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May 9, 2024
Adret Artist Collective members, from left to right, Regina Westmoreland, Judi Clark, Ellen Nordgren and Elizabeth Dye talk about their art at the Collective’s shared studio space in Washougal on May 2, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Local artist group mourns, regroups after unexpected loss

The Adret Collective, composed of several East Clark County artists who work in shared studio space in rural Washougal, reached a crossroads in August 2023, after one of the group’s founders, Angela Swanson, died unexpectedly at the age of 54, following heart surgery complications.

May 9, 2024
A sign greets visitors to the Port of Camas-Washougal’s Grove Field airport north of Camas in 2020. The Port will hold an open house on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, to discuss its request to annex Grove Field into Clark County’s urban growth boundary. (Post-Record file photo)

Port to discuss Grove Field annexation plans with public

The Port of Camas-Washougal will hold an open house from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, to provide community members with information about its request to annex Grove Field airport into Clark County’s urban growth boundary.

May 9, 2024
Washougal High School student Joselyn Guajardo (far right) talks about the school’s Breathe Easy group while fellow group members Angel Garibay-Villa (far left), Eduardo Gonzalez-Campos (second from left), and Gabriella McCormick (second from right) listen during a Washougal City Council meeting held April 22, 2024. (Screenshot by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal students launch campaign to educate about underage substance abuse

Washougal High School sophomore Angel Garibay-Villa asked Washougal City Council members during their April 22 Council meeting to guess how many Washougal High students use vaping products. After a few seconds of deliberating, Washougal Mayor David Stuebe ventured a guess: “30 percent? I hope not.”

May 2, 2024
Children run from the starting line during the 2023 Student Stride for Education event in Washougal. (Contributed photo courtesy of Greg Brown)

‘Stride Run’ grants promote reading in Washougal schools

For the past several months, Washougal School District (WSD) elementary school students have been “reading around” their libraries thanks to a new program that encourages them to discover new literary genres and write book reviews.

April 25, 2024
Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton (Photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

Washougal School District superintendent to depart

Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton has accepted a job leading the Lake Stevens School District in Lake Stevens, Washington. The Washougal schools head will transition into her…

April 25, 2024
Washougal Mayor David Stuebe (right) talks with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Washougal, July 7, 2023. (Contributed photo courtesy of the city of Washougal)

Washougal mayor to vie for 17th District seat

Washougal Mayor David Stuebe is hoping his next “epic” adventure will take him straight to the Washington State Capitol in Olympia. Late last week, Stuebe, Washougal’s…