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May 22, 2025
Camas Pride Committee chairs Brie Hilliard, left, and Jacquie Hill discuss the 2025 Camas Pride block party poster inside LiveWell Camas on May 8, as Emma Hilliard, 11, runs past them. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas Pride Block Party expands

As Pride celebrations across the country report a lack of sponsorship, funding and support in the wake of a presidential administration that has cracked down on LGBTQ rights, the annual Camas Pride Block Party stands out.

May 15, 2025
Officer Casey Handley of the Camas Police Department joins fellow participants in a “Mindful Agility” workshop as they meditate at Lacamas Lake Lodge on April 30. Members of the Camas Police Department trained with a mindfulness instructor during the two-day class to help improve mental and emotional health. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Refocusing with Mindfulness

The dashcam inside Camas police Officer Casey Handley’s patrol vehicle showed the Sept. 8 collision in real time. One minute, Handley was approaching a seemingly vacant intersection. The next minute, a vehicle coming from the opposite direction was turning into Handley’s path, giving the on-duty officer a split second to react.

May 15, 2025
A notice of proposed development sign stands on the city of Camas’ Well 13 property off Southeast Cramer Lane on Thursday, May 8, 2025. A Camas hearings examiner will oversee a public hearing at 5 p.m. May 29 at Camas City Hall to consider the city’s plan to build a treatment facility on the Well 13 site to remove toxic PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” from the public drinking water well. (Kelly Moyer/The Columbian)

Camas well tainted by PFAS to return to service

To meet increased water demand during the summer months, the city of Camas plans to bring Well 13 back online this week, even though it has the city’s highest levels of toxic “forever chemicals.”

May 8, 2025
Instructor Sarah Ratcliff, clockwise from left, works with students Sonny Lapeze, 5, Jack Davis, 3, and Weston Lumley, 4, during art class Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at Opus School of the Arts in Camas. The school recently expanded into a second, adjacent building and now offers a “one-stop shop” for Camas-area families seeking youth arts classes in music, theater, dance and fine art. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Opus School of the Arts expands

A Camas business known for its music lessons is quickly becoming a “one-stop shop” for youth art classes in east Clark County.

May 8, 2025
Crowds gather at the Downtown Camas Association’s 2024 Camas Plant and Garden Fair in downtown Camas. This year’s fair, set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, will feature nearly 100 vendors selling a huge array of plants, flowers, vegetable starts and garden art. (Courtesy of the Downtown Camas Association)

Camas Plant & Garden Fair returns to downtown this Saturday

One of the Downtown Camas Association’s most popular springtime events, the 26th annual Camas Plant & Garden Fair, will fill downtown Camas streets with a huge array of plants, vegetable starts, fruit trees, flowers, planters, garden art, outdoor furniture and everything a person might need to spruce up their gardens this year.