All hail Camas Days’ ‘Queen Molly’
For the past several years, Molly Coston was known as “Mayor Molly.” Now, she may be known as “Queen Molly.” Read More
Washougal school board OKs setting aside $1M for new school site
The Washougal School District is preparing to purchase property for a new school, but isn’t expecting to build another educational facility until its student enrollment increases. Read More
Summertime ‘movie nights’ return to Washougal
In the summer of 2021, the Washougal Business Association (WBA), with help from the city of Washougal, put on a “summer movie night” series, showing three family-friendly flicks at Reflection Plaza. Read More
Heavy rainfall tests Steigerwald’s newly reconnected floodplain
A little more than one month after its completion, the new floodplain at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge has met its first challenge. Read More
Washougal City Council eliminates cemetery board
The Washougal City Council’s recent decision to eliminate the city’s cemetery board came to a great shock to that board’s president, Micki Mulder. Read More
Washougal Police Department earns prestigious accreditation
The Washougal Police Department has earned accreditation from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC), completing a multi-year mission to become recognized as one of the state’s most professionally run law enforcement agencies. Read More
Washougal woman turns love of thrifting, gardening into business
Some of Jordan Stillinger’s most vivid childhood memories involve summertime drives with her mother, who loved to seek out garage sales. Read More
American Empress arrives in Camas-Washougal
“Camas, Wash.” has been emblazoned on the stern of the American Empress paddlewheeler since 2014, but 2022 was the first time the Empress, the largest riverboat west of the Mississippi River, has attached itself to the Camas-Washougal dock originally slated to be the riverboat’s home port. Read More
Washougal grapples with rundown facility
City of Washougal leaders say they cannot wait any longer to address the city’s deteriorating operations center. Read More
‘We are the class that never lost hope’
While driving into work one morning several weeks ago, Washougal High School principal Sheree Gomez-Clark began to think about the speech she’d be delivering at the school’s upcoming graduation ceremony. She wondered how she could possibly sum up the character and grit of the class of 2022 and its accomplishments in a few sentences, and how she could say something to inspire a group of people that had inspired her for the past four years. Read More
