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September 24, 2020

Donate to WSU-V food pantry at Washougal Safeway

Washington State University Vancouver’s Cougar Food Pantry was selected to receive donations from the Safeway Foundation’s annual Nourishing Neighbors campaign. The aim is to ensure WSU-V…

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…