Camas-Washougal Post-Record

February 4, 2021

Brent Boger to resign from Washougal City Council

Brent Boger is leaving the Washougal City Council earlier than expected.

February 4, 2021

The owners of Smead's Pub in Washougal installed this large tent in their outdoor beer garden to cover and warm outdoor diners while COVID-19 restrictions prohibit indoor seating. (Contributed photo courtesy of Kimber Eckman)

Smead’s Pub owner ‘shocked, disgusted’ by tent restrictions

Kimber Eckman looked forward to a fun, festive New Year’s Eve at her establishment, Smead’s Pub in Washougal. Instead, the night turned into one of the most difficult personal and professional experiences of her life.

February 1, 2021

Clark County warns of possible COVID-19 exposure at Camas salon

Clark County Public Health is warning people who visited Stellar Hair Design in Camas recently may have been exposed to COVID-19 and should quarantine at home. …

January 28, 2021

School zones in effect and enforceable

Through the months of January and into February, Clark County’s school districts have expanded in-person learning at school campuses. As a result, there is increased foot traffic around schools and…

January 28, 2021

School buses wait at the Stevenson-Carson School District. The rural Skamania County school district reopened its elementary and middle schools to in-person learning with COVID-19 precautions in place on Jan. 19, 2021. (Contributed photo courtesy of Stevenson-Carson School District)

Stevenson-Carson students return to in-person classes

Stevenson-Carson School District students in elementary and middle school returned to full-time, in-person classes on Jan. 19. The district administrative team said in a news release…

January 28, 2021

Former Camas-Washougal Animal Control Officer Rick Foster (right) visits dogs at the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society with volunteer Anne Fromm in 2014. The city of Camas is considering an ordinance change that would revoke a dog owner's dog license if the owner repeatedly broke the city's aggressive-dog ordinance rules.

Camas City Council could add bite to city’s existing dog law

It was mid-2019 and the frustration over two runaway dogs had been building in one Northwest Camas neighborhood for nearly 18 months.

January 28, 2021

Washougal resident Greg Lewis works to construct a nightstand. Lewis, a teacher at Jemtegaard and Canyon Creek middle schools, has started a part-time woodworking business. (Contributed photos courtesy of Greg Lewis)

Washougal man carving out new career

Greg Lewis’ woodworking journey began more than 20 years ago in Grants Pass, Oregon, where he and his wife Marchand bought their first home, which could colloquially be described as a “fixer-upper.”

January 28, 2021

Camas Soo Bahk Do student and instructor Andrew Okerlund breaks a board during a "kyok pa" session. Okerlund was one of 11 students from the Camas studio to earn medals at the 2020 Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation National Festival. (Contributed photo courtesy of Ellen Burton)

Camas students excel at national martial arts event

Darcy Mueller joined Camas Soo Bahk Do last March, right before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the martial arts studio to close for in-person instruction, but decided to remain in her classes, which had transitioned to a remote setting.

January 28, 2021

Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School first-grade teacher Nichol Yung leads an in-person class on Jan. 19, 2021. The Washougal School District welcomed students in first through fifth grades back to the district's four elementary schools for limited in-person classes, beginning Jan. 19. (Contributed photo courtesy of Rene Carroll)

Washougal begins hybrid model; elementary students head back to class

As Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton walked from the parking lot to the front entrance of Gause Elementary School shortly before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, a small group of children lined up in front of a physical education teacher near the playground at the back of the building.

January 22, 2021

Emergency responders assist at the scene of a fatal, one-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 14 in Camas on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Photos courtesy of Washington State Patrol Trooper Will Finn)

Camas woman dies in Highway 14 rollover crash

Police have identified the victim of Friday’s fatal, crash on Highway 14 as 65-year-old Mary A. Levey, of Camas. According to Washington State Patrol Trooper Will Finn, at approximately 12:40…

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