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October 17, 2024

Marina tenant questions Port’s dinghy storage

A local boat owner is questioning Port of Camas-Washougal commissioners’ recent decision to restrict the amount of time a tenant can store their dinghy in the marina’s free storage area.

October 17, 2024
A mining truck drives down Southeast 356th Avenue in 2018. (Photo by Peter Cornelison, courtesy of Friends of the Columbia Gorge)

Washougal Pit owner tries again to resume mining

One year after being denied by Clark County, Ridgefield resident Judith Zimmerly is once again attempting to obtain permits to resume mining on her property known as the Washougal Pit.

October 10, 2024
Fifth-graders from Columbia River Gorge Elementary School help catalog flora and fauna at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Washougal in September 2024.

Washougal students explore Steigerwald refuge

Even though the Columbia River Gorge Elementary School (CRGE) fifth-graders’ recent field trip took them just one mile from their school, it brought them to a completely different world, teeming with scenic landscapes and ecosystem diversity.

October 10, 2024
The city of Washougal’s homeowners association and neighbhorhood registry (above) displays an interactive map of Washougal and contact information of registered HOAs or neighborhoods (outlined in yellow, green and blue). (Screenshot by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal launches neighborhood registry

Sherry Montgomery recently conducted an unofficial count of the neighborhoods in Washougal as part of her latest project in her role as the city of Washougal’s community aesthetics program coordinator. She said that she was surprised when her count added up to about 200.

October 10, 2024
People stand in line before the opening of the new Goodwill superstore in Washougal, Oct. 3, 2024. (Photos by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Goodwill Bargain Hunting

Washougal’s newest business is bringing a bit of goodwill — figuratively and literally — to East Clark County.

October 3, 2024
A poster on a wall at Jemtegaard Middle School in Washougal thanks students for keeping their cell phones off and in their backpacks during classtime. (Contributed photo courtesy of Washougal School District)

WSD: No sudden changes to cell phone policy

Washougal School District (WSD) leaders say they will focus on enforcing the district’s existing cell-phone policy rather than make any sudden changes, such as banning students from having cell phones available to them during the school day.

October 3, 2024
Pam Clark shows a visitor baskets of Bingo prizes at The Outpost in Washougal, Sept. 25, 2024. (Photos by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

The Outpost, a community resource center in Washougal, set to close Oct. 31

The Outpost, a former church building at the heart of “E” Street in Washougal, has slowly morphed into a community resource center since its launch in 2017, hosting various events and local organizations, offering event hall space and meeting rooms for rent, and housing kids activities and a teen leadership camp led by Lone Wolf Jiu Jitsu owner Don Stoner.