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December 27, 2019
City of Washougal parks and cemetery manager Suzanne Grover (left) and Richard Johnson of the Camas-Washougal Historical Society (CWHS) talk about the vintage sleigh donated by the CWHS to the city earlier this month. (Contributed photo courtesy of Rene Carroll)

Mystery sleigh finds new home

For the past 12 years, a vintage sleigh sat in the rafters of the Carriage House facility at Two Rivers Heritage Museum in Washougal, attracting a lot of dust but…

December 27, 2019

Port sets new meeting schedule

An effort to coordinate with local city officials has prompted Port of Camas-Washougal commissioners to rethink their bi-weekly meeting dates. Port Commissioner Larry Keister realized he and the two other…

December 26, 2019
Washogal High School students Maliyah Veale (left) and Briahna Ruth are serving as the school's representatives to the Washougal School District board of directors during the 2019-20 school year. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Students represent WHS at board meetings

Washougal High School (WHS) students Briahna Ruth and Maliyah Veale are involved in a variety of school activities, including the Associated Student Body (ASB) leadership group and the Panthers’ cheerleading squad. They are also the school’s student representatives to the Washougal School District (WSD) board of directors during the 2019-20 school year.

December 19, 2019
Anna Davis (second from right) instructs (from left to right) Isabella Pritchard, Lucy Hoff, Kayleigh Purdin, Lorelai Fortman and Maelynn O'Bryant at A Place to Create in November. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘Place to Create’ woos local crafters

While growing up on her family’s nursery in Portland, Anna Davis was raised with a particular set of values. She learned that money alone wouldn’t make her happy. She learned the importance of pursuing her passions. And she learned that she loved to do things her way.

December 19, 2019
Jim Cooper (center) is sworn in to his Washougal School District No. 1 director position at a Dec. 9 meeting at Gause Elementary School. Later in the meeting, the board members voted for Cory Chase (left) to retain his board president position, and voted Angela Hancock (right) as board vice president.

Washougal school board greets newest member

As a former math and science professor and researcher, Jim Cooper is pretty good with numbers. But he wasn’t prepared for the onslaught of letters that he faced during his first meeting as a member of the Washougal School District (WSD) board of directors, held Dec. 10 at Gause Elementary School.

December 12, 2019

Washougal to continue funding new firefighters

The city of Washougal will continue to fund the salary and benefit costs of two new Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) positions in 2020, but has not committed to the ongoing funding of the positions in 2021 and beyond.