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September 12, 2024
The front of Camas City Hall is pictured in August 2018. (Post-Record files)

Camas PFAS treatment, probe expands

Camas officials heard this month that ongoing efforts to evaluate the city’s water system for toxic “forever chemicals” and to design a treatment for Well 13, which has shown higher levels of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), will be more involved than officials may have anticipated.

September 12, 2024
Washougal School District's interim superintendent, Aaron Hansen (right), swears in the Washougal School Board's newest member, Jane Long (left) during the Board's meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

Washougal School Board appoints Hancock replacement

The Washougal School Board has appointed Jane Long, a human resources and business operations professional and mother of two Washougal elementary school students, to fill the Board seat vacated by Angela Hancock in June.

September 5, 2024
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 A variety of fireworks fill a table inside the Mean Gene Fireworks tent on Southeast Eighth Avenue in Camas, Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

Camas bans mortar fireworks

Camas officials have officially banned the sale, purchase and discharge of mortar-style fireworks.

September 5, 2024
Artists paint outdoors during the 2023 September First Friday “Plein Air” art event in Camas. This year’s “plein air” event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, throughout downtown Camas, ahead of the 5 to 8 p.m. First Friday festivities. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Downtown Camas Association)

Art is in the air for Camas First Friday

Local artists will set up their easels in downtown Camas this Friday for the annual “plein air” art event that precedes the Downtown Camas Association’s (DCA) September First Friday festivities.

August 22, 2024
Cheryl Kostanoski (left) and Jennifer Johnson play with one of the Camas Public Library’s new Nature Smart games. (Contributed photo courtesy of Camas Public Library)

Nature Smart program proves popular

Nature Smart, a new Camas Public Library program designed to connect patrons to the great outdoors has proven to be popular with library patrons this summer.

August 22, 2024
Vehicles pass through an intersection Monday, March 4, 2024, near the site of a proposed gas station-convenience store and car wash at 20101 N.E. 13th St., Camas. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas deems gas station risks ‘non-significant’

The city of Camas has again determined a proposed gas station complex on Northeast 13th Street, which drew complaints from neighbors earlier this year, does not pose significant adverse risks to the environment.

August 15, 2024
A Camas mural painted on Northeast Fourth Avenue near Camas City Hall and the Camas Public Library is seen in downtown Camas, May 21, 2023. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas kicks off 2025-26 budget process; utility tax fight looms

The city of Camas kicked off its 2025-26 budget process this month with a bit of bad news: while the City’s general fund expenses have increased by $12.9 million in the four-year span between 2021 and 2025, the City’s general fund revenues did not keep pace, increasing by $5 million over the same time period.