Camas has a new mayor

The city of Camas has a new mayor. On Wednesday night, city councilors unanimously appointed Camas City Councilwoman Shannon Turk to lead the city through Dec. 2, 2019, when a mayor elected by voters in November 2019 will take office for four years.

Turk replaces longtime Camas Mayor Scott Higgins, who resigned earlier this year, and left office at the end of September. Councilman Don Chaney served as the city’s mayor pro tem in the interim, but did not seek mayoral appointment by the council.