The nonprofit East County Citizens’ Alliance has mobilized volunteer crews to clean stretches of state Highway 14 through Camas and Washougal since 2022. In that time, the volunteers removed an estimated 24,000 pounds of trash under the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Adopt-a-Highway program.
Mark Silliman devotes hours each month to picking up trash along state Highway 14.
Richard Cherwitz didn’t always have a voice.
The demolition of a boiler at Georgia-Pacific’s downtown Camas mill unleashed a loud boom and a giant cloud of dust the morning of April 1.
Washington legislators agreed last month to spend $1.5 billion over the next six years to help preserve the state’s roads and bridges but denied a $125 million request to widen the narrow, two-lane West Camas Slough Bridge that connects the cities of Camas and Washougal on state Highway 14.
Bubble baths are a time-honored way to reduce stress, as is the Japanese practice of “forest bathing,” or immersing yourself in nature. Now sound baths — a therapeutic practice using sound to a calming effect — are popping up all over Clark County as people seek new ways to relax in these anxiety-ridden times.
Ethan Harris has a hard time choosing his fondest memory from the 2025-26 Camas boys basketball season because of how many stand out.
Tenzin Kelsang’s introduction to the swimming pool came when he was just 3 years old.
The city of Camas has selected Kevin Bergstrom as the next fire marshal for the Camas-Washougal Fire Department.
Among the 45 adventurers who crossed the North American continent as part of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery in 1804-1806 was one who never chose to join the journey, yet contributed to its success in surprising and crucial ways. After the expedition was over, it’s beyond surprising to learn how that heroic figure was treated with ingratitude and contempt, and mostly vanished from the history books.
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