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April 6, 2023
Washougal School District Director of Teaching and Learning Tracey MacLachlan (center) talks to attendees at the school district's "listening tour," held Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Washougal High School. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal School District launches listening tours ahead of levy vote

After the Washougal School District’s replacement educational programs and operations and technology and capital projects levy proposals failed in February, district leaders knew that they had to revamp their communication process and engage in “straight talk,” in the words of WSD Superintendent Mary Templeton, if they hoped to convince enough community members to vote for the measures on Tuesday, April 25.

April 6, 2023
Port of Camas-Washougal Commissioner Cassi Marshall cleans a section of garden at Parker's Landing Historic Park in 2023. (Contributed photos courtesy of Parkersville National Historic Site Advisory Committee)

Parker’s Landing cleanups set

The Parkersville National Historic Site Advisory Committee (PAC) will host “park cleanup” sessions at Parker’s Landing Historical Park in Washougal from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, and Tuesday, May 16, in preparation for the second annual Parkersville Day event.

March 30, 2023

Brewers Alliance accuses former distribution company of ‘bullying’

A nonprofit organization that supports breweries in Southwest Washington says that its former distribution company is “strong-arming” and “bullying” its businesses, including Washougal’s 54-40 Brewing Company and Trap Door Brewing, and Camas’ Grains of Wrath Brewing, by assigning them to “alternate distributors” without consulting them.

March 30, 2023

Youth mental health training coming to WHS

Barb Seaman closely interacts with teenagers on a daily basis in her role as Washougal High School’s library media instructor. As such, she sees them when they’re at their best and she sees them at their worst. Lately, she’s seen more of the latter.

March 30, 2023
Contributed photo courtesy Hannah Schrager Washougal resident Hannah Schrager shows off a Western serviceberry plant at Good Year Farms in April 2022.

Native plant nursery blossoms in Washougal

Hannah Schrager didn’t consider herself to be particularly “outdoorsy” when she was growing up, even though she thought at one point that she wanted to become a vegetable farmer. But now, every time she sees the leaf of a Trillium flower or trout lily delicately emerging from recently thawed ground in springtime, she experiences feelings of wonder and awe.

March 23, 2023
Washougal's 54-40 Brewing Company is "currently looking at every reasonable opportunity out there for distribution, including self-distribution and start-up (companies)," according to co-owner Bolt Minister (pictured above). 54-40 Brewing lost its current supplier after the Ridgefield-based Corwin Beverage Company dissolved its craft beverage distributors. (Contributed photo courtesy of 54-40 Brewing Company)

Distribution company’s sale to PepsiCo causes dismay

A Ridgefield-based beverage distribution company’s decision to dissolve its craft beer distributors will “injure” many local and regional breweries, including Washougal’s 54-40 Brewing Company and Camas’ Grains of Wrath Brewing, “for years to come,” according to a nonprofit organization that represents Southwest Washington beer makers.