When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered schools and extracurricular classes throughout Southwest Washington this spring, theater teacher Heather Lundy Kahl knew she would have to move in a different direction to help her tightknit group of students.
The Washougal Art Festival will look markedly different this year, morphing from a single-day in-person event to month-long social media showcase. But its mission of promoting the work of local and regional artists will remain exactly the same.
Skyridge Middle School in Camas recently honored two students with awards designed to acknowledge personal contributions to the school community.
It’s been a good year for women’s memoirs — Netflix turned former First Lady Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, “Becoming,” into a documentary; World Cup champion and Seattle Reign FC player Megan Rapinoe released her memoir, “One Life,” about her fight for social justice, equal pay for female athletes and LGBTQ rights; and former United States Secretary of State and seven-time New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Albright reminisced on her decades-long career in her newly released memoir, “Hell and Other Destinations.”
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, many families with school-age children are starting to come to grips with the fact that distance-learning will likely play a role in their family’s future.
When the Washougal United Methodist Church (WUMC) closed in mid-March due the COVID-19 outbreak, pastor Vivian Hiestand knew some of her parishioners would struggle with the loss of the social…
Ever since becoming a filmmaker, Nathan Coltrane Jr. has wanted to attend the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France. Now, even though one of his films has been selected…
The first Fern Prairie ART FEST, a new two-day event connecting local artists and the community, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 18-19 at Shangri-La Farm,…
Camas-Washougal summer meals program kicks off
When COVID-19 wrecked her in-person book launch in downtown Camas, local poet-photographer Joann Boswell did what she does best: she got creative.
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