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September 10, 2020
Sarah Vitort (left) and Scott Gilmore, the musicians behind the Portland modern-folk duo Fox and Bones, perform at Vitort's parents' home in Camas on April 8. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Making Music

The coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted livelihoods across the board, but for those in the entertainment and music industries, the ongoing crisis, which has shuttered live-music venues and canceled large crowds for the foreseeable future, has been particularly rough.

September 3, 2020
Body Bliss Yoga owner Jacquie Michelle hopes Camas residents and business owners will contribute to her new community cookbook, Simple Food for Complicated Times. Proceeds from the cookbook will fund student and teacher yoga scholarships. (Post-Record file photo)

‘Simple Food for Complicated Times’

Jacquie Michelle, owner of Body Bliss Yoga Studio in downtown Camas, has always said her business is about more than just the physical practice of yoga — it’s about building community.

August 27, 2020
Colibri Gardens owner Lara Scanlon pets a calf at her Washougal farm. (Contributed photo courtesy of Lara Scanlon)

Washougal farmers find new possibilities during pandemic

It was springtime and COVID-19 had just shutdown weddings and other large, in-person gatherings for the foreseeable future. Derek and Lara Scanlon were terrified the dream they had worked so hard to achieve was on the verge of dying.

August 24, 2020
Families enjoy a 2017 Easter egg hunt at Washougal's Hathaway Park. After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of community events in Washougal this spring and summer, city leaders had to get creative. The city's first, virtual Washougal Summer Scavenger Hunt began Aug. 20 and wraps up later this week, with a drive-through prize giveaway from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at Hathaway Park. (Post-Record file photo)

The hunt is on in Washougal

When the COVID-19 pandemic canceled several springtime Washougal events, including the popular Washougal Easter Egg Hunt and Eggstravaganza, local officials started to get creative about how they could…

August 20, 2020
Camas Washougal Historical Society president Jim Cobb (second from right) holds a check from the the Honorable Frank L. and Arlene J. Price Foundation, which recently granted $2,500 to the historical society for its "Gathering Place" pavillion (pictured). Also pictured are CWHS board members Richard Johnson (left), Lois Cobb (second from left) and Ivar Godtlibsen (far right).

Construction resumes on Gathering Place at Washuxwal

Construction of the Native American-inspired Gathering Place at Washuxwal longhouse pavilion at Washougal’s Two Rivers Heritage Museum has resumed after a three-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 20, 2020
The Octopi Ink tattoo shop opened in downtown Washougal in July. (Contributed photos courtesy of Henry McCallum)

Tattoo artists open Octopi Ink in downtown Washougal

After working for tattoo shops in the Vancouver-Portland metro area for several years, Henry “Smallz” McCallum and Jennie Mastaler were ready and eager to own and operate a place of their own.