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July 17, 2025
A trailer is seen parked on the side of a street in Camas on June 20. The city of Camas implemented strict recreational vehicle and trailer parking and occupancy rules. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Camas to revisit new RV, trailer rules

The Camas City Council will reevaluate the ordinance it recently approved that limits recreational vehicle and trailer parking, storage and occupancy, including on private property.

July 17, 2025
Camas Education Association members walk out of Camas High School on Sept. 7, 2023, after voting to approve a new contract with the Camas School District. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Camas schools, teachers reach tentative deal

Camas teachers seem likely to avoid a repeat of the summer of 2023, when stalled contract negotiations led to the Camas School District’s first-ever teachers’ strike and delayed the start of the 2023-24 school year by nearly two weeks.

July 17, 2025
City of Camas crews travel along Lacamas Lake while spraying aluminum sulfate to the water on Tuesday morning in hopes of eliminating harmful algae blooms. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Camas treats lake to fight algae blooms

Lacamas Lake is getting a new weapon in the fight against toxic algae blooms. Crews from the city of Camas spent the early part of this week on boats spraying aluminum sulfate on the lake.

July 17, 2025

City of Camas to kick off annual Movies in the Park series July 24

The Junebugs, a band described on the city’s website as “high-energy pop and rock with Pacific Northwest folk flair,” will perform from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24. From 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31, Jennifer Batten & Full Steam will perform “a celebration of top level ‘80s cover music.”

July 10, 2025
A motorist passes Lacamas Lake, left, while driving past the Leadbetter House, right, on Northeast Leadbetter Road in Camas on July 1. The Leadbetter Walk & Roll event will close Leadbetter Road to motorized vehicles from the city’s boat launch to Camp Currie from 1-4 p.m. Sept. 14 to give pedestrians and bicyclists safe access to the roadway and to explore two of the city’s Legacy Lands properties. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Leadbetter Walk & Roll planned

The city of Camas has a clear vision for the twisty, two-lane Northeast Leadbetter Road that hugs Lacamas Lake’s northeast shoreline. Eventually, the city will close Leadbetter and incorporate most of the road into a trail encircling the lake.