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Stories by Kelly Moyer

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February 28, 2019
Above is "Flying into Portland" by watercolor artist Lee Baughman, a member of the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society (SWWS). This painting, contributed by the SWWS, will be shown during the society's April show at the Angst Gallery in Vancouver.

Watercolor by Numbers

Camas artist Barbara Hope remembers the days before she learned to master her artistic medium.

February 28, 2019
Amanda Brinkman (center) host of the show "Small Business Revolution -- Main Street" meets with MyCamas supporters, Brianna Gonser (left) and Maria Gonser (right) during the reality show crew's visit to Camas in early January. (Photos courtesy of Downtown Camas Association)

Camas’ reality show dreams dashed

Camas will not be featured in the fourth season of the “Small Business Revolution — Main Street” reality show, which airs on Hulu.

February 28, 2019
Unite! Washougal members meet at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Washougal to strategize solutions to youth tobacco and vaping use. Picture clockwise from left are Washougal High students ShaylaRae Tyner, Amara Farah and Lauren Bennett, Unite! Washougal member and parent Ann Stevens and Washougal High senior Chloe Connors.

Legislature eyes raising tobacco age from 18 to 21

A bill seeking to prevent tobacco and vaping use among youth has passed the Washington State House of Representatives and is on its way to the Washington Senate’s Ways and Means Committee for further consideration.

February 21, 2019
Students practice Iyengar yoga with props at Rushing Water Yoga in downtown Camas. (Contributed photo courtesy of Paul Cheek)

Behind Rushing Water Yoga’s closed doors

Several years after being hit by a city of Camas truck and suffering a traumatic brain injury, a downtown Camas business owner says he is closing his 16-year-old yoga studio to concentrate on his health.

February 21, 2019
Local AARP Foundation Tax-Aide coordinator Sherry Davis (right) inspects documents provided by taxpayer Nadia Samiee (left) of Vancouver at the Camas Public Library on Feb. 14, while Tax-Aide counselor Vicki Millard (second from right), of Washougal, watches and Tax-Aide counselor Mike Leonardich (third from right), of Vancouver, works on another tax return.

Tax season got you down? Let Tax-Aide help

If the thought of doing your taxes this year makes you feel like running in the other direction, a service offered at the Camas Public Library on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons might be able to help.

February 14, 2019
The view of Limitless America, a gun shop in Washougal, from the northeast corner of "E" and 25th streets, near the edge of a playground bordering Hathaway
Elementary School. The gun shop is hosting a rally to build support for a local ordinance that would make it illegal for local officials to enforce new gun-safety laws passed by a majority of Clark County and Camas-Washougal voters in the November 2018 midterm elections.

Far-right groups to rally at gun shop this month

Patriot Prayer and the Washington Chapter of the “Three Percenters” group will host a rally from 5 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Limitless America store, located at 501 26th St., in Washougal.

February 14, 2019
From left to right: Craig Schulstad, Randy Curtis and Adrian Bucur show their "MyCamas" pride Feb. 12, at Caffe Piccolo in downtown Camas, while waiting to hear if Camas had made the top towns vying for Season 4 of "Small Business Revolution -- Main Street." (Contributed photo courtesy of Downtown Camas Association)

Camas in reality show’s ‘Top Six’

Camas is now one of six towns vying to be on Season 4 of the reality show “Small Business Revolution — Main Street,” which airs on Hulu.