Camas-Washougal Post-Record

April 4, 2025

Delays expected on eastbound Camas Slough Bridge Saturday morning

Travelers who use state Route 14 West Camas Slough Bridge should expect detours and longer than usual travel times this weekend. On Saturday, April 5, Washington…

April 3, 2025

Brad Richardson, right, executive director of the Clark County Historical Museum, leads a walking history tour through downtown Camas during the Downtown Camas Association’s “Spring into History” First Friday festivities on Friday, April 7, 2023. Richardson will lead another history tour through downtown Camas this week during the DCA’s April First Friday event. Participants will meet at 5:50 p.m. at Journey Church, 304 N.E. Fourth Ave., Friday, April 4. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

‘Spring into history’ at April First Friday in downtown Camas

History buffs will appreciate the theme of this month’s First Friday event in downtown Camas.

April 3, 2025

Camas historian Virginia Warren sits on her bed in April 2019 below three silhouettes she traced and cut out of her sons more than 50 years ago. (Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian files)

‘No Regrets’: Camas historian Virginia Warren celebrates 100th birthday

If anyone embodies the phrase “Age is just a number,” it’s Virginia Warren.

April 3, 2025

‘You can sense their relief’: Program cuts property taxes for thousands

CAMAS — Clark County staffers are on a mission to spread the word about a decades-old tax exemption program that can help limited-income adults age 61 and older and residents with disabilities save money on property taxes.

April 3, 2025

Nearly $5 million in emergency food aid revoked

Clark County Food Bank leaders are assessing the impact of cuts to local food assistance after the Trump administration revoked nearly $5 million in emergency food aid for Washington on March 25.

March 27, 2025

Mixed-use project eyed near Camas High

A mixed-use development planned near Camas High School could significantly increase the number of so-called “middle housing” units in east Clark County.

March 27, 2025

Contributed by Molly McKay Williams
Camas School District Superintendent John Anzalone, right, visits a group of Prune Hill Elementary School fifth-graders at the school’s outdoor living lab in an undated photo. Spearheaded by Molly McKay Williams, the president of the Camas Earth Day Society and the mother of a former Prune Hill student, the living lab offers students a way to connect with the natural world and learn about the environment in their school’s own backyard.

Roots of a Movement: Camas library exhibit celebrating local Earth Day ties opens April 4

If it weren’t for their shared passion for creating a healthier, more sustainable environment, Camas residents Glen DeWillie, Randal Friedman and Molly McKay Williams — leaders of the recently formed Camas Earth Day Society — may have never even crossed paths.

March 27, 2025

A Prairie High esports team member looks at a monitor displaying Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Wednesday during practice at Prairie High School. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

With stigma fading and scholarships available, video games take off at Clark County schools as extracurricular activity

Prairie High School students went head-to-head — more like screen-to-screen — against Camas High School during an esports match Wednesday, March 19, after school.

March 27, 2025

Fire trucks stay dry inside Friday at Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s Station 42. Camas and Washougal voters on April 22 will decide the fate of the proposed Camas-Washougal Regional Fire Authority. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

‘We are stronger together’: If Camas-Washougal Regional Fire Authority vote fails, joint fire department will separate

Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Cliff Free has spent the past several months trying to help east Clark County residents understand what is at stake if Proposition 1, a measure asking voters to approve a new regional fire authority, fails to win voters’ approval in the April 22 special election.

March 20, 2025

Letters to the Editor: March 20, 2025

Camas should keep fluoride in drinking water Camas should keep fluoride in our drinking water. Fluoride is safe, effective, and keeps our community healthy. For over 60 years,…