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Rachel Rice rides in the fast lane for the Papermakers against Evergreen. The Camas High School senior will be wearing her pink uniform for the last time during Hoops for Pink night Friday, in the Camas warehouse.
Rachel Rice rides in the fast lane for the Papermakers against Evergreen. The Camas High School senior will be wearing her pink uniform for the last time during Hoops for Pink night Friday, in the Camas warehouse.

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August 5, 2021

Influence peddling threatens democracy

Modern-day democracy has numerous weaknesses, as we’ve been made well aware: policy differences that cannot be resolved, corruption, manipulation of voting and elections, and the refusal of one side to allow the other to pass legislation.

March 11, 2021
Camas School District superintendent Jeff Snell greets new students during the first day of school at Discovery High School on Sept. 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy of The Columbian files)

Camas schools superintendent: ‘It’s hard to say goodbye’

After leading the Camas School District through a decade worth of ups and downs, Camas schools superintendent Jeff Snell has announced he will step down at the end of the 2020-21 school year to take a new position as superintendent of the Vancouver Public Schools district.

December 24, 2020

Annual Walk & Knock event shatters fundraising record

Walk & Knock’s “Drive & Drop” food drive this year brought in more than 130,000 pounds of food while raising a record $110,000. The Camas-Washougal dropoff site at ERS Rentals brought in 6,767 pounds of food.

December 24, 2020
A group protests school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic in front of the Washougal School District headquarters on Dec. 17, 2020. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal greenlights school reopenings

Several dozen parents and students gathered in front of the Washougal School District office on Dec. 17 for an informal rally, waving signs in front of honking automobiles and calling for the district to reopen its buildings for in-person instruction.

December 19, 2019
Anna Davis (second from right) instructs (from left to right) Isabella Pritchard, Lucy Hoff, Kayleigh Purdin, Lorelai Fortman and Maelynn O'Bryant at A Place to Create in November. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘Place to Create’ woos local crafters

While growing up on her family’s nursery in Portland, Anna Davis was raised with a particular set of values. She learned that money alone wouldn’t make her happy. She learned the importance of pursuing her passions. And she learned that she loved to do things her way.

July 19, 2018
The Blair Building, located at 1801 Main St., in downtown Washougal, includes two restaurants and four future live/work studio apartments. The Clark County Historic Preservation Commission has added the building, constructed in 1925, to the county's Heritage Register.

Building to reflect Washougal history

A building in downtown Washougal that combines historic and whimsical touches is the newest addition to the Clark County Heritage Register.