September 5, 2024
Camas bans mortar fireworks
Camas officials have officially banned the sale, purchase and discharge of mortar-style fireworks.
Camas officials have officially banned the sale, purchase and discharge of mortar-style fireworks.
The city of Washougal has reached an agreement with a Yacolt-based construction company to complete a series of major road improvement projects.
The city of Washougal “will maintain service levels” heading into the creation of its biennial 2025-26 budget, according to city leaders.
The West End of Skamania County’s adventure park saga seems to have come to an end.
Camas City Council: The Council will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Camas City Hall, 616 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, and online via Zoom. For more information, including remote log-in details, visit cityofcamas.us/yourgovernment/minuteagendavideo and click on the agendas for the Sept. 3 workshop and meeting.
The city of Washougal is proposing to double the amount of money residents can collect per year from its emergency utility assistance program (EUAP).
Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The meeting also will be livestreamed, with video available on the district’s website. To send a written comment, email gail.gast@camas.wednet.edu. For more information, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes.
The city of Camas kicked off its 2025-26 budget process this month with a bit of bad news: while the City’s general fund expenses have increased by $12.9 million in the four-year span between 2021 and 2025, the City’s general fund revenues did not keep pace, increasing by $5 million over the same time period.
Camas City Council: The Council will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, at Camas City Hall, 616 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, and online via Zoom. For more information, including remote log-in details, visit cityofcamas.us/yourgovernment/minuteagendavideo and click on the agendas for the Aug. 19 workshop and meeting.
Camas-Washougal area voters showed strong support in the Aug. 6 primary election for three fire department measures that will build two new fire stations in Camas and Washougal — including a Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) headquarters station in downtown Camas — and temporarily increase the East County Fire and Rescue (ECFR) District’s levy rate to help ECFR, which serves rural areas north of Camas-Washougal, staff its two fire stations.
