Camas-Washougal Post-Record

November 26, 2025

Black Drongo Brewery co-founders Devin Nail, left, and Tim Smith pose for a photo at their Yilan City, Taiwan, brewery. (Contributed by Black Drongo Brewery)

Camas graduates brew up success in Taiwan

Tim Smith and Devin Nail have known each other since the late 1990s when they became tomodachi (friends) in a Camas High School Japanese class. As adults, they both got into the Portland beer scene and started homebrewing in 2004. They eventually reunited in Taiwan. Nail moved to the Asian island in 2008, followed by Smith in 2010. There, they began brewing once again, motivated by their new country’s relative lack of quality craft brews.

November 26, 2025

Washougal Christmas event Dec. 4

Festivities will begin at 5 p.m. in Reflection Plaza with musical performances by the Washougal High School Band and an appearance from Santa Claus, who will hand out candy canes and be available for photos.

November 26, 2025

WCGHS receives support from Raising Cane’s

Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers in Vancouver is supporting the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society this holiday season by donating all of the proceeds from its Cane’s Holiday Plush Puppy promotion…

November 20, 2025

Sound and light tech and karaoke DJ C.J. Havener adjusts backsplash lights Nov. 13 at Drop The Mic in Camas. The business will be Clark County’s first family-friendly karaoke venue. (Photos by Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Karaoke comes to Camas: Family-friendly karaoke venue offers private suites, food and drink menuSubscriber Exclusive

For nearly 20 years, Dianna and John Gray dreamed of owning their own business. The Vancouver residents’ entrepreneurial vision finally came into focus in 2023 after Dianna attended a karaoke event in Las Vegas, an experience that solidified her lingering passion for live music performance.

November 20, 2025

Camas’ Hometown Holidays Dec. 5

The city of Camas’ Hometown Holidays will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 The annual event brings the community together to celebrate the holidays with “festive…

November 20, 2025

Washougal accepting applications for Christmas parade

The city of Wahshougal is accepting applications for its annual Lighted Christmas Parade. The event will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at Reflection Plaza in downtown Washougal.

November 13, 2025

Katherine MacArthur-Krall, left, and Lorie Hoffman scrub the grave marker for Sgt. Fred Campbell, a World War II veteran, at Brush Prairie Cemetery during a recent work party. (James Rexroad for The Columbian)

Honoring forgotten veterans: Fort Vancouver’s DAR chapter works to document, memorialize veterans who vanished

BRUSH PRAIRIE — A new, gleaming, granite military headstone marks the spot where the remains of one forgotten American veteran had nearly vanished into the underbrush — and perhaps into total obscurity forever.

November 13, 2025

Pulmonologist Dr. Nicholas Wysham stands for a portrait Monday at Vancouver Clinic. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Vancouver Clinic program aims to boost screening for lung cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States but the most detectable through early screening. Still, lung cancer screening rates remain low. Vancouver Clinic is working to change that.

October 30, 2025

Angel Biederbeck, high priestess of the Columbia River Witches Collective, adjusts her hat at her Camas home on Oct. 14. The collective has 434 Facebook followers and a core coven of 13 witches. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Columbia River Witches Collective’s high priestess: ‘This isn’t an aesthetic. … This is my spiritual path.’

For Camas resident Angel Biederbeck, being a witch isn’t just something she does for Halloween.

October 23, 2025

Washougal residents object to the city of Washougal’s Shepherd Road Pedestrian Connection Project, which they claim will attract many more people to the Sandy Swimming Hole, pictured here, causing increased crime, unhoused residents, garbage, health concerns and challenges for the Washougal Police Department. (The Columbian files)

Washougal mulls changes to Shepherd Road project after neighbors voice concernsSubscriber Exclusive

The city of Washougal is mulling possible design changes to its project to improve Shepherd Road, which has elicited criticism from residents concerned about impacts to Sandy Swimming Hole, a popular recreational destination that draws people from all over the Portland metropolitan area.

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