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January 7, 2021
A previously unused room on the second floor of the Washougal Times building has been renovated into a studio for Outlaw Country Radio, which broadcasts live every Thursday afternoon from the Washougal restaurant. (Contributed photo courtesy of Ben Jackson)

Outlaw Country Radio branches out

The founders of the Camas-based Outlaw Country Radio have been searching for a couple years to find a way to help the nonprofit, low-power frequency modulation station solidify its presence in East Clark County.

January 7, 2021

Public meetings for week of Jan. 7-13, 2021

Washougal City Council: The Council will hold a remote workshop at 5 p.m. and remote regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11. For more information about the agenda or how to watch or listen to the meetings, visit cityofwashougal.us/129/Agendas-Minutes.

January 7, 2021
An illustration shows the Green Mountain land parcels included the land purchase and donation plan recently approved by Camas city councilors. The city has received 60 acres (outlined in yellow) as a donation and will purchase 55 acres for $3.8 million (outlined in red) in October. (Contributed illustration courtesy of city of Camas)

11th-hour ask nearly derails land deal

Camas City Council members have agreed to move forward with a land deal that will add 115 acres of undeveloped Green Mountain land to the city’s inventory despite an 11th-hour ask that threatened to derail negotiations.

January 7, 2021

Looking Back: Top 5 Camas-Washougal stories of 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic changed all of our lives in 2020 and dominated local, national and international news, but what other news caught the attention of our Camas-Washougal readers? As we enter the new year, the Post-Record looks back on the Top 5 local stories from 2020:

December 31, 2020
Camas City Administrator Jamal Fox

Camas forms equity group

The city of Camas has established an equity advisory committee to address real and perceived inequities in how the city serves its community.

December 31, 2020
Ninebark,  a planned residential community, will be located on the Washougal waterfront and connected to a new public park. (Contributed graphics courtesy of Port of Camas-Washougal)

New park, apartments coming to Washougal waterfront

Developers working on Ninebark, a three-story, 242-unit residential complex to be built east of the Port of Camas-Washougal, hope to begin construction on the complex’s eight buildings in the fall of 2021 and open its first apartments in the fall of 2022.

December 31, 2020
Washougal resident Sam Rickenbach started his new business, Gorge Family Therapeutics, to provide consumers with more affordable options for cannabidiol (CBD) products. (Contributed photo courtesy of Kara Cooper)

Washougal man opens Gorge Family Therapeutics

During the past three years, Sam Rickenbach worked for several Portland-area companies as a cannabidiol (CBD) extraction laboratory director. He generally enjoyed his work, but over time came to believe that most of the businesses in his industry — including his own — were severely overcharging for their products.

December 31, 2020
The city of Camas recently named Trang Lam (left) as its new director of parks and recreation, and Bryan Rachal (right) as the city's first communications director. (Photos courtesy of city of Camas)

Camas names two to key posts

The city of Camas this week announced the hiring of two key director positions, including the new head of the parks and recreation department and the city’s first director of communications.