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December 12, 2024
Hometown Holidays lights up downtown Camas
Hundreds of visitors filled the streets of historic downtown Camas last week for the annual Hometown Holidays celebration, held Friday, Dec. 6.
Hundreds of visitors filled the streets of historic downtown Camas last week for the annual Hometown Holidays celebration, held Friday, Dec. 6.
The Camas City Council has approved Camas Mayor Steve Hogan’s 2025-26 biennial budget, which includes new revenue sources and reserves to fund business as usual in the city of Camas over the next two years.
When it comes to water issues, the city of Camas has had its fill. Over the past few years, city officials have tackled everything from improving the water quality in its toxic-algae-prone lakes to finding solutions for elevated levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in the City’s drinking water.
The Camas City Council is set to reconsider the City’s nearly 60-year-old practice of fluoridating its public water supply. Last week, a group of concerned community members —…
Camas School District leaders are set to announce what Superintendent John Anzalone has called “another small set of reductions” this week as they grapple with a revenue shortfall that will likely result in budget cuts totaling 10% to 12% of the district’s budget ahead of the 2025-26 school year.
The winter holiday season kicks into high gear this week with a wide assortment of festive events happening in Camas and Washougal.
The Camas City Council voted unanimously Monday to place a regional fire authority proposal on the April 22, 2025 ballot.
Opponents of a proposed gas station, car wash and convenience store complex near the intersection of Northeast 13th Street and Northwest Friberg-Strunk Street in northeast Camas will have another chance to voice their concerns this month, during a Dec. 12 appeal hearing before Camas Hearings Examiner Joe Turner.
In a week filled with giving thanks, locally owned retailers and eateries in Camas-Washougal are hoping holiday shoppers will show them some gratitude this weekend during the national Small Business Saturday event and the local Little Box Friday celebration in downtown Camas.
Members of the Camas School Board are addressing the school district’s “critically low” general fund reserves and may soon adopt a new policy that would establish a minimum percentage of money that must be held over each year to cover ongoing and unexpected expenses.