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December 5, 2019
Fireworks accompany the tree-lighting ceremony at the 2018 Camas Hometown Holidays celebration. This year's festival begins at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in downtown Camas. (Post-Record file photo)

Events mark start of winter holiday season

The Camas-Washougal winter holiday season kicks off this week with two of the biggest events — the Washougal Lighted Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting and Camas’ Hometown Holidays celebration — taking place today and tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 5-6, respectively.

December 5, 2019

Washougal School District to put levies before voters

Since taking over as Washougal School District’s (WSD) superintendent in July 2018, Mary Templeton has strongly advocated for the addition of a string music program. Templeton is a trained singer, her sister was a member of the Portland Youth Philharmonic and all three of her children are violin players with orchestra experience, so she believes that she’s able to speak to the performing arts’ ability to enrich peoples’ lives.

December 5, 2019
Eleven Washougal boy scouts from Troops 497 and 462 have earned Eagle badges. Front row, left to right: Conrad Jones, Spencer Perkins, Henry Jones and Braden Harness. Back row, left to right: Thomas Hines, William Weihl, Dallin Kanzler, Nolan Purkerson and Tommy Liston. Not pictured: Ryan Perkins and Jaden Moore. (Contributed photo courtesy of Heather Purdin Photography)

Washougal scouts earn Eagle rank

A local boy scout was awarded an Eagle rank during a ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 9, at American Legion Hall Cape Horn Post 122 in Washougal. William Weihl passed the…

November 27, 2019
Camas Police Sergeant Scot Boyles (left) hands an espresso drink to Camas Police Detective David Garcia (right) during the "Coffee with a Cop" event at a Washougal Starbucks on Nov. 22. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

‘Coffee with a Cop’ event draws a crowd

Starbucks, the iconic Seattle coffee chain, prides itself on offering customers a consistent, almost identical cafe experience no matter where they might be ordering their latte or iced mocha.