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October 16, 2025
Sculpture symbolizes spirit
The campanile at Reflection Plaza in downtown Washougal has a whole new look, designed to celebrate the history and natural beauty of the area and foster a sense of community.
The campanile at Reflection Plaza in downtown Washougal has a whole new look, designed to celebrate the history and natural beauty of the area and foster a sense of community.
BINGEN — In spring, you can count on the Columbia River Gorge’s Coyote Wall trail network to dazzle the eyes with crowded carpets of yellow and purple wildflowers. In the heat of summer, Coyote Wall’s jagged, tilting grassland dries out into a furrowed plateau of glowing gold.
The last time Jon Eagle stood on a sideline opposite the Camas Papermakers was Oct. 29, 1988.
Western Washingtonians are a funny bunch. We spend much of the year complaining about the rain, but after a mere three months of summer, we go bananas with excitement at the first sign of fall. When flame-orange pumpkins appear in stores and in fields, gray weather isn’t far behind — yet all we can talk about is pumpkin spice and fuzzy sweaters. October’s pumpkin patches, harvest festivals and other autumn celebrations offer us a brief window to flirt with the idea of coziness while still soaking up sunshine. Yes, it’s technically fall, but you can feel summer’s last kiss on your cheek and it’s absolutely glorious. So embrace the paradox! Get out your plaid flannel shirts and sturdy boots because it’s time to revel in the season’s fleeting beauty.
CAMAS — After a humbling loss to Mt. Tahoma in its home football opener last week, Camas junior Thor Brody summed up the week to follow succinctly.
For several years, West Columbia Gorge Humane Society Executive Director Micki Simeone longed to do something to spruce up the two shipping-container storage buildings on the east side of the Washougal animal shelter.
The 2025 Washougal Harvest Festival will be held from 4-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Reflection Plaza in downtown Washougal. The 21-and-older event will feature food, beverages and three east…
The Camas Public Library is offering a library card-design contest throughout September, which is the American Library Association’s Library Card Sign-up Month. The library will accept designs until 5 p.m. Sept. 30.
The Humane Society for Southwest Washington’s new clinic for low-income pet owners welcomed its first clients Tuesday.
Hundreds of Vancouver and Portland residents celebrated their sobriety on Monday by joining hands across the Interstate 5 Bridge. “It’s just a reminder that recovery is for everyone — every…