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August 15, 2024

Public meetings: Aug. 15-21, 2024

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.

August 8, 2024
A fire engine sits outside the Camas-Washougal Fire Department station in Washougal, April 22, 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Primary Election: Camas-Washougal voters support fire station bonds, ECFR levy lid lift

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.

August 1, 2024
Candidates running for Washington's 3rd Congressional District (clockwise from upper left) Leslie Lewallen, John Saulie-Rohman and Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez answer questions from League of Women Voters of Clark County volunteers in July 2024, ahead of Washington's Aug. 4 primary election. A fourth candidate, Republican Joe Kent, did not respond to the League of Women Voters' interview requests. (Screenshots by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

3rd Congressional District candidates sound off

During a recent League of Women Voters of Clark County interview panel, candidates hoping to represent Washington’s 3rd Congressional District — including two Camas candidates — got candid…

August 1, 2024

Public Meetings: Aug. 1-7, 2024

Camas City Council: The Council will hold a workshop at 4:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 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.

July 25, 2024

Public meetings: July 25-31, 2024

Camas Parks and Recreation Commission: The Commission will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, 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 July 31 special meeting.

July 18, 2024
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 A vehicle waits in the left-turn lane on Northwest Sierra Street, facing Northwest Lake Road in Camas, Monday, July 15, 2024.

Roundabout is top choice for Lake-Sierra intersection

When it comes to improving safety and easing traffic jams at the Northwest Lake Road and Northwest Sierra Street intersection in Camas, the majority of community members, stakeholders and Camas officials who have weighed in on the project say they prefer a roundabout over a traffic signal.

July 18, 2024

Public meetings: July 18-24, 2024

Camas School District: The Camas School Board will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 22, at Zellerbach Administration Center, 841 N.E. 22nd Ave., Camas. The meeting also will be livestreamed, with video available on the district’s website. For more information, visit camas.wednet.edu/about-csd/school-board/meetings-minutes.