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August 8, 2024

Washougal says PFAS levels in water system have decreased

Recent testing results show a “downward trend” in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels in Washougal’s drinking water, with levels down to two wells approaching the EPA’s adopted limit of…

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.