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June 19, 2025
Customers line up at Theony Farms'; berry booth at the Camas Farmer's Market on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The 18th annual market runs from 3-7 p.m. each Wednesday in downtown Camas through Oct. 1. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas Farmer’s Market kicks off 2025 season

Sun-ripened berries seemed to be the star of the June 11 Camas Farmer’s Market, with crowds of buyers lined up at every vendor booth showcasing freshly picked strawberries. But they weren’t the only thing enticing hundreds of marketgoers to downtown Camas that day.

June 12, 2025
Shared-use pickleball-tennis courts at Camas’ Grass Valley Park sit empty on Friday evening, June 6, 2025 (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Parks chief seeks solution to pickleball-tennis conflict

As long as there have been shared tennis-pickleball courts in Camas, there have been clashes — among players vying for more court time, neighbors tired of hearing the recognizable “thwack” of a pickleball racket hitting the ball, and other park users frustrated by crowded parking lots and what they say are an influx of out-of-state pickleball players.

June 12, 2025
The Little Bronze Girl statue sits in the back of Camas police Officer Ryan Devaney’s vehicle in preparation for its trip back to downtown Camas on May 31. (Contributed by the Camas Police Department)

Little Bronze Girl found

The Little Bronze Girl, a 3-foot-tall metal statue of a child reading a book, has been a beloved part of downtown Camas since being installed on a bench at the corner of Northeast Fourth Avenue and Northeast Cedar Street in 2002.

June 5, 2025
Discovery High School students gather in the east commons area of their project-based learning high school in Camas on Thursday afternoon, May 22. To make up for a $13 million revenue shortfall, the Camas School District is merging its two project-based learning schools, bringing Odyssey Middle School students and staff into the adjacent Discovery High School building this fall to create the district’s first 6-12 school. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Despite objections, Discovery, Odyssey to share one campus

There are still a few kinks to work out and likely a few worried students to convince, but the Camas School District’s plan to merge its project-based learning middle and high schools into one building seems to have found a path forward that quells most, if not all, of the concerns raised earlier this year when the district first announced the creation of its first 6-12 school.

June 5, 2025
From left to right, Tracey MacLachlan, Sadie McKenzie, Superintendent Aaron Hansen, Wendy Morrill and Connor McCroskey hold a State Recognized School banner during a Washougal School Board meeting May 27. (Contributed by the Washougal School District)

Camas, Washougal schools feted for progress

Twenty-one Clark County schools have been honored by the Washington School Recognition Program for their work in closing opportunity gaps and supporting students’ growth and academic achievement during the 2023-24 school year.

June 5, 2025
Camas Police Department chief Tina Jones speaks during the department's awards ceremony on May 30 in Camas. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Camas police honored at award ceremony

Stefan Hausinger, Wendy Peebles and Shyla Nelson won top honors at the 2025 Camas Police Department Award Ceremony on May 30 at Grace Foursquare Church in Camas. Hausinger, a…