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August 22, 2024
Cheryl Kostanoski (left) and Jennifer Johnson play with one of the Camas Public Library’s new Nature Smart games. (Contributed photo courtesy of Camas Public Library)

Nature Smart program proves popular

Nature Smart, a new Camas Public Library program designed to connect patrons to the great outdoors has proven to be popular with library patrons this summer.

August 22, 2024
Michael Curtis, of Washougal, greets a dog along the Columbia River, in 2024. Curtis has raised more than $56,000 for Northwest Battle Buddies through his 1,000-mile journey down the Columbia River on a stand-up paddleboard. . (Contributed photos courtesy of Michael Curtis)

Washougal man completes 1,000-mile trek on paddleboard

After seven years, three surgeries, 18 months of physical therapy, more than $56,000 in charitable donations and 1,000 miles of rigorous paddleboarding, Michael Curtis is about to complete the most ambitious journey of his self-described “adventurous life.”

August 15, 2024
Boy Scout Troop 562 scouts (left to right) Alex Sample, Harris Royer, Vance Gooch, Reece Sample and Mac Clark gather after receiving their Eagle Scout awards in Camas, Aug. 10, 2024. (Contributed photo courtesy of Lisa Sample)

‘A pretty big accomplishment’

Five members of Camas-based Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Troop 562 achieved the rank of Eagle Scout during a ceremony on Aug. 10 at the Camas Church of the Nazarene.

August 1, 2024
Visitors to the 2023 Camas Comic Con battle with

Second annual Camas Comic Con event returns

The Second annual Camas Comic Con returns this week with a host of comics-related activities. The comic-themed First Friday festivities will run from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, throughout downtown Camas.

July 25, 2024

Port to host summer concert Saturday, July 26

The Port of Camas-Washougal will hold a summer concert from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Marina Park, featuring Stone in Love, a Portland-based Journey tribute…

July 25, 2024
Washougal resident AJ Bogue points to a sign advertising the Camas-Washougal Community Chest’s upcoming “Cruise to the Shoug” car show on his 1980 Monte Carlo at 54-40 Brewing Company, July 18, 2024.The first-ever car show is set for Aug. 4, at 54-40. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

New Washougal event promises ‘weirdest, strangest car show’

When people ask AJ Bogue about the types of vehicles that he’s hoping to show off at the upcoming car show that he’s organizing, he usually tells them something like this: “If you can drive it to 54-40 Brewing Company and pay the $25 entry fee, it’s in.”

July 25, 2024
Recovery Cafe of Southwest Washington pop-up manager Jodene Stonebarger (left) and Recovery Cafe employee Desarae Hayes, talk during a Recovery Cafe session at St. Anne’s church in Washougal, Monday, July 15, 2024. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Recovery Cafe pop-ups build community in Washougal, Gorge

The group gathered inside St. Anne’s Episcopal Church on this sunny July morning are quietly working on art projects, chatting with each other about their lives and giving special attention to Toby, a friendly, long-eared pup who is a regular at these Monday gatherings inside the Washougal church.