Camas-Washougal Post-Record

November 26, 2025

Black Drongo Brewery co-founders Devin Nail, left, and Tim Smith pose for a photo at their Yilan City, Taiwan, brewery. (Contributed by Black Drongo Brewery)

Camas graduates brew up success in Taiwan

Tim Smith and Devin Nail have known each other since the late 1990s when they became tomodachi (friends) in a Camas High School Japanese class. As adults, they both got into the Portland beer scene and started homebrewing in 2004. They eventually reunited in Taiwan. Nail moved to the Asian island in 2008, followed by Smith in 2010. There, they began brewing once again, motivated by their new country’s relative lack of quality craft brews.

November 26, 2025

Washougal Mayor Molly Coston speaks during a ribbon-cutting for the city of Washougal’s Community Garden on March 25, 2021. (Contributed by the city of Washougal)

Former mayor of Washougal Molly Coston dies at age 77

Washougal city councilor, former mayor and longtime community volunteer Molly Coston died Tuesday. She was 77.

November 20, 2025

Sound and light tech and karaoke DJ C.J. Havener adjusts backsplash lights Nov. 13 at Drop The Mic in Camas. The business will be Clark County’s first family-friendly karaoke venue. (Photos by Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Karaoke comes to Camas: Family-friendly karaoke venue offers private suites, food and drink menuSubscriber Exclusive

For nearly 20 years, Dianna and John Gray dreamed of owning their own business. The Vancouver residents’ entrepreneurial vision finally came into focus in 2023 after Dianna attended a karaoke event in Las Vegas, an experience that solidified her lingering passion for live music performance.

October 30, 2025

Camas High School students, from left to right, Colton Schaefer, Veronica Sparling, Austin Anderson, Dana Sparling and Audreen Tsai, members of the Camas High School Watershed Alliance Club, pose for a photo in front of one of their informational signs at Lacamas Lake in September. (Contributed by the city of Camas)

Camas student club posts signs at Lacamas Lake

Audreen Tsai has positive memories from her experiences, mostly hiking, at Lacamas Lake. But she’s discouraged that some of her classmates can’t say the same.

October 30, 2025

Capt. James Tierney gears up at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s Station 42 in Camas on March 21. Voters in Camas and Washougal will decide Nov. 4 whether to form a regional fire authority. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Voters to again decide on regional fire authority

East Clark County residents will have a second opportunity to vote on a proposal to create a regional fire authority in Camas and Washougal.

October 30, 2025

A sign stands outside the Port of Camas-Washougal’s administrative office in Washougal on Feb. 18. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Term of Camas-Washougal port officials on ballot

East Clark County voters will soon decide whether to lengthen Port of Camas-Washougal commissioner terms by two years.

October 23, 2025

Washougal residents object to the city of Washougal’s Shepherd Road Pedestrian Connection Project, which they claim will attract many more people to the Sandy Swimming Hole, pictured here, causing increased crime, unhoused residents, garbage, health concerns and challenges for the Washougal Police Department. (The Columbian files)

Washougal mulls changes to Shepherd Road project after neighbors voice concernsSubscriber Exclusive

The city of Washougal is mulling possible design changes to its project to improve Shepherd Road, which has elicited criticism from residents concerned about impacts to Sandy Swimming Hole, a popular recreational destination that draws people from all over the Portland metropolitan area.

October 23, 2025