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February 20, 2020
Doug Flanagan/Post-Record 
 Washougal Police Department officer Francis Reagan stands near the the area of the Washougal River where he helped to save a 28-year-old Portland resident who had fallen off her inner tube last May. Reagan was named as the 2019 Officer of the Year by the Washington Council of Police & Sheriffs last week. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal police officer honored for bravery

It is a chilly, gray Thursday afternoon, and Washougal police officer Francis Reagan is standing in quiet contemplation near the Vernon Road Bridge off Washougal River Road.

February 19, 2020

Washougal woman killed in 2-car collision

A 54-year-old Washougal woman was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Vancouver on Feb. 18. According to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), a Ford Flex crossover driven by Carolyn…

February 13, 2020

NW Natural Parade of Homes coming to Washougal

The Building Industry Association of Clark County’s (BIACC) NW Natural Clark County Parade of Homes event will be held from Sept. 4-20 at Magnolia Heights, a residential development in Washougal.

February 13, 2020
West Columbia Gorge Humane Society volunteer Kathy Roberts pets Roscoe, a dog that was up for adoption in August 2017, at the Washougal-based dog shelter. (Post-Record file photo)

Dog-kenneling costs to increase

When it comes to the way missing dogs are handled in Camas and Washougal, it’s been a similar story for nearly 40 years: animal control officers pick up a missing dog and take them to the dog shelter in Washougal; owners typically fetch their dog and pay an impound fee within 48 hours; and the cities pay for dog-impound services on a per-dog basis.