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June 5, 2025

Skamania Pride celebration set for June 8

A festival celebrating the LGBTQ community returns to the Columbia River Gorge this weekend with a full day of celebration, visibility and community Sunday, June 8, in downtown Stevenson. Now…

May 29, 2025
Annie's Berry Farm vendors display flats of fresh raspberries during the 2022 Camas Farmer's Market. This year's market will kick off at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in downtown Camas, between Camas City Hall and the Camas Public Library on Northeast Fourth Avenue. The 2025 market will run from 3 to 7 p.m. each Wednesday through Oct. 1. (Contributed photo courtesy of Downtown Camas Association)

Camas Farmer’s Market opens June 4

The 18th annual Camas Farmer’s Market returns to downtown Camas for the season Wednesday, June 4. The market will be open from 3-7 p.m. every Wednesday, June 4 through Oct.

May 22, 2025
Camas Pride Committee chairs Brie Hilliard, left, and Jacquie Hill discuss the 2025 Camas Pride block party poster inside LiveWell Camas on May 8, as Emma Hilliard, 11, runs past them. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas Pride Block Party expands

As Pride celebrations across the country report a lack of sponsorship, funding and support in the wake of a presidential administration that has cracked down on LGBTQ rights, the annual Camas Pride Block Party stands out.

May 8, 2025
Crowds gather at the Downtown Camas Association’s 2024 Camas Plant and Garden Fair in downtown Camas. This year’s fair, set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, will feature nearly 100 vendors selling a huge array of plants, flowers, vegetable starts and garden art. (Courtesy of the Downtown Camas Association)

Camas Plant & Garden Fair returns to downtown this Saturday

One of the Downtown Camas Association’s most popular springtime events, the 26th annual Camas Plant & Garden Fair, will fill downtown Camas streets with a huge array of plants, vegetable starts, fruit trees, flowers, planters, garden art, outdoor furniture and everything a person might need to spruce up their gardens this year.

May 1, 2025
Krista Bashaw, here at Falling Leaf Lake Park, is retiring after a 30-year career organizing special events for the Camas Parks and Recreation Department. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

‘She will be sorely missed’

Ask any Camas resident what they love most about their city and the response is likely to include the city’s “hometown feel.”