023
Camas resident Doug Kabel creates oil paintings of mountains he's climbed, including the Himalayas in southeast Asia (above). (Contributed photo courtesy of Doug Kabel)

Washougal Art Festival returns to Reflection Plaza

The Washougal Arts and Culture Alliance (WACA) will hold its seventh annual Washougal Art Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Reflection Plaza, 1703 Main St., Washougal.

August 10, 2023
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 A Camas Police Department vehicle sits outside Camas High School March 30, 2023.

Camas officials mull 50-50 split to keep officers in schools

Camas Police Chief Tina Jones approached Camas City Council members this week with a request for city officials to increase the city’s share of a 23-year-old funding agreement between the city and the Camas School District that pays for two school resource officers (SROs).

August 10, 2023
Visitors to a city of Camas open house peruse illustrations showing zoning proposals for Camas' North Shore area Aug. 17, 2022, inside Lacamas Lake Lodge in Camas. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas North Shore subarea plan gets final approval

It’s official: after six years of subarea planning, Camas’ nearly 900-acre North Shore is poised to become a unique area featuring hundreds of acres of green space, mixed-use developments, stronger protections for trees, a focus on walkability and sustainability, a more diverse mix of housing types that should lead to more affordable housing options and a blend of zoning and design standards that will set North Shore apart from other Camas neighborhoods.

August 10, 2023

Washougal property owner proposes adventure park

A rural Washougal property owner has proposed to build a recreational park featuring a variety of outdoor amenities, including zipline courses and a “mountain coaster,” on his 150-acre site.

August 10, 2023
Colorado journalist Allen Best publishes a twice-monthly publication examining the impacts of a rapidly warming climate. (Courtesy of Writers on the Range)

A dogged reporter covers our roiling world

Usually seen with a camera slung around his neck, Allen Best edits a one-man online journalism shop he calls “Big Pivots.” Its beat is the changes made necessary by our rapidly warming climate, and he calls it the most important story he’s ever covered.

October 17, 2019

Child rapist released from jail early

A former Washougal School District employee and employees union president who was sentenced in November 2018 to serve 11 years in prison for raping and molesting a child was released from Clark County Jail on Sunday, Oct. 13.

January 3, 2019
Several chemicals, including lead and mercury, were removed from the soil at the former Hambleton Lumber Company site, at 335 S. "A" St., Washougal, in 2014. The Port of Camas-Washougal is asking the state legislature to support a state program that paid for most of the cleanup. (Port of Camas-Washougal)

Port puts priority on toxic cleanup

The Port of Camas-Washougal’s legislative agenda for 2019 includes continued funding for a state program that helped transform a once-toxic site into what is now one of the port’s shining achievements: the popular Washougal Waterfront Park and Trail.

March 9, 2018
Declan Reagan (right) and his twin brother, Adrian, enjoy playing with dinosaur toys in a treehouse at Skamania Lodge, in Stevenson. They stayed with their parents, Washougal Police Officer Francis Reagan and Lauren Reagan, in the treehouse in January, after Declan, 5, was released from the hospital with a terminal cancer diagnosis. "Making fun memories is one of our top priorities for our little dinosaur," Lauren said. (Contributed photos courtesy of the Reagan family)

Making Memories

The young son of a Washougal police officer, who has been battling cancer off and on for two years, recently visited the movie sets of “Jurassic World” and its sequel, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” thanks to the Make a Wish Oregon program.