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April 22, 2021
Photo courtesy Dan Kielty 
 Camas High School pole vaulter Anna Bedont hopes to clear the 11-foot mark this spring.

Camas pole vaulter aims for personal high

Sitting in a Tacoma, Washington-area hotel room on the night of May 24, 2019, Camas High School pole vaulter Anna Bedont decided to have a little fun with her appearance for the next day’s 4A state track and field meet at Mount Tahoma High School.

April 22, 2021

Camas athletes get ready for shortened winter, spring seasons

With no season-ending state championship events to prepare for, Camas High School’s traditional winter and spring sports coaches are adjusting their priorities as they ready their teams to begin truncated 2021 seasons this week.

April 22, 2021
Contributed photo courtesy Washougal School District 
 The Washougal School District is currently accepting bids to appraise and replace the roof at Washougal High School.

WSD eyes ‘big-ticket’ repairs for schools

Despite the fact that it currently doesn’t have a full-time facilities director, the Washougal School District has completed several building improvement projects during the 2020-21 school year and is moving ahead with plans to launch more “big-ticket items” in the near future.

April 22, 2021
Robert Greenman sits in front of his Washougal home in the early 1940s. Greenman was raised in Washougal, graduated from Washougal High School in 1940, joined the United States Army in 1941 and died in 1942. (Contributed photo courtesy of Clark County Historical Museum)

Washougal City Hall exhibit to honor local WWII soldier

The more Clark County Historical Museum employees and volunteers learned about the life of Robert Greenman, the more they became convinced people should know about him, the things he accomplished during his short life and why he should be remembered.

April 15, 2021
Washougal senior Tristan Farrell threw for more than 900 yards and six touchdowns during the Panthers' recently concluded 2020-21 football season. Now, he's a starting outfielder and middle-of-the-order hitter for the Washougal baseball team. (Contributed photo courtesy of Kris Cavin)

Washougal QB makes debut on Panthers’ varsity baseball team

Tristan Farrell’s first season as the Washougal High School football team’s starting quarterback included six touchdowns and 904 yards thrown over the 2020-21 condensed season’s five games and a path toward earning an all-2A Greater St. Helens League first-team selection.

April 15, 2021
Contributed graphic courtesy Port of Camas-Washougal 
 The Chatsworth, California-based United Precision Corporation, a leading aerospace manufacturer, is planning to construct two manufacturing buildings in the Port of Camas-Washougal's industrial park over the course of the next several years.

Aerospace manufacturer buys Port of Camas-Washougal land

Port of Camas-Washougal leaders don’t sell their industrial park property very often, but determined that an opportunity to bring one of the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers to Clark County was too good to pass up.