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June 19, 2025
Fire trucks stay dry inside Camas Fire Station 42 on March 21, 2025. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Union urges officials to revamp RFA plan

Two months after voters rejected the formation of a Camas-Washougal regional fire authority, the head of the local firefighters’ union is urging officials to revamp the proposal and get it back on the ballot as soon as possible.

June 19, 2025
A new report from an environmental watchdog group claims greenhouse gas emissions from paper mills using older boilers are significantly underreported. The Georgia-Pacific mill in Camas, seen here on June 10, 2025, was included in the report, although the company said it has replaced the mill’s boiler. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Researchers: paper mills generate more greenhouse gases than reported

A new report from Environmental Integrity Project — a national watchdog group founded by Eric Schaffer, former director of the Environmental Protection Agency — claims some paper mills could be generating up to three times more greenhouse gas emissions than reported.

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.