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August 8, 2024
Washougal resident Susan Fronckowiak will participate in her first art show at the 2024 Washougal Art and Music Festival, to be held Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Reflection Plaza. (Contributed photo courtesy Susan Fronckowiak)

Washougal Art and Music Festival returns Saturday

Susan Fronckowiak’s two young children enjoyed the playhouse their father built for them on the family’s rural Washougal property after they relocated to Clark County in the late 2000s, but naturally grew out of it as they got older.

August 8, 2024
Rachel Grice and her dog, Rusty, take a walk near Grice's Washougal home off Southeast 356th Avenue in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in 2018. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

County denies mining company’s road proposal near ‘Washougal Pit’

The Clark County Council has unanimously approved a recommendation to deny a proposal from a Ridgefield-based mining company to redesignate a private residential road in rural Washougal as a public thoroughfare, delivering another blow to the company’s long-standing hopes of resuming mining activity in the area.

August 8, 2024
Construction crews work at Crown Park in Camas, June 24, 2024. Park impact fees, paid by new development, help fund park and recreation upgrades that will accommodate new users and a growing population. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas Council approves park impact fee overhaul

The Camas City Council this week approved updates to the City’s park impact fees that will charge developers more for larger homes and create new categories for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and commercial-industrial developments.

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
James Cook performs at the 2023 Washougal Songcraft Festival. (Contributed photos courtesy of Washougal Songcraft Festival)

Second annual Washougal Songcraft Festival returning bigger than before

The 2024 Washougal Songcraft Festival (WSF) will feature more concerts, more performers and more venues than it did in 2023, its inaugural year. Some of that growth is by design and some of it is happening as the result of some unexpected news delivered by the owner of one of the 2023 festival’s host venues.

August 1, 2024
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 The Port of Camas-Washougal will replace the dirt and concrete trail behind the Black Pearl event center (above) with a pathway, featuring safety lighting and guardrails, that will connect Washougal Waterfront Park and Parkers Landing Marina. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Port plans pedestrian pathway

The Port of Camas-Washougal is connecting two of its primary riverside attractions with a short-but-safe walking path.

August 1, 2024
Monster Energy Kawasaki motocross racer Jason Anderson competes July 20, 2024, at the 2024 Washougal National before finishing third in the 450 Class race. (Contributed photo courtesy of AMA Pro Motocross)

Washougal National sets viewership record

The 2024 Washougal National motocross event, held July 20 at the Washougal Motocross Park, set a new viewership record for the AMA Pro Motocross Championship season. The race attracted an…