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May 7, 2026

Camas to hold Everett Street project open house

The city of Camas will host an open house later this month to update residents on the next phase of its Everett Street Corridor Improvements project, a long-planned effort aimed at improving safety, accessibility and traffic flow along a key stretch of state Route 500.

May 7, 2026
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-Skamania

Perez votes to extend Foreign Surveillance Act

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Skamania is one of 42 Democrats who voted last week in favor of a surveillance program opposed by civil liberties and free-press advocates.

May 7, 2026
Houses rise at the edge of Ridgefield in 2025. The Clark County Council on Tuesday voted 3-2 to select one of three proposed land-use maps to guide the next 20 years of growth. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Clark County Council selects 20-year land-use map

Clark County’s updated growth plan will let Ridgefield, La Center, Camas and other cities expand their urban growth boundaries and explore ways to rezone land currently designated for agricultural use.

May 7, 2026
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
, in plaid, holds a childcare roundtable with Clark County first responders at Vancouver City Hall on June 20, 2024. Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files
Rep. Marie

House approves Rep. Perez’s bipartisan ‘banana bill’

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, is celebrating a personal win this week after the House agreed Wednesday to pass the Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act championed by Perez since her first term in Congress.

April 30, 2026
The U.S. Forest Service announced Tuesday that no commercial huckleberry permits would be issued in 2026. (The Columbian files)

Forest Service: No commercial huckleberry permits

The U.S. Forest Service announced last week that there will be no commercial huckleberry permits issued in 2026. The federal agency said the decision was made based on its commitment to tribal treaty rights, ecological recovery and a focus on long-term management.

April 30, 2026

WPD receives grant for narcotics detection device

The Washougal Police Department has received a state grant to purchase a handheld narcotics analyzer aimed at improving officer safety and speeding drug identification in the field.