Camas-Washougal Post-Record

January 31, 2019

The Georgia-Pacific pulp and paper mill in downtown Camas closed all but one paper line May 1, 2018, affecting nearly 250 workers. On Jan. 22, the federal government approved Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits for the displaced Camas mill workers, who are now eligible for retraining benefits. (Post-Record file photo)

Displaced mill workers to get federal retraining benefits

Nine months after the beginning of a staggered layoff affecting nearly 250 employees at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Camas, laid-off workers have received some good news — the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) has certified the entire mill site, meaning displaced workers are now eligible to receive federal assistance for retraining and get extended unemployment and health insurance benefits.

January 31, 2019

Local artist and wildlife activist Gary Watson holds one of his elephant paintings at his Vancouver home. Watson will be the featured artist throughout February at the Camas Gallery in downtown Camas. (Post-Record file photo)

February First Friday focuses on Chocolate, Art, Love

Visitors to the Downtown Camas Association’s February First Friday celebration may have a tough time choosing which event to take in first.

January 28, 2019

Pilot George Regis, 63, was last seen around noon, Friday, Jan. 25, taking off from Grove Field Airport in Camas. Authorities believe Regis died in a plane crash on the north side of Mount Hood. (Photo courtesy of Clark County Sheriff's Office)

Authorities believe missing pilot died in Mount Hood crash

Authorities believe an airplane pilot last seen taking off from a Camas-area airport has been found dead, in an apparent plane crash on Mount Hood. George Regis, 63, of…

January 24, 2019

D’Anthony Leslie Williams, 19, (pictured) is accused of robbing a convenience store in Kelso, Washington, on Jan. 22, and of murdering the store's clerk, 30-year-old Kayla Chapman. (Photo courtesy of Kelso Police Department)

Kelso murder suspect caught in Camas

A police hunt for a murder suspect accused of killing a Kelso convenience store employee during a robbery, ended in Camas Wednesday evening. Law enforcement officers from the Kelso, Camas…

January 17, 2019

Longtime Camas resident Ellen Burton (left) talks to Camas Community Development Director Phil Bourquin on Tuesday evening inside Camas City Hall as council members deliberate in executive session.

Burton appointed to Camas council

Ellen Burton, a 20-year Camas resident with extensive business experience and letters of recommendation from two prominent Camas leaders, is the newest member of the Camas City Council.

January 17, 2019

The Camas School District will host a dedication ceremony for the new Northwest Nan Henriksen Way -- a road leading to the former Sharp Electronics campus and current home of Camas' two project-based learning schools, Odyssey Middle School and Discovery High School -- at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24. At top, Nan Henriksen attends a November 2018 "get out the vote" event for Democratic congressional candidate Carolyn Long.

Discovering ‘Nan’s Way’

The Camas School District will host dedication ceremonies for its newest high school and a street named after one of Camas’ most beloved leaders.

January 17, 2019

The students on the MAU Team, which came up with Modular Agricultural Units and technology designed to help resource-poor, young urban "micro farmers" grow and trade crops, consisted of (from left to right) Madeline Henion, Myles Wetzel, Edison Twyman and Cody Crawford. Jose Gordillo (not pictured), a foreign exchange student who has since returned to his home in Guatemala, also was on the team.

Discovery High School innovators place third at Mercy Corps event

Three groups of Discovery High freshmen from Camas recently competed with young innovators from Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington for cash prizes and the quest to solve one incredibly important problem — a lack of food for the world’s population by 2050.

January 15, 2019