Subscribe

Stories by Doug Flanagan

email icon doug.flanagan@camaspostrecord.com

June 27, 2024
The Columbia River Arts and Cultural Foundation hopes to construct a performing arts center on the Washougal waterfront, featuring an auditorium with between 300 and 500 seats. (Contributed photo courtesy of Columbia River Arts and Cultural Foundation)

Groups adjusts vision for performing arts center

Columbia River Arts and Cultural Foundation (CRACF) leaders recently learned that their vision of including a 1,200-seat auditorium as part of the performing arts center they hope to construct on the Washougal waterfront is probably a bad idea.

June 21, 2024
A child plays on the playground at Hamllik Park in April 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Survey: Washougal residents satisfied with services

Washougal residents have a positive overall perception of their city but would like to see improved street maintenance and economic development efforts, according to the results of a community survey.

June 21, 2024
Washougal City Councilwoman Tia Robertson enters a burning building during the Washington State Council of Firefighters' Fire Ops 101 event, held March 22, 2024, at the Volpentest Hammer Federal Training Center in Richland, Wash. (Contributed photo courtesy of Tia Robertson)

Washougal Councilwoman Tia Robertson gets hands-on firefighting experience

Tia Robertson warily eyed the ladder perched on the side of the eight-story building in front of her with a mixture of trepidation and exhilaration, noting that the situation put two of her deep-seeded convictions into conflict with one another. On one hand, she is terrified of heights, but on the other hand, she is loath to turn away from a good-natured goading.

June 13, 2024
Don O’Brien (left) talks to John Neumann (far right) at the Camas Public Library as audio technician Ransom Reed records the conversation, which launched the East County Citizens Alliance’s East County Voices project in March 2024. (Contributed photos courtesy of the East County Citizens Alliance)

ECCA collects stories to help build community

The East County Citizens Alliance (ECCA) launched in 2021 as a grassroots effort to identify ways to make the cities of Camas and Washougal stronger, more supportive, more resilient and more joyful by bringing local residents of varying backgrounds together to solve problems and build relationships.

June 13, 2024
Doug Flanagan/Post-Record 
 Washougal High School valedictorian Claire Zakovics speaks during the school's Class of 2024 graduation ceremony on June 8, 2024, at Fishback Stadium.

Camas-Washougal high schools celebrate graduating seniors

Camas-Washougal celebrated its class of 2024 high school graduates last week, with five commencement ceremonies held at Doc Harris Stadium, Garver Theater and Discovery High School in Camas and Fishback Stadium in Washougal.