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November 7, 2024

Camas mayor: maintaining City’s AAA rating critical

Camas city officials this week continued to debate new revenue sources proposed in Camas Mayor Steve Hogan’s 2025-26 budget as a way to maintain the City’s current service levels, add new supervisory positions to the Camas Police Department, help cover costs associated with Camas’ network of streets and preserve the City’s celebrated AAA credit rating.

October 31, 2024
Camas police confiscated two guns, including a semi-automatic firearm (above), from a parent’s truck outside Skyridge Middle School on Sept. 24, 2024, following reports that a child had used the guns to threaten their peers. (Photo courtesy of Camas Police Department)

Police report sheds light on gun incident outside Camas school

Documents obtained from the Camas Police Department are shedding light on what happened outside Camas’ Skyridge Middle School on Sept. 24, after an 11-year-old youth football player allegedly threatened other children with firearms stored in his father’s truck.

October 31, 2024
Camas School District Superintendent John Anzalone (far right) speaks to Camas School Board members (left to right) Matthew McBride, Connie Hennessey, Bamini Pathmanathan, Tracey Malone and Corey McEnry about the district’s budget shortfall and enrollment declines during a school board meeting held Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas SD budget survey open through Nov. 6

The Camas School District’s “Balancing the Budget” survey, collecting public input on the district’s need to make 10-12% budget cuts ahead of the 2025-26 school year, is live online and available to the public through Wednesday, Nov. 6.

October 24, 2024
Camas Mayor Steve Hogan speaks to community members during the Camas Police Department's 2024 awards ceremony on May 23, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Hogan calls for new revenues to fund police positions

Camas Mayor Steve Hogan is calling on Camas City Council members to approve new revenue sources that will keep a “status quo” budget for the City in 2025 and 2026, and also provide enough revenues to hire three new Camas Police Department supervisors.

October 17, 2024
Candidates running for Washington's 17th Legislative District, Position 2 seat, Terri Niles, a Democratic candidate from Vancouver (left) and Washougal Mayor David Stuebe (right), who is running as a Republican, attend a League of Women Voters of Clark County candidate forum at the Camas Public Library, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

17th District candidates face off at Camas forum

Washougal Mayor David Stuebe and longtime Vancouver nurse Terri Niles — candidates vying for the state’s open Legislative District 17, Position 2 seat — recently faced off during a League of Women Voters of Clark County candidate forum held Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Camas Public Library.