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February 8, 2018
A Washougal police vehicle flashes its emergency lights in 2016. (Post-Record files)

Calls to police triple in decade

Although Washougal’s population has incresed by less than 20 percent over the past decade, the city’s police department has experienced triple the number of calls for service.

February 1, 2018
Camas inventor Shane Chen demonstrates his newest invention, the IOTAtrax, a gadget designed to help commuters get from home to public transportation to work more easily.

Ease on the down road

Inventor Shane Chen is floating down the sidewalk outside his Camas Meadows Corporate Center office, his latest creation — the IOTAtrax, an electric-powered, kettlebell-shaped riding device billed as a creative and practical solution to commuters’ “last mile” problem — tucked between his feet.

February 1, 2018

Gov. Inslee rejects oil terminal

Washington Governor Jay Inslee has rejected a plan to site North America’s largest oil-by-rail terminal at the Port of Vancouver.