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August 8, 2024
Construction crews work at Crown Park in Camas, June 24, 2024. Park impact fees, paid by new development, help fund park and recreation upgrades that will accommodate new users and a growing population. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas Council approves park impact fee overhaul

The Camas City Council this week approved updates to the City’s park impact fees that will charge developers more for larger homes and create new categories for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and commercial-industrial developments.

August 8, 2024
A fire engine sits outside the Camas-Washougal Fire Department station in Washougal, April 22, 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Primary Election: Camas-Washougal voters support fire station bonds, ECFR levy lid lift

Camas-Washougal area voters showed strong support in the Aug. 6 primary election for three fire department measures that will build two new fire stations in Camas and Washougal — including a Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) headquarters station in downtown Camas — and temporarily increase the East County Fire and Rescue (ECFR) District’s levy rate to help ECFR, which serves rural areas north of Camas-Washougal, staff its two fire stations.

August 1, 2024
Candidates running for Washington's 3rd Congressional District (clockwise from upper left) Leslie Lewallen, John Saulie-Rohman and Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez answer questions from League of Women Voters of Clark County volunteers in July 2024, ahead of Washington's Aug. 4 primary election. A fourth candidate, Republican Joe Kent, did not respond to the League of Women Voters' interview requests. (Screenshots by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

3rd Congressional District candidates sound off

During a recent League of Women Voters of Clark County interview panel, candidates hoping to represent Washington’s 3rd Congressional District — including two Camas candidates — got candid…

August 1, 2024
Visitors to the 2023 Camas Comic Con battle with

Second annual Camas Comic Con event returns

The Second annual Camas Comic Con returns this week with a host of comics-related activities. The comic-themed First Friday festivities will run from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, throughout downtown Camas.

July 25, 2024
Recovery Cafe of Southwest Washington pop-up manager Jodene Stonebarger (left) and Recovery Cafe employee Desarae Hayes, talk during a Recovery Cafe session at St. Anne’s church in Washougal, Monday, July 15, 2024. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Recovery Cafe pop-ups build community in Washougal, Gorge

The group gathered inside St. Anne’s Episcopal Church on this sunny July morning are quietly working on art projects, chatting with each other about their lives and giving special attention to Toby, a friendly, long-eared pup who is a regular at these Monday gatherings inside the Washougal church.

July 18, 2024
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 A vehicle waits in the left-turn lane on Northwest Sierra Street, facing Northwest Lake Road in Camas, Monday, July 15, 2024.

Roundabout is top choice for Lake-Sierra intersection

When it comes to improving safety and easing traffic jams at the Northwest Lake Road and Northwest Sierra Street intersection in Camas, the majority of community members, stakeholders and Camas officials who have weighed in on the project say they prefer a roundabout over a traffic signal.