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February 18, 2021
Camas native and Earth Day founder Denis Hayes is pictured in the Bullitt Board Room of the Bullitt Center in Seattle. The building, which Hayes developed, opened on Earth Day in 2013 and is considered the most sustainable commercial office building in the world. Hayes will discuss creating

Creating ‘super green’ cities

A native son of Camas — Earth Day founder and internationally renowned environmental advocate Denis Hayes — will lead a discussion about building more sustainable communities at the Clark College Foundation’s virtual “Creating Super Green Cities” event on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

February 11, 2021
Camas-Washougal Fire Department Deputy Fire Marshal Randy Miller exposes a home sprinkler unit in the kitchen of his house in April 2016. (Contributed photo courtesy of Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Fighting fire with prevention

Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Nick Swinhart recently recalled his first encounters with Deputy Fire Marshal Randy Miller.  Miller was one of the first people Swinhart met after…

January 21, 2021
Local residents play a game of pickleball at Washougal's Hathaway Park in October 2019. (Post-Record file photo)

Sport’s popularity puts players in a pickle

Mike Wolfe has seen more and more new faces during his regular trips to the pickleball courts at Hathaway Park in Washougal as one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States continues to gain popularity in East Clark County.

January 21, 2021
Washougal High library media specialist Hillary Marshall (top row, center) and Washougal library manager Rachael Ries (top row, right) lead a discussion about the novel "All American Boy" in November 2020, as part of the Washougal READS program. (Contributed photos courtesy of Hillary Marshall)

Washougal READS to tackle issues of racism, police brutality

Hillary Marshall was first introduced to the concept of a community-wide book group during her time in Brazil in the mid-to-late 2000s, when the school she worked at invited people from all around the area to participate in a two-day book conversation event.